Nahj al-Balāgha

Hadith 1978

governance

٢٨. وَقَالَ (عليه ‏السلام): أَفْضَلُ الزُّهْدِ إِخْفَاءُ الزُّهْدِ.

28. Amīr al-mu’minīn, peace be upon him, said: The best abstemiousness is to conceal it.

Source: al-Sharīf al-Raḍī