Ghurar al-Ḥikam

This World

Volume 1 389 narrations
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Asceticism 295 Wealth/Materialism 90 Trials and Afflictions 24 Death 18 Contentment (Qana'ah) 10 Intellect/Reason 8 Greed/Stinginess 8 Paradise 5 Day of Judgment 5 Good Deeds 5 Soul (Nafs) 3 Heedlessness/Negligence 3 Certainty (Yaqin) 3 Hellfire 2 Patience 2 Regret 2 Love 2 Good Company 2 God-consciousness/Piety 2 Chastity/Modesty 2 Hypocrisy 2 Wisdom 2 Parables/Examples (Amthal) 2 Major Sins 2 Disbelief/Kufr 1 Satan/Iblis 1 Angels 1 Brotherhood 1 Visiting Graves 1 Despair/Hopelessness 1 Adultery 1 Generosity 1 Lying/Falsehood 1 Arrogance/Pride 1 Guidance and Misguidance 1 Intention 1 Spending in God's Path 1 Polytheism/Idolatry 1

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hadith 3145
Imam Ali (AS) said, Draw near to the one to whom this world has yielded [itself], for indeed he is more worthy of prosperity [than the one who follows this world and its allure].
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : أقْبِلُوا على مَنْ أقْبَلَتْ عَلَيْهِ الدُّنيا فَإنَّهُ أجْدَرُ بِالغِنى
Tags AsceticismWealth/Materialism
hadith 3162
Imam Ali (AS) said, Indeed, what must one who has been created for the Hereafter do with this world? And what can one do with wealth when it will be taken away from him shortly while its accountability and consequences remain with him?
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : ألا وَ ما يَصْنَعُ بِالدُّنيا مَنْ خُلِقَ للآخِرَةِ وَ ما يَصْنَعُ بِالمالِ مَنْ عَمّا قَليل يُسْلَبُهُ وَ يَبْقى عَلَيْهِ حِسابُهُ وَ تَبْعَتُهُ
Tags AsceticismWealth/Materialism
hadith 3166
Imam Ali (AS) said, The gravest of errors is loving this world.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : أعْظَمُ الخطايا حُبُّ الدُّنيا
Tags Wealth/Materialism
hadith 3167
Imam Ali (AS) said, The gravest of afflictions and wretchedness is [caused by] infatuation with this world.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : أعظَمُ المَصائِبِ وَ الشِقاءِ اَلْوَلَهُ بِالدُّنيا
Tags Wealth/Materialism
hadith 3275
Imam Ali (AS) said, If you make your [life in this] world a means of following your religion, you will have saved [both] your religion and your world, and you will be among the successful in the Hereafter.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنْ جَعَلْتَ دُنْياكَ تَبَعاً لِدينِكَ أحْرَزْتَ دينَكَ وَ دُنْياكَ وَ كُنْتَ فِي الآخِرَةِ مِنَ الفائِزينَ
Tags AsceticismWealth/Materialism
hadith 3373
Imam Ali (AS) said, The mainstay of this world is by four [groups]: A scholar who acts on his knowledge, an ignorant person who is not too proud to learn, a wealthy person who is generous with his wealth to the needy and a poor person who does not sell his Hereafter for his worldly life. So when the scholar does not act on his knowledge, the ignorant one refuses to learn; and when the wealthy is miserly with his wealth, the poor one sells his Hereafter for his world.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : قِوامُ الدُّنْيا بِأرْبَع: عالِمٌ يَعْمَلُ بِعِلْمِهِ وَ جاهِلٌ لايَسْتَنْكِفُ أنْ يَتَعَلَّمَ وَ غَنِيٌّ يَجُودُ بِمالِهِ عَلَى الفُقَراءِ وَ فَقيرٌ لايَبيعُ آخِرَتَهُ بِدُنياهُ فَإذا لَمْ يَعمَلِ العالِمُ بِعِلْمِهِ اِسْتَنْكَفَ الجاهِلُ أنْ يَتَعَلَّمَ وَ إذا بَخِلَ الغَنِيُّ بِمالِهِ باعَ الفَقيرُ آخِرَتَهُ بِدنياهُ
Tags AsceticismWealth/MaterialismGenerosity
hadith 3410
Imam Ali (AS) said, No person in this world is covered by the light rain of ease but that the heavy rain of distress pours upon him.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : لَمْ تُظِلَّ امْرَءً مِنَ الدُّنْيا دِيمَةُ رَخاء إلاّ هَتَنَتْ عَلَيْهِ مُزْنَةُ بَلاء
Tags Trials and AfflictionsWealth/Materialism
hadith 3411
Imam Ali (AS) said, If the people of the world understood [the truth about it], this world would surely be ruined.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : لَوْ عَقَلَ أهْلُ الدُّنْيا لَخَرِبَتِ الدُّنيا
Tags Wealth/MaterialismIntellect/Reason
hadith 3412
Imam Ali (AS) said, If this world was praiseworthy in front of Allah, He would have reserved it for His friends, but He turned their hearts away from it and expunged its desires from them.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : لَوْ كانَتِ الدُّنْيا عِنْدَ اللّهِ مَحْمُوداً لاخْتَصَّ بِها أولِيائَهُ لكِنَّهُ صَرَفَ قُلُوبَهُمْ عَنْها وَ مَحا عَنْهُمْ مِنْها المَطامِعَ
Tags AsceticismWealth/Materialism
hadith 3413
Imam Ali (AS) said, If this world was to remain with one of you, it would not have reached the one in whose hands it is [now].
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : لَوْ بَقِيَتِ الدُّنيا على أحَدِكُمْ لَمْ تَصِلْ إلى مَنْ هيَ في يدَيْهِ
Tags Wealth/Materialism
hadith 3414
Imam Ali (AS) said, One who strives for this world is eluded by it.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ ساعَي الدُّنيا فاتَتْهُ
Tags Wealth/Materialism
hadith 3416
Imam Ali (AS) said, One who wrestles this world is knocked down by it.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ صارَعَ الدُّنيا صَرَعَتْهُ
Tags Wealth/Materialism
hadith 3421
Imam Ali (AS) said, One who is owned by this world falls down often.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ مَلَكَتْهُ الدُّنيا كَثُرَ صَرْعُهُ
Tags Wealth/Materialism
hadith 3422
Imam Ali (AS) said, One who is delighted by the embellishments of this world is owned by [its] deceptions.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ راقَهُ زِبْرِجُ الدُّنيا مَلَكَتْهُ الخُدَعُ
Tags Wealth/Materialism
hadith 3423
Imam Ali (AS) said, One who buys his Hereafter with his world, gains both of them.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنِ ابْتاعَ آخِرَتَهُ بِدُنياهُ رَبِحَهُما
Tags Wealth/Materialism
hadith 3424
Imam Ali (AS) said, One who sells his Hereafter for his world loses both of them.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ باعَ آخِرَتَهُ بِدُنياهُ خَسِرَهُما
Tags Wealth/Materialism
hadith 3426
Imam Ali (AS) said, One who seeks more of this world gains more of that which will ruin him.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنِ اسْتَكْثَرَ مِنَ الدُّنيا اِسْتَكْثَرَ مِمّا يُوْبِقُهُ
Tags Wealth/Materialism
hadith 3427
Imam Ali (AS) said, One who builds his world destroys his place of return [in the Hereafter].
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ عَمَرَ دُنياهُ خَرَّبَ مَآلَهُ
Tags Wealth/Materialism
hadith 3428
Imam Ali (AS) said, One who is deceived by this world is deceived by [his] aspirations.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنِ اغْتَرَّ بِالدُّنيا اِغْتَرَّ بِالمُنى
Tags Wealth/Materialism
hadith 3429
Imam Ali (AS) said, One who is pleased with this world is eluded by the Hereafter.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ رَضِيَ بِالدُّنيا فاتَتْهُ الآخِرَةُ
Tags Wealth/Materialism
hadith 3430
Imam Ali (AS) said, One who is greedy for this world is destroyed.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ حَرَصَ عَلَى الدُّنيا هَلَكَ
Tags Greed/StinginessWealth/Materialism
hadith 3432
Imam Ali (AS) said, Who is more at a disadvantage than the one who sells the eternal [Hereafter] for the transient [world]?
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ أغْبَنُ مِمَّنْ باعَ البَقاءَ بِالفَناءِ؟!
Tags Wealth/Materialism
hadith 3433
Imam Ali (AS) said, Who is more at a loss than the one who exchanges the Hereafter for this world?
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ أخْسَرُ مِمَّنْ تَعَوَّضَ عَنِ الآخِرَةِ بِالدُّنيا ؟!
Tags Wealth/Materialism
hadith 3434
Imam Ali (AS) said, One who seeks from this world that which pleases him, his crime (and sinfulness) increases and his transgression prolongs.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ طَلَبَ مِنَ الدُّنيا ما يُرْضيهِ كَثُرَ تَجَنّيهِ وَ طالَ تَعَدّيهِ
Tags Wealth/Materialism
hadith 3435
Imam Ali (AS) said, One who relies on the deceptions of this world considers himself safe from its perils.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ وَثِقَ بِغُرورِ الدُّنيا أمِنَ مَخُوفَهُ
Tags Wealth/Materialism
hadith 3437
Imam Ali (AS) said, One who exceeds the limits in seeking this world dies a pauper.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ أسْرَفَ في طَلَبِ الدُّنيا ماتَ فَقيراً
Tags Greed/StinginessWealth/Materialism
hadith 3439
Imam Ali (AS) said, One whose heart is attached to the love of this world catches three things from it: worry that never leaves him, greed that never abandons him and hopes that are never realized by him.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ لَهِجَ قَلْبُهُ بِحُبِّ الدُّنيا إلْتاطَ مِنها بِثَلاث: هَمّ لايُغْنيهِ (لايُغِبُّهُ) وَحِرص لا يَتْرُكُهُ وَ أمَل لا يُدْرِكُهُ
Tags Wealth/MaterialismGreed/Stinginess
hadith 3440
Imam Ali (AS) said, Whoever is attracted by the dazzle of this world, it blinds both his eyes.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ راقَهُ زِبْرِجُ الدُّنيا أعْقَبَ ناظِرَيْهِ كَمَها
Tags Wealth/Materialism
hadith 3441
Imam Ali (AS) said, One who desires the adornments of this world is eluded by the sought after eternal bliss [of the Hereafter].
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ رَغِبَ في زَخارِفِ الدُّنيا فاتَهُ البَقاءُ المَطْلُوبُ
Tags Wealth/Materialism
hadith 3442
Imam Ali (AS) said, One who has been overcome by this world is blind to that which is in front of him.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ غَلَبَتِ الدُّنيا عَلَيْهِ عَمِيَ عَمّا بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ
Tags Wealth/Materialism
hadith 3443
Imam Ali (AS) said, One who builds his world corrupts his religion and ruins his Hereafter.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ عَمَرَ دُنياهُ أفْسَدَ دينَهُ وَ أخْرَبَ أُخْراهُ
Tags Wealth/Materialism
hadith 3444
Imam Ali (AS) said, One who loves [to acquire] the prestige of [both] this world and the Hereafter must detest prestige in this world.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ أحَبَّ رِفْعَةَ الدُّنيا وَ الآخِرَةِ فَلْيَمْقُتْ فِي الدُّنيا الرِّفْعَةَ
Tags Arrogance/PrideWealth/Materialism
hadith 3445
Imam Ali (AS) said, One who humbles himself for the children of this world takes off the garment of piety.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ تَذَلَّلَ لاِبْناءِ الدُّنيا تَعَرّى مِنْ لِباسِ التَّقوى
Tags Wealth/MaterialismGod-consciousness/Piety
hadith 3446
Imam Ali (AS) said, One who fixes his gaze on the children of this world is blinded from the path of guidance.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ قَصَّرَ نَظَرَهُ على أبْناءِ الدُّنيا عَمِىَ عَنْ سَبيلِ الهُدى
Tags Guidance and MisguidanceWealth/Materialism
hadith 3447
Imam Ali (AS) said, One who seeks something from this world is eluded by something greater from the Hereafter than what he seeks [from this world].
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ طَلَبَ مِنَ الدُّنيا شَيْئاً فاتَهُ مِنَ الآخِرَةِ أكْثَرُ مِمّا طَلَبَ
Tags Wealth/Materialism
hadith 3448
Imam Ali (AS) said, Whoever seeks [the profits of] this world through the work of the Hereafter, it takes him further away from that which he seeks.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ طَلَبَ الدُّنيا بِعَمَلِ الآخِرَةِ كانَ أبْعَدَ لَهُ مِمّا طَلَبَ
Tags Wealth/MaterialismIntention
hadith 3450
Imam Ali (AS) said, Whoever gains possession of something of this world loses much more of the Hereafter than what he possesses [of this world].
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ مَلَكَ مِنَ الدُّنيا شَيْئاً فاتَهُ مِنَ الآخِرَةِ أكثَرَ مِمّا مَلَكَ
Tags Wealth/Materialism
hadith 3452
Imam Ali (AS) said, One who recognizes the deceptions of this world will not be deceived by its impossible dreams.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ عَرَفَ خِداعَ الدُّنيا لَمْ يَغْتَرَّ مِنْها بِمُحالاتِ الأحْلامِ
Tags Wealth/Materialism
hadith 3453
Imam Ali (AS) said, One who triumphs in this world becomes troubled and one whom it eludes gets distressed.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ ظَفِرَ بِالدُّنيا نَصِبَ وَمَنْ فاتَتْهُ تَعِبَ
Tags Wealth/Materialism
hadith 3454
Imam Ali (AS) said, One in whose eyes this world is grand and in whose heart its position is great, prefers it over Allah and devotes himself to it and becomes a slave to it.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ عَظُمَتِ الدُّنيا في عَيْنِهِ وَ كَبُرَ مَوْقِعُها في قَلْبِهِ أثَرَها عَلَى اللّهِ وَ انْقَطَعَ إلَيْها وَ صارَ عبداً لَها
Tags Wealth/Materialism
hadith 3455
Imam Ali (AS) said, One who becomes infatuated with this world, it fills his heart with a sadness which keeps alternating in the black part of his heart, a distress that worries him and a grief that causes him pain, until its suffocation [of death] overtakes him and he is flung in the open while both the arteries of his heart are severed. It is easy for Allah to cause him to die and he becomes too far for his comrades to meet him (or to remain with him).
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنِ اسْتَشْعَرَ الشَّغَفَ بِالدُّنيا مَلأَتْ ضميرَهُ أشْجاناً لها رَقْصٌ عَلى سُوَيْداءِ قَلْبِهِ هَمٌّ يَشْغَلُهُ وَ غَمٌّ يَحْزُنُهُ حَتّى يُؤخَذَ بِكَظْمِهِ فَيُلْقى بِالفَضاءِ مُنقَطِعاً أبْهَراهُ هَيِّناً عَلَى اللّهِ فَناءُهُ بَعيداً عَلَى الإخْوانِ لِقاؤُهُ (بَقائُهُ)
Tags Wealth/Materialism
hadith 3456
Imam Ali (AS) said, One who relies on this world is indeed wretched and deprived.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنِ اعْتَمَدَ علَى الدُّنيا فَهُوَ الشَّقيُّ المَحْرُومُ
Tags Wealth/Materialism
hadith 3457
Imam Ali (AS) said, Whoever serves this world, it exploits him and whoever serves Allah, the Glorified, it (this world) serves him.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ خَدَمَ الدُّنيا اِسْتَخْدَمَتْهُ وَ مَن خَدَمَ اللّهَ سُبْحانَهُ خَدَمَتْهُ
Tags Wealth/Materialism
hadith 3458
Imam Ali (AS) said, One whose concern [and effort] is for this world, his wretchedness and misery will be prolonged on the Day of Resurrection.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ كانَتْ الدُّنيا هَمَّهُ طالَ يَوْمَ القِيامَةِ شَقاؤُهُ وَ غَمُّهُ
Tags Wealth/MaterialismDay of Judgment
hadith 3460
Imam Ali (AS) said, One of the troubles of this world is the spoiling of union by separation and happiness by distress.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مِنْ نَكَدِ الدُّنيا تَنْغيصُ الاِجتِماعِ بِالفُرْقَةِ وَ السُّروُرِ بالغُصَّةِ
Tags Wealth/MaterialismTrials and Afflictions
hadith 3461
Imam Ali (AS) said, It is from the lowliness of this world in front Allah is that He is not disobeyed anywhere except in it.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مِنْ هَوانِ الدُّنيا علَى اللّهِ أنْ لا يُعْصى إلاّ فيها
Tags Wealth/Materialism
hadith 3462
Imam Ali (AS) said, From the [signs of the] contemptibleness of this world in the sight of Allah is that one does not gain that which is with Him except by abandoning it.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مِنْ ذَمامَةِ الدُّنيا عِنْدَ اللّهِ أنْ لايُنالَ ما عِنْدَهُ إلاّ بِتَرْكِها
Tags AsceticismWealth/Materialism
hadith 3463
Imam Ali (AS) said, Nothing corrupts the faith like this world.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : ما أفْسَدَ الدّينَ كَالدُّنيا
Tags Wealth/Materialism
hadith 3464
Imam Ali (AS) said, How will the offshoot remain after the root has gone?
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : ما بَقاءُ فَرْع بَعْدَ ذَهابِ أصْل
Tags Wealth/Materialism
hadith 3465
Imam Ali (AS) said, This world of yours which endears itself to you is not better than the Hereafter which is made to appear ugly by your negative perception [of it].
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : ما دُنياكَ الَّتي تَحَبَّبَتْ إلَيكَ بِخَير مِنَ الآخِرَةِ الَّتي قَبَّحَها سُوءُ النَّطرِ عِنْدَكَ
Tags Wealth/Materialism
hadith 3466
Imam Ali (AS) said, That which you send forth from this world is for your own benefit and that which you leave behind from it is for your enemy.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : ما قدَّمْتَ مِنْ دُنياكَ فَلِنَفْسِكَ وَما أخَّرْتَ مِنْها فَلِلْعَدُوِّ
Tags Wealth/MaterialismSpending in God's Path
hadith 3467
Imam Ali (AS) said, That which [one] increases in this world, [he] diminishes in the Hereafter.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مازادَ فِي الدُّنيا نَقَصَ فِي الآخِرَةِ
Tags Wealth/Materialism
hadith 3469
Imam Ali (AS) said, Do not be overjoyed by that which you obtain in this world and do not despair with sadness for that which eludes you from it.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مانِلْتَ مِنْ دُنياكَ فَلا تُكْثِرْ بِهِ فَرَحاً وَ ما فاتَكَ مِنْها فلا تَأسَ عَلَيْهِ حُزْناً
Tags Wealth/MaterialismContentment (Qana'ah)
hadith 3470
Imam Ali (AS) said, What is good in a house that falls down like demolished construction and in a lifetime that expires as [its] provisions get exhausted?
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : ماخَيْرُ دار تُنْقَضُ نَقْضَ البِناءِ وَ عُمْر يَفْنى فَناءَ الزَّادِ
Tags Wealth/MaterialismDeath
hadith 3471
Imam Ali (AS) said, What is the matter with you? You are delighted with the little of this world that you obtain while you are not saddened by the abundance of the Hereafter that you are deprived of?!
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : ما بالُكُمْ تَفْرَحُونَ بِاليَسيرِ مِنَ الدُّنيا تُدْرِكُونَهُ وَ لايَحْزنُكُمُ الكَثيرُ مِنَ الآخِرَةِ تُحْرَمُونَهُ
Tags Wealth/Materialism
hadith 3472
Imam Ali (AS) said, This world has not deceived you, rather through it you have been deceived.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : ما الدُّنيا غَرَّتْكَ وَلكِنْ بِهَا اغْتَرَرْتَ
Tags Wealth/Materialism
hadith 3473
Imam Ali (AS) said, The transient world has not beguiled you, rather through it you have been beguiled.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَا العاجِلَةُ خَدَعَتْكَ وَ لكِنْ بِهَا انْخَدَعْتَ
Tags Wealth/Materialism
hadith 3474
Imam Ali (AS) said, What is [the matter] with you that which, if you acquire it [the wealth of this world], its improvement [and seeking something better than it] preoccupies you from enjoying it, and if you enjoy it, it spoils it [the enjoyment] for you with the victory of death over you.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مالَكَ وَ ما إنْ أدْرَكْتَهُ شَغَلَكَ بِصَلاحِهِ عَنِ الاستِمتاعِ بِهِ وَ إنْ تَمَتَّعْتَ بِهِ نَغَّصَهُ عَلَيكَ ظَفَرُ المَوتِ بِكَ
Tags Wealth/MaterialismDeath
hadith 3475
Imam Ali (AS) said, The deceived person who gains success in this world through its smallest portion is not like the other person who is gains success in the Hereafter by exerting his greatest effort.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَا المَغْرُورُ الَّذي ظَفِرَ مِنَ الدُّنيا بِأدْنى سُهْمَتِهِ كَالآخَرِ الَّذي ظَفِرَ مِنَ الآخِرَةِ بِأعْلى هِمَّتِهِ
Tags Wealth/Materialism
hadith 3476
Imam Ali (AS) said, How close this world is to departure, old age is to youth, and doubt is to uncertainty!
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : ما أقْرَبَ الدُّنيا مِنَ الذَّهابِ وَ الشَّيْبَ مِنَ الشَّبابِ والشَّكَّ مِنَ الاِرتيابِ
Tags Wealth/MaterialismDeath
hadith 3478
Imam Ali (AS) said, One who accompanies this world is a target of calamities and mishaps.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مُصاحِبُ الدُّنيا هَدَفُ النَّوائبِ وَ الغِيَرِ
Tags Wealth/MaterialismTrials and Afflictions
hadith 3479
Imam Ali (AS) said, The similitude of this world is like your shadow, if you stop it stops and if you seek it, it moves further away.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَثَلُ الدُّنيا كَظِلِّكَ إنْ وَقَفْتَ وَقَفَ وَ إنْ طَلَبْتَهُ بَعُدَ
Tags Wealth/MaterialismParables/Examples (Amthal)
hadith 3480
Imam Ali (AS) said, The similitude of this world is like the snake, its feel is soft but it has deadly venom in its fangs. The inexperienced and ignorant one reaches towards it while the wise and intelligent one is cautious of it.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَثَلُ الدُّنيا كَمَثلِ الحَيَّةِ لَيِّنٌ مَسُّها والسَّمُّ القاتِلُ في جَوفِها يَهْوي إلَيْهَا الغِرُّ الجاهِلُ وَ يَحْذَرُهَا اللَّبيبُ العاقلُ
Tags Wealth/MaterialismParables/Examples (Amthal)
hadith 3481
Imam Ali (AS) said, The wares of this world are [like] broken orts that cause epidemics, therefore keep off the grazing land which is more beneficial to migrate from than to peacefully stay in, and that of it which suffices for subsistence in it is purer [for the soul] than its riches.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَتاعُ الدُّنيا حُطامٌ مُوبِيٌ فَتَجَنَّبُوا مَرْعاةً قُلْعَتُها أحْظى مِنْ طُمَأنِينَتِها وَ بُلْغَتُها أزْكى مِنْ ثَرْوَتِها
Tags Wealth/MaterialismContentment (Qana'ah)
hadith 3482
Imam Ali (AS) said, Destroyed is one who finds reassurance in this world and makes his religion its dower, so he turns towards it wherever it turns, having taken it to be his [only] concern and his deity.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : هَلَكَ مَنِ اسْتَنامَ إلَى الدُّنيا وَ أمْهَرَها دينَهُ فَهُوَ حَيْثُما مالَتْ مالَ إلَيْها قَدِ اتَّخَذَها هَمَّهُ وَ مَعْبُودُهُ
Tags Wealth/MaterialismPolytheism/Idolatry
hadith 3483
Imam Ali (AS) said, Take it easy, for indeed the matter is near, the companionship is short and the sojourn is brief.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : هَوِّنْ عَلَيْكَ فَإنَّ الأمْرَ قَريبٌ وَ الاِصْطِحابَ قَليلٌ وَالمُقامَ يَسيرٌ
Tags Wealth/MaterialismPatience
hadith 3484
Imam Ali (AS) said, It (this world) is obstructive and obdurate, deviating and swaying, deceiving and ungrateful.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : هِيَ الصَّدُودُ العَنُودُ وَ الحَيُودُ المَيُودُ وَ الخَدُوعُ الكَنُودُ
Tags Wealth/Materialism
hadith 3485
Imam Ali (AS) said, Those who are pleased with this world are destroyed on the Day of Resurrection and those who are disheartened by it are saved.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : هَلَكَ الفَرِحُونَ بِالدُّنيا يَوْمَ القِيامَةِ وَ نَجا المَحْزُونُونَ بِها
Tags Wealth/MaterialismDay of Judgment
hadith 3487
Imam Ali (AS) said, Do not desire this world thereby losing your Hereafter.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : لاتَرْغَبْ فِي الدُّنيا فَتَخْسَرَ آخِرَتَكَ
Tags AsceticismWealth/Materialism
hadith 3489
Imam Ali (AS) said, Do not jostle for the bounties of this world, for indeed its bounties are trifling.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : لا تُنافِسْ في مَواهِبِ الدُّنيا فَإنَّ مَواهِبَها حَقيرَةٌ
Tags Wealth/MaterialismGreed/Stinginess
hadith 3490
Imam Ali (AS) said, Do not give your religion as dower for this world, for indeed whoever gives his religion as dowry to this world, it brings to him wretchedness, pain, hardship and tribulation.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : لا تَمْهَرِ الدُّنيا دينَكَ فَإنَّ مَنْ مَهَرَ الدُّنيا دينَهُ زُفَّتْ إلَيهِ بِالشَّقاءِ وَالعَناءِ وَ المِحْنَةِ وَ البَلاءِ
Tags Wealth/Materialism
hadith 3491
Imam Ali (AS) said, Do not sell the Hereafter for this world and do not exchange the eternal with the transient.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : لاتَبيعُوا الآخِرَةَ بِالدُّنيا وَ لا تَسْتَبْدِلُوا الفَناءَ بِالبَقاءِ
Tags Wealth/Materialism
hadith 3492
Imam Ali (AS) said, Do not let this world tempt you, and do not let your vain desires overpower you, and do not consider your stay in this world to be long, and do not let your hopes deceive you, for indeed hopes are not part of religion in any way.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : لاتَفْتِنَنَّكُمُ الدُّنيا وَ لايَغْلِبَنَّكُمُ الهَوى وَلا يَطُولَنَّ عَلَيْكُمْ الأمَدُ وَلا يَغُرَّنَّكُمُ الأمَلُ فَإنَّ الأمَلَ لَيسَ مِنَ الدّينِ في شَيْء
Tags Wealth/MaterialismHeedlessness/Negligence
hadith 3493
Imam Ali (AS) said, Let not the greatest thing that you achieve in this world be the attainment of pleasures and the quelling of rage, rather let it be the enlivening of truth and the annihilation of falsehood.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : لايَكُونَنَّ أفْضَلَ ما نِلْتَ مِنْ دُنياكَ بُلوغَ لَذَّة وَ شِفاءَ غَيْظ وَ لْيَكُنْ إحياءَ حَقّ وَ إماتَةِ باطل
Tags Wealth/MaterialismGood Deeds
hadith 3494
Imam Ali (AS) said, Do not be tempted by good loans [and temporary pleasures], for the loans of this world are returned and you remain with that which you have accumulated of the forbidden.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : لاتَفْتِنَنَّكَ دُنْياكَ بِحُسْنِ العَواري فَعَوارِي الدُّنيا تُرْتَجَعُ وَ يَبْقى عَلَيْكَ مَا احْتَقَبْتَهُ مِنَ المَحارِمِ
Tags Wealth/MaterialismMajor Sins
hadith 3495
Imam Ali (AS) said, Do not let the transient world deceive you with its false amusements, for indeed its amusement ceases while the vices which you have acquired remain with you.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : لاتَغُرَّنَّكَ العاجِلَةُ بِزُورِ المَلاهي فإنَّ اللَّهْوَ يَنْقَطِعُ وَ يَلْزَمُكَ مَا اكْتَسَبْتَ مِنَ المَآثِمِ
Tags Wealth/MaterialismMajor Sins
hadith 3496
Imam Ali (AS) said, Let not any of you pine the way a servant girl pines, for that which has departed from him of this world.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : لايَحِنَنَّ أحَدُكُمْ حَنينَ الأمَةِ على مازُوِيَ عَنْهُ مِنَ الدُّنيا
Tags Wealth/MaterialismContentment (Qana'ah)
hadith 3497
Imam Ali (AS) said, Do not solicit this world by the work of the Hereafter and do not prefer the transient over the eternal, for this is the trait of the hypocrites and the character of the apostates.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : لاتَلْتَمِسِ الدُّنيا بِعَمَلِ الآخِرَةِ وَلا تُؤْثِرِ العاجِلَةَ علَى الآجِلَةِ فَإنَّ ذلِك شيمَةُ المُنافِقينَ وَ سَجِيَّةُ المارقينَ
Tags Wealth/MaterialismHypocrisy
hadith 3498
Imam Ali (AS) said, Never be deceived by the condition of the people of vanities [and what they enjoy of this world], for indeed it is an extended shadow [which lasts] until a fixed time.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : لا يَغُرَّنَّكَ ما أصْبَحَ فيهِ أهْلُ الغُرورِ بِالدُّنيا فَإنَّما هُوَ ظِلٌّ مَمْدُودٌ إلى أجَل مَحْدُود
Tags Wealth/Materialism
hadith 3499
Imam Ali (AS) said, The deceptions of this world do not excite the learned.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : لا يَسْتَفِزُّ خُدَعُ الدُّنيا العالِمَ
Tags Wealth/MaterialismWisdom
hadith 3500
Imam Ali (AS) said, This world does not protect the one who seeks refuge in it.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : لاتَعْصِمُ الدُّنيا مَنْ لَجَأَ إلَيها
Tags Wealth/Materialism
hadith 3501
Imam Ali (AS) said, People do not abandon anything from their religion for the sake of this world but that Allah opens for them that which is more harmful for them.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : لايَتْرُكُ النّاسُ شَيْئاً مِنْ دينِهم لإصْلاحِ دُنْياهُمْ إلاّ فَتَحَ اللّهُ عَلَيْهِمْ ما هُوَ أضَرُّ مِنهُ
Tags Wealth/Materialism
hadith 3502
Imam Ali (AS) said, The delights of this world do not continue and its joys do not last, and there is no security from its afflictions.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : لا تَدُومُ حَبْرَةُ الدُّنيا وَ لا يَبْقى سُرُورُها وَ لاتُؤْمَنُ فَجْعَتُها
Tags Wealth/MaterialismTrials and Afflictions
hadith 3504
Imam Ali (AS) said, It behoves the one who recognizes the transient abode to work for the Eternal Abode.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : يَنْبَغي لِمَنْ عَرَفَ دارَ الفَناءِ أنْ يَعْمَلَ لِدارِ البَقاءِ
Tags Wealth/MaterialismGood Deeds
hadith 3506
Imam Ali (AS) said, It behoves a person to seek a cure from the ailments of this world just like a sick person seeks treatment, and he should avoid its lusts and pleasures just as a sick person avoids certain foods.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : يَنْبَغي أنْ يَتداوِيَ المَرْءُ مِنْ أدواءِ الدُّنيا كَما يَتَداوى ذُو العِلَّةِ وَيَحْتَمِيَ مِنْ شَهَواتِها وَلَذّاتِها كما يَحْتَمِي المَريضُ
Tags Wealth/MaterialismAsceticism
hadith 3507
Imam Ali (AS) said, Little of this world corrupts the faith.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : يَسيرُ الدُّنيا يُفْسِدُ الدّينَ
Tags Wealth/Materialism
hadith 3508
Imam Ali (AS) said, Little of this world suffices and plenty of it destroys.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : يَسيرُ الدُّنيا يَكْفي وَ كَثيرُها يُرْدي
Tags Contentment (Qana'ah)Wealth/Materialism
hadith 3509
Imam Ali (AS) said, Little of this world is better than plenty of it, and that of it which suffices for subsistence in it is better than that which destroys.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : يَسيرُ الدُّنيا خَيْرٌ مِنْ كَثيرِها وَ بُلْغَتُها أجْدَرُ مِنْ هَلَكَتِها
Tags Contentment (Qana'ah)Wealth/Materialism
hadith 3510
Imam Ali (AS) said, O slaves of desire, cut them short! For indeed, the one who leans on this world gets nothing out of it but the grating sound of hardship.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : يا أسْرَى الرَّغْبَةِ أقْصِرُوا فَإنَّ المُعَرِّجَ عَلَى الدُّنيا لايَرُوعُهُ مِنْها إلاَّ صَريفُ أنيابِ الحِدْثانِ
Tags Wealth/MaterialismGreed/Stinginess
hadith 3511
Imam Ali (AS) said, One who works for this world makes a loss.
مَنْ عَمِلَ لِلدُّنيا خَسِرَ
Tags Wealth/Materialism