1ـ رسولُ اللهِِ (صَلَّيَ اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ): ما تَعَبَّدُوا للّهِِ بشَيءٍ مِثلِ الزُّهدِ في الدنيا.
1– The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'People cannot worship Allah with anything better than asceticism from worldly pleasures.’[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 70, p. 322]
2ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): الزُّهدُ شِيمَةُ المُتَّقِينَ وسَجِيَّةُ الأوّابِينَ.
2– Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Asceticism is the distinguishing characteristic of Godwary people and the natural disposition of those who turn to Allah.’[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 1713]
3ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): إنَّ مِن أعوَنِ الأخلاقِ على الدِّينِ الزُّهدَ في الدنيا.
3– Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Verily among the qualities that greatly develop one’s faith is abstention from worldly pleasures.’[al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 128, no. 3]
4ـ الإمامُ الباقرُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): كانَ فيما ناجَى اللّهُ به موسى (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): ... ما تَزَيَّنَ لي المُتَزَيِّنُونَ بمِثلِ الزُّهدِ في الدنيا عَمّا بِهِمُ الغِنى عنه.
4– Imam al-Baqir (AS) said, 'In one of His conversations with Prophet Moses (AS), Allah told him the following, '…those who seek to adorn themselves [for Me] have no better apparel than abstention from the worldly pleasures that they find indispensable.’[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 13, p. 349, no. 37]
5ـ الإمامُ الصّادقُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): جُعِلَ الخَيرُ كُلُّهُ في بَيتٍ ، وجُعِلَ مِفتاحُهُ الزُّهدَ في الدنيا .
5– Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, 'All goodness has been placed in one house, and its key is asceticism and restraint from worldly pleasures.’[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 73, p. 49, no. 20]
