Home / Books / Mīzān al-Ḥikma / Volume 1 / The Distinguishing Trait of the Free / Hadith 1351 hadith 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. الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : العَبدُ حُرٌّ ما قَنِعَ ، الحُرُّ عَبدٌ ما طَمِعَ. Similar narrations Ghurar al-Ḥikam #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. All narrations in The Distinguishing Trait of the Free Browse all books Search more hadith
hadith 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. الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : العَبدُ حُرٌّ ما قَنِعَ ، الحُرُّ عَبدٌ ما طَمِعَ.