مِفتاحُ الغِنى The Key to Affluence

18ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): مِفتاحُ الغِنَى اليَقينُ .

18– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘The key to affluence is conviction.’[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 78, p. 9, no. 65]
 

19ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): لا يكونُ غَنيّاً حتّى يكونَ عَفيفاً .

19– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘One cannot be rich unless one has self-restraint.’[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 78, p. 8, no. 64]
 

20ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): مَن أصبَحَ والآخِرَةُ هَمُّهُ استَغنى بغَيرِ مالٍ، واستَأنَسَ بغَيرِ أهلٍ، وعَزَّ بغَيرِ عَشيرَةٍ.

20– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘He who wakes up in the morning concerned about his Hereafter is enriched without the need for riches, finds solace without the need for family, and is honoured without the need for a clan.’[Amali al-Tusi, p. 580, no. 1198]
 

21ـ الإمامُ الباقرُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): إنَّ أهلَ التَّقوى هُمُ الأغنياءُ، أغناهُمُ القَليلُ مِن الدنيا فَمَؤونَتُهُم يَسِيرَةٌ.

21– Imam al-Baqir (AS) said, ‘Verily the Godwary people are the richest, and they have been enriched by their possession of very little so that their provisions [on their journey to the Hereafter] are very light.’[Tuhaf al-`Uqoul, no. 287]