Mīzān al-Ḥikma

The Most Abstemious of People

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hadith 279
The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'The most abstemious of people is he who renounces the prohibited things.
رسولُ اللهِ (صَلَّيَ اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ): أزهَدُ الناسِ مَنِ اجتَنَبَ الحَرامَ.
Tags Asceticism
hadith 280
Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Do not be of those who try to secure the Hereafter by means of the worldly life…they disparage this world using ascetic terms, yet act like those who covet it.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): لا تَكُنْ مِمَّن يُرِيدُ الآخِرَةَ بِعَمَلِ الدنيا ... يقولُ في الدنيا قَولَ الزاهِدينَ ، ويَعمَلُ فيها عَمَلَ الراغِبِينَ.
Tags AsceticismHypocrisy
hadith 281
Imam Ali (AS) said, 'The best level of asceticism is to conceal one's asceticism.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): أفضَلُ الزُّهدِ إخفاءُ الزُّهدِ .
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hadith 282
Imam Ali (AS) said, 'When an abstemious person flees from people, seek after him, and when he seeks after people, flee from him.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): إذا هَرَبَ الزاهدُ مِنَ الناسِ فاطْلُبْهُ ، إذا طَلَبَ الزاهدُ الناسَ فاهْرُبْ مِنهُ .
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hadith 283
Imam Zayn al-Abidin (AS) said, 'Allah says, 'O son of Adam, be satisfied with what I have given you and you will be among the most abstemious of people.
الإمامُ زينُ العابدينَ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): يقولُ اللّهُ: يا ابنَ آدَمَ ، اِرْضَ بما آتَيتُكَ تَكُن مِن أزهَدِ الناسِ .
Tags AsceticismContentment (Qana'ah)
hadith 284
Imam al-Kazim (AS) said, 'Verily he who is most persevering in the face of adversity is the most abstemious from among you.
الإمامُ الكاظمُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): إنّ أصبَرَكُم على البَلاءِ لَأزهَدُكُم في الدنيا .
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