6ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): لا كَنزَ أغنى مِن القَناعَةِ . |
6– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘There is no treasure more precious than contentment.’[Nahj al-Balagha, Saying 371] |
7ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): لا غِنى كالعَقلِ . |
7– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘There is no wealth like the intellect.’[Nahj al-Balagha, Saying 54] |
8ـ الإمامُ زينُ العابدينَ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): أظهِرِ اليَأسَ مِن الناسِ ؛ فإنَّ ذلكَ هُو الغِنى . |
8– Imam Zayn al-Abidin (AS) said, ‘Show your despair of people [and their possessions], for verily that is true wealth.’[Amali al-Mufid, p. 183, no. 6] |
9ـ الإمامُ الهاديُّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): الغِنى قِلَّةُ تَمَنِّيكَ والرِّضا بما يَكفِيكَ . الفَقرُ شَرَهُ النّفسِ وشِدَّةُ القُنُوطِ . |
9– Imam al-Hadi (AS) said, ‘[Truly] Being rich is to wish for little and to be content with whatever suffices you, and [true] poverty is the voracity of the soul [for more] and severe despondence.’[al-Durra al-Bahira, p. 41] |