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 .

Similar narrations

  • Ghurar al-Ḥikam #4139 Imam Ali (AS) said, The best [form of] renunciation of worldly pleasures is concealing [ones] asceticism.
  • Nahj al-Balāgha #1978 28. Amīr al-mu’minīn, peace be upon him, said: The best abstemiousness is to conceal it.
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