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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

The contented one is saved from the woes of covetousness.

Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim

Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Be content and you will gain honour.

Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim

Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Be content with what you are given and you will be made sufficient.

Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim

Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Be content with little from your worldly possessions for the safety of your religion, for indeed the believer is satisfied with the little that he gets of this world.

Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim

Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

The wealthiest of all people is the contented one.

Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim

Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

A slave is free as long as he is content and a freeman is a slave as long as he covets.

Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim

Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Contentment is the helper of poverty.105

Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim

Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Contentment is the most lasting honour.

Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim

Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

The most at ease among the people is the contented one.

Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim

Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Contentment is the sign of the God-wary.

Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim

Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Contentment is the [path to the] most comfortable lifestyle.

Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim

Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Contentment is honour and prosperity.

Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim

Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Contentment is a sword that does not get blunt.

Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim

Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Contentment is the cornerstone of prosperity.

Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim

Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Contentment leads to honour.

Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim

Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Contentment and obedience bring about prosperity and honour.

Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim

Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Contentment is continence.

Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim

Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Contentment is a blessing.

Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim

Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Contentment is honour.

Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim

Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

The contented one is rich, even if he is hungry and unclothed.

Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim

Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

There is no contentment with avarice.

Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim

Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

If you are content, you will gain honour.

Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim

Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Verily you are in greater need of being content with a little sustenance than being greedy of acquiring more.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Verily if you become contented you will gain independence [and affluence] and the burden of worldly provisions will become lighter for you.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

When you are deprived, then be content [with what you have].

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

When you seek wealth, then seek it through contentment.

Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim

Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Through contentment there is honour.

Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim

Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

The fruit of contentment is prosperity.

Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim

Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

The fruit of contentment is being moderate in earning [one's livelihood] and refraining from asking [others].

Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim

Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

The fruit of contentment is honour.

Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim

Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

The goodness of contentment stems from continence.

Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim

Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

It is enough of contentment for you to suffice with what Allah, the Glorified, has apportioned for you.

Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim

Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Preserving that which is in your possession is better for you than seeking that which is in someone else's possession.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Blessed is the one who covers himself with contentment and keeps away from extravagance.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Blessed is the one who fears the punishment [of the Hereafter], works for the Reckoning, espouses continence, is content with what suffices [him] and is pleased with [the decree of] Allah, the Glorified.

Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim

Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

You must have contentment, for indeed there is nothing that wards off poverty more than it.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Contentment is proportionate to the degree of continence.

Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim

Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

In contentment there is prosperity.

Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim

Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

The one who is content has gained honour.

Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim

Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Contentment has been paired with prosperity.

Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim

Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Every contented one is continent.

Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim

Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Contentment is enough of a possession.

Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim

Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Be contented and you will become rich.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Contentment will never be attained until greed is lost.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

One who is not satisfied with the little that he gets has not adorned himself with contentment.

Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim

Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

One who is content becomes rich [and independent].

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

One who is content gets satiated.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

One who makes himself content becomes contented.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

One who is content does not get depressed.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Whoever is content, his worship becomes good.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Whoever is content, his greed becomes less.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

One who is contented with the allotment of Allah becomes needless.

Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim

Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

One who is not satisfied with what has been decreed for him faces hardship.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

One who lacks contentment is not made affluent by riches.

Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim

Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

One from whom contentment turns away is not enriched by wealth.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

One who is content with the sustenance of Allah has no need for the creation.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

One who is granted contentment is preserved by it.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

One whose soul is contented remains dignified even in hard times.

Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim

Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

One who is contented is spared from the humility of asking [others].

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Whoever clings to contentment, his poverty disappears.

Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim

Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

One who desires the blessings of the Hereafter is contented with the little [he has] of this world.

Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim

Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

One who is contented with the allotment of Allah becomes needless of the people.

Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim

Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

One who suffices with little becomes needless of plenty.

Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim

Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

One of the most honourable morals is adorning oneself with contentment.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Remaining contented is from the noble endeavours.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

How good it is for a person to be contented with little and generous with much!

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

The best fortune is contentment.

Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim

Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

The best attribute is contentment.

Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim

Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

One who has been granted contentment has acquired honour.

Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim

Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

There is no treasure like contentment.

Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim

Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Contentment is the better of the two riches.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Contentment is the better of the two forms of continence.

Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim

Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Indeed contentment and overcoming lustful desires are from the greatest forms of abstinence.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

The most helpful thing in reforming the self is contentment.

Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim

Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Verily in contentment there is prosperity.

Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim

Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Contentment enriches.

Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim

Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Every contented one is rich.

Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim

Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

One whose contentment increases, his submissiveness [to the people] decreases.

Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim

Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

One who is content gains honour and becomes independent.

Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim

Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

None has more honour than the contented one.

Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim

Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Contentment is the symbol of satisfaction [with Allah's decree].

Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim

Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

The honour of contentment is better than the humiliation of subordination.

Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim

Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

There is no wealth like contentment.

Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim

Hadith

Ethics Virtues CONTENTMENT AND THE CONTENTED