1409 - ما يُكَدِّرُ العَيشَ‏

1409. FACTORS WHICH SPOIL ONE’S LIFESTYLE

4748.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام : ثَلاثَةٌ تُكَدِّرُ العَيشَ : السُّلطانُ الجائرُ ، والجارُ السَّوءُ ، والمَرأةُ البَذِيَّةُ .¹

4748.Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘Three things spoil one’s lifestyle: an oppressive ruler, a bad neighbour, and a loathsome wife.’²

4749.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام : خَمسُ خِصالٍ مَن فَقَدَ واحِدَةً مِنهُنَّ لَم يَزَلْ ناقِصَ العَيشِ زائلَ العَقلِ مَشغولَ القَلبِ ، فأوَّلُها : صِحَّةُ البَدَنِ ، والثّانِيَةُ : الأمنُ ، والثّالِثَةُ : السَّعَةُ في‏الرِّزقِ ، والرّابِعَةُ : الأنيسُ المُوافِقُ - [ قال الراوي : ]قُلتُ : وما الأنيسُ المُوافِقُ ؟ قالَ : الزَّوجَةُ الصّالِحَةُ ، والوَلَدُ الصّالِحُ ، والخَليطُ الصّالِحُ - والخامِسَةُ : وهِيَ تَجمَعُ هذِه الخِصالَ : الدَّعَةُ .³

4749.Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘There are five things which if one where to lose just one of them it would render his life incomplete, his intellect short-lived, and his heart preoccupied. The first of these is health of the body; the second is security; the third is ample sustenance; the fourth is a compatible companion. [The narrator says], ‘I asked, ‘What is a compatible companion?’ to which he replied, ‘The virtuous wife, the virtuous son and the virtuous friend. And the fifth one, which sums up these four things, is tranquillity.’⁴

297 - العَيش‏

297. LIFESTYLE

1408 - أهنَأُ العَيشِ‏

1408. The Most Wholesome Lifestyle

4744.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : أهنَى العَيشِ اطّراحُ الكُلَفِ .¹

4744.Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘The most wholesome lifestyle is achieved through letting go of formalities.’²

4745.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : أطيَبُ العَيشِ القَناعَةُ .³

4745.Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘The most pleasant [type] of life is [a life of] contentment.’⁴

4746.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : أنعَمُ النّاسِ عَيشاً مَن مَنَحَهُ اللَّهُ سُبحانَهُ القَناعَةَ ، وأصلَحَ لَهُ زَوجَهُ .⁵

4746.Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘The man with the most comfortable lifestyle is he whom Allah, Glory be to Him, has granted contentment and to whom he has given a virtuous wife.’⁶

4747.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام : لا عَيشَ أهنَأُ مِن حُسنِ الخُلقِ .⁷

4747.Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘There is no lifestyle more wholesome than [living] good-naturedly.’⁸