السَّعادَة

PROSPERITY

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2– Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Prosperous is he who is sincere in his acts of obedience.’
[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 1293]

3– Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, 'One who is not knowledgeable must not be deemed prosperous.’
[Tuhaf al-`Uqoul, no. 364]

4– Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Act in accordance with knowledge and you will prosper.’
[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 2479]

5– Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Sit in the company of scholars and you will prosper.’
[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 4717]

6– Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Prosperity lies in adhering to the truth.’
[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 6489]

7– Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Whoever takes account of himself prospers.’
[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 7887]

8– Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Whoever exerts his soul in a bid to improve himself prospers, and whoever neglects and abandons his soul to its pleasures attracts misfortune and becomes distant
[from Allah].’
[Ghurar al-Hikam, 8246-8247]

9– The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'Four things make up a man's prosperity: virtuous friends, a dutiful child, a compatible wife, and having the source of his livelihood in his own town.’
[Nawadir al-Rawandi, no. 11]

10– Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Having a heart free from rancour and jealousy is part of a man's prosperity.’
[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 5803]

11– Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Accomplishment of good deeds constitutes prosperity.’
[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 9296]

12– Imam Ali (AS) said, 'The reality of prosperity is that a man's tasks conclude with success, and the reality of misfortune is that a man's tasks conclude with failure.’
[Ma`ani al-Akhbar, p. 345, no. 1]

13– Imam Ali (AS) said, 'At the time of the Great Exposure
[of our deeds] in front of Allah
[on the Day of Resurrection], prosperity and misfortune will materialize in their distinct realities.’
[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 6223]

14– The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'The most prosperous of people is the one who mingles with honourable people.’
[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 74, p. 185, no. 2]

15– Imam Ali (AS) said, 'The most prosperous of people is the one who has abandoned an ephemeral pleasure in exchange for a lasting one.’
[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 3218]

16– Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Verily the most prosperous of people in this world is the one who turns away from all that which he knows is detrimental to him, and verily the most unfortunate person is he who follows his whims.’
[Waq`aat Siffin, p. 108]

17– Imam Ali (AS) said, 'The most prosperous person is he who acknowledges our virtue, draws near to Allah through us, is sincere in his love for us, acts upon whatever we have recommended, and refrains from all that we have prohibited. He is indeed of us and will be with us in the place of everlasting abode.’
[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 3297]

18– Imam Ali (AS) said, 'The person with the greatest prosperity is the one with the greatest level of abstemiousness.’
[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 3100]