Ghurar al-Ḥikam

Contentment and the Contented

Volume 1 83 narrations
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hadith 8338
Imam Ali (AS) said, Contentment is continence.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اَلقَناعَةُ عَفافٌ
Tags Contentment (Qana'ah)Chastity/Modesty
hadith 8352
Imam Ali (AS) said, The goodness of contentment stems from continence.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : حُسْنُ القَناعَةِ مِنَ العَفافِ
Tags Contentment (Qana'ah)Chastity/Modesty
hadith 8356
Imam Ali (AS) said, Blessed is the one who fears the punishment [of the Hereafter], works for the Reckoning, espouses continence, is content with what suffices [him] and is pleased with [the decree of] Allah, the Glorified.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : طُوبى لِمَنْ خافَ العِقابَ وَ عَمِلَ لِلْحِسابِ وَ صاحَبَ العَفافَ وَ قَنِعَ بِالكَفافِ وَ رَضِيَ عَنِ اللّهِ سُبْحانَهُ
Tags Contentment (Qana'ah)Chastity/ModestyFear of God (Khashya)
hadith 8358
Imam Ali (AS) said, Contentment is proportionate to the degree of continence.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : عَلى قَدْرِ العِفَّةِ تَكُونُ القَناعَةُ
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hadith 8362
Imam Ali (AS) said, Every contented one is continent.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : كُلُّ قانِع عَفيفٌ
Tags Contentment (Qana'ah)Chastity/Modesty
hadith 8393
Imam Ali (AS) said, Contentment is the better of the two forms of continence.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اَلْقَناعَةُ أفْضَلُ العِفَّتَيْنِ
Tags Contentment (Qana'ah)Chastity/Modesty
hadith 8394
Imam Ali (AS) said, Indeed contentment and overcoming lustful desires are from the greatest forms of abstinence.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : ألا وَ إنَّ القَناعَةَ وَ غَلَبَةَ الشَّهْوَةِ مِنْ أكْبَرِ العِفافِ
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