19ـ رسولُ اللهِِ (صَلَّيَ اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ): الزُّهدُ في الدنيا يُرِيحُ القَلبَ والبَدَنَ ، والرَّغبَةُ فيها تُتعِبُ القَلبَ والبَدَنَ .
19– The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'Abstaining from the vain pleasures of this world puts the heart and the body at rest, whereas longing for them exhausts the heart and the body.’[Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 6060]
20ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): مَن زَهِدَ في الدنيا ، ولم يَجزَعْ مِن ذُلِّها ، ولَم يُنافِسْ في عِزِّها ، هَداهُ اللّهُ بغَيرِ هِدايَةٍ مِن مَخلوقٍ ، وعَلَّمَهُ بغَيرِ تَعلِيمٍ، وأثبَتَ الحِكمَةَ في صَدرِهِ وأجراها على لِسانِهِ .
20– Imam Ali (AS) said, 'He who renounces this worldly life, neither concerning himself with its baseness nor vying for its glory, Allah rewards him with a gift that is unobtainable through any of His creatures, grants him knowledge without the need for learning, secures wisdom in his heart and makes it flow upon his tongue.’[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 78, p. 63, no. 155]
21ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): اِزهَدْ في الدنيا تَنزِلْ علَيكَ الرَّحمَةُ .
21– Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Abstain from the vain pleasures of this world and divine mercy will descend upon you.’[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 2275]
22ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): الزهدُ في الدنيا الراحَةُ العُظمى.
22– Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Abstaining from the vain pleasures of this world is the greatest source of comfort.’[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 1316]
23ـ الإمامُ زينُ العابدينَ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): مَن زَهِدَ في الدنيا هانَتْ علَيهِ مَصائبُها ولم يَكرَهْها.
23– Imam Zayn al-Abidin (AS) said, 'He who renounces the world's vain pleasures finds its afflictions trivial and is not bothered by them as a result.’[Tuhaf al-`Uqoul, no. 281]
24ـ الإمامُ الصّادقُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): حَرامٌ على قُلوبِكُم أن تَعرِفَ حَلاوَةَ الإيمانِ حتّى تَزهَدَ في الدنيا.
24– Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, 'It is forbidden for your hearts that they should taste the sweetness of faith until and unless they abstain from the pleasures of this world.’[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 78, p. 63, no. 155]
