العَيشُ

LIFESTYLE

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2– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘The most pleasant
[type] of life is
[a life of] contentment.’
[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 2918]

3– 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.’
[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 3295]

4– Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘There is no lifestyle more wholesome than
[living] good-naturedly.’
[`AIlal al-Shara’ i`a , p. 560, no. 1]

5– Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘Three things spoil one’s lifestyle an oppressive ruler, a bad neighbour, and a loathsome wife.’
[Tuhaf al-`Uqoul, no. 320]

6– 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 mild-temperedness.’
[al-Khisal, p. 284, no. 34]