Contentment as inexhaustible wealth

Nahj al-Balāgha|Volume 1|Book 3|Chapter 57

Nahj al-Balāgha

Book 3, Chapter 57

Contentment as inexhaustible wealth
2 Aḥadīth
Ḥadīth 71

٥٧. وَقَالَ (عليه ‏السلام): الْقَنَاعَةُ مَالٌ لَا يَنْفَدُ.

57. Amīr al-mu’minīn, peace be upon him, said: Contentment is wealth that does not diminish. [1]

Ḥadīth 72

قال السيد الرضي: وقد روي هذا الكلام عن النبي صلي الله عليه وآله وسلم.

As-Sayyid ar-Raḍī says: This saying has also been related from the Prophet, may Allāh bless him and his descendants.