hadith
3561
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Imam al-Hadi (AS) said, ‘[Truly] Being rich is to wish for little and to be content with whatever suffices you, and [true] poverty is the voracity of the soul [for more] and severe despondence.
الإمامُ الهاديُّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): الغِنى قِلَّةُ تَمَنِّيكَ والرِّضا بما يَكفِيكَ . الفَقرُ شَرَهُ النّفسِ وشِدَّةُ القُنُوطِ .
Similar narrations
- Mīzān al-Ḥikma #3112 Imam Hasan (AS), when asked about poverty, said, ‘It is the greed of the self for everything.
- Mīzān al-Ḥikma #3113 Imam al-Hadi (AS) said, ‘Poverty is the greed of the self and the extremity of despair.