Home / Books / Ghurar al-Ḥikam / Volume 1 / Contentment and the Contented / Hadith 8327 hadith 8327 ۞ Imam Ali (AS) said, A slave is free as long as he is content and a freeman is a slave as long as he covets. الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اَلْعَبْدُ حُرٌّ ما قَنِعَ الحُرُّ عَبْدٌ ما طَمِعَ Similar narrations Mīzān al-Ḥikma #1351 Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘The servant of Allah is free so far as he remains content. The free man is a slave as long as he is greedy. All narrations in Contentment and the Contented Browse all books Search more hadith
hadith 8327 ۞ Imam Ali (AS) said, A slave is free as long as he is content and a freeman is a slave as long as he covets. الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اَلْعَبْدُ حُرٌّ ما قَنِعَ الحُرُّ عَبْدٌ ما طَمِعَ