25ـ رسولُ اللهِِ (صَلَّيَ اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ): أزهَدُ الناسِ مَنِ اجتَنَبَ الحَرامَ.
25– The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'The most abstemious of people is he who renounces the prohibited things.’[Amali al-Saduq, p. 27, no. 4]
26ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): لا تَكُنْ مِمَّن يُرِيدُ الآخِرَةَ بِعَمَلِ الدنيا ... يقولُ في الدنيا قَولَ الزاهِدينَ ، ويَعمَلُ فيها عَمَلَ الراغِبِينَ.
26– Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Do not be of those who try to secure the Hereafter by means of the worldly life…they disparage this world using ascetic terms, yet act like those who covet it.’[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 78, p. 68, no. 16]
27ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): أفضَلُ الزُّهدِ إخفاءُ الزُّهدِ .
27– Imam Ali (AS) said, 'The best level of asceticism is to conceal one's asceticism.’[Nahj al-Balagha, Saying 28]
28ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): إذا هَرَبَ الزاهدُ مِنَ الناسِ فاطْلُبْهُ ، إذا طَلَبَ الزاهدُ الناسَ فاهْرُبْ مِنهُ .
28– Imam Ali (AS) said, 'When an abstemious person flees from people, seek after him, and when he seeks after people, flee from him.’[Ghurar al-Hikam, nos. 3078-3079]
29ـ الإمامُ زينُ العابدينَ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): يقولُ اللّهُ: يا ابنَ آدَمَ ، اِرْضَ بما آتَيتُكَ تَكُن مِن أزهَدِ الناسِ .
29– Imam Zayn al-Abidin (AS) said, 'Allah says, 'O son of Adam, be satisfied with what I have given you and you will be among the most abstemious of people.’[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 78, p. 139, no. 22]
30ـ الإمامُ الكاظمُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): إنّ أصبَرَكُم على البَلاءِ لَأزهَدُكُم في الدنيا .
30– Imam al-Kazim (AS) said, 'Verily he who is most persevering in the face of adversity is the most abstemious from among you.’[Bihar al-Anwar, p. 308, no. 1]
