hadith
666
۞
A man went to see Imam Sadiq (a.s) and complained that he was never content with what he gets for his daily bread, and he fought with himself wanting more. He asked the Imam (a.s) to teach him something to benefit him. Imam Sadiq (a.s) said: “If you are content with the minimum necessities, you will be rich with the minimum worldly goods, but if you are not, even everything in the world will not suffice to enrich you.”
شكا رجل إلى أبي عبد الله (عليه السلام) إنه يطلب فيصيب فلا يقنع، وتنازعه نفسه إلى ما هو أكثر منه، وقال: علمني شيئا أنتفع به، فقال أبو عبد الله (عليه السلام): إن كان ما يكفيك يغنيك فأدنى ما فيها يغنيك، وإن كان ما يكفيك لا يغنيك فكل ما فيها لا يغنيك.
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