hadith
3509
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Imam Ali (AS) said, Little of this world is better than plenty of it, and that of it which suffices for subsistence in it is better than that which destroys.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : يَسيرُ الدُّنيا خَيْرٌ مِنْ كَثيرِها وَ بُلْغَتُها أجْدَرُ مِنْ هَلَكَتِها
Similar narrations
- Ghurar al-Ḥikam #3508 Imam Ali (AS) said, Little of this world suffices and plenty of it destroys.
- Ghurar al-Ḥikam #9625 Imam Ali (AS) said, Little [wealth] that suffices is better than a lot which makes one insolent.
- Ghurar al-Ḥikam #9626 Imam Ali (AS) said, The little that saves [one from hellfire] is better than plenty that destroys.
- Ghurar al-Ḥikam #3320 Imam Ali (AS) said, Take from the little of this world that which suffices you and leave from its abundance that which makes you transgress.