الزُّهْدُ قَصْرُ الْأَمَلِ
Renunciation of worldly pleasures means shortening aspirations
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الزُّهْدُ أَنْ لَا تَطْلُبَ الْمَفْقُودَ حَتَّى يُعْدَمَ الْمَوْجُودُ
Renunciation of worldly pleasures means not seeking that which is absent until that which is present [and available] perishes
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الْعَاقِلُ مَنْ يَزْهَدُ فِيمَا يَرْغَبُ فِيهِ الْجَاهِلُ
The intelligent person is one who renounces that which the ignorant one desires
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الزُّهْدُ تَقْصِيرُ الْآمَالِ وَإِخْلَاصُ الْأَعْمَالِ
Renunciation of worldly pleasures means cutting short [one’s] aspirations and performing actions with sincerity
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الزُّهْدُ أَقَلُّ مَا يُوجَدُ وَأَجَلُّ مَا يُعْهَدُ وَيَمْدَحُهُ الْكُلُّ وَيَتْرُكُهُ الْجُلُّ [الجهل]
Renunciation of worldly pleasures is rarely found [among the people] and is the loftiest thing that is observed; it is praised by everyone but left [unpractised] by the majority of people
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أَوَّلُ الزُّهْدِ التَّزَهُّدُ
The first step of asceticism is renouncing worldly pleasures
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أَفْضَلُ الزُّهْدِ إِخْفَاءُ الزُّهْدِ
The best [form of] renunciation of worldly pleasures is concealing [one’s] asceticism
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أَصْلُ الزُّهْدِ حُسْنُ الرَّغْبَةِ فِيمَا عِنْدَ اللَّهِ
The root of renunciation of worldly pleasures is the desire for that which is with Allah
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أَصْلُ الزُّهْدِ الْيَقِينُ وَثَمَرَتُهُ السَّعَادَةُ
The root of indifference towards worldly pleasures is certitude, and its fruit is felicity
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إِنَّ الزَّاهِدِينَ فِي الدُّنْيَا لَتَنْكَى قُلُوبُهُمْ وَإِنْ ضَحِكُوا وَيَشْتَدُّ حُزْنُهُمْ وَإِنْ فَرِحُوا وَيَكْثُرُ مَقْتُهُمْ وَإِنِ اغْتُبِطُوا بِمَا أُوتُوا
Verily the hearts of those who renounce worldly pleasures weep even when they laugh, and their sadness intensifies even when they are [apparently] happy, and their self-loathing increases even though they are [apparently] delighted with what they are given
المصدر : غرر الحكم ودرر الكلم
إِنَّ الزَّهَادَةَ قَصْرُ الْأَمَلِ وَالشُّكْرُ عَلَى النِّعَمِ وَالْوَرَعُ عَنِ الْمَحَارِمِ فَإِنْ عَزَبَ [غَرَبَ] ذَلِكَ عَنْكُمْ فَلَا يَغْلِبِ الْحَرَامُ صَبْرَكُمْ وَلَا تَنْسَوْا عِنْدَ النِّعَمِ شُكْرَكُمْ فَقَدْ أَعْذَرَ اللَّهُ سُبْحَانَهُ إِلَيْكُمْ بِحُجَجٍ مُسْفِرَةٍ ظَاهِرَةٍ وَكُتُبٍ بَارِزَةِ الْعُذْرِ وَاضِحَةٍ
Verily, renunciation of worldly pleasures means shortening aspirations, being grateful for blessings and keeping away from that which is forbidden; and if this [practice] leaves you then let not the forbidden overcome your patience and do not forget to be thankful for your blessings, for Allah, the Glorified, has left no room for excuse through manifest and clear proofs and books that are open and unambiguous
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إِذَا هَرَبَ الزَّاهِدُ مِنَ النَّاسِ فَاطْلُبْهُ
When the one who renounces worldly pleasures flees from the people, seek him out
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إِذَا طَلَبَ الزَّاهِدُ النَّاسَ فَاهْرُبْ مِنْهُ
When the one who renounces worldly pleasures seeks people, flee from him
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ظَلَفُ النَّفْسِ عَنْ لَذَّاتِ الدُّنْيَا هُوَ الزُّهْدُ الْمَحْمُودُ
Restraining the soul from the pleasures of this world is the praiseworthy asceticism
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كَيْفَ يَصِلُ إِلَى حَقِيقَةِ الزُّهْدِ مَنْ لَمْ تُمِتْ شَهْوَتَهُ
How can one who has not killed off his lustful desires reach the essence of asceticism?!
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كُنْ زَاهِداً فِيمَا يَرْغَبُ فِيهِ الْجَهُولُ
Be one who renounces that which the ignorant ones desire
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لِيَكُنْ زُهْدُكَ فِيمَا يَنْفَدُ وَيَزُولُ فَإِنَّهُ لَا يَبْقَى لَكَ وَلَا تَبْقَى لَهُ
Let your renunciation be of that thing which perishes and disappears, for indeed neither will it remain for you nor will you remain for it
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مَنْ لَمْ يَأْسَ عَلَى الْمَاضِي وَلَمْ يَفْرَحْ بِالْآتِي فَقَدْ أَخَذَ الزُّهْدَ بِطَرَفَيْهِ
One who neither despairs over the past nor becomes overjoyed with the future has taken asceticism from both its sides
المصدر : غرر الحكم ودرر الكلم
مَا نِلْتَ مِنْ دُنْيَاكَ فَلَا تُكْثِرْ بِهِ فَرَحاً وَمَا فَاتَكَ مِنْهَا فَلَا تَأْسَ عَلَيْهِ حَزَناً
Do not be overjoyed by that which you obtain in this world and do not despair with sadness for that which eludes you from it
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نِظَامُ الدِّينِ مُخَالَفَةُ الْهَوَى وَالتَّنَزُّهُ عَنِ الدُّنْيَا
The structure of religion is [based on] opposing vain desires and keeping away from [the unlawful pleasures of] this world
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لَا تَأْسَ عَلَى مَا فَاتَ
Do not grieve for that which is lost
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لَا تَفْرَحْ بِمَا هُوَ آتٍ
Do not be joyful about that which is coming [to you]
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لَا تَزْهَدَنَّ فِي شَيْءٍ حَتَّى تَعْرِفَهُ
Never renounce anything until you know what it is
المصدر : غرر الحكم ودرر الكلم
لَا تَفْرَحْ بِالْغَنَاءِ وَالرَّخَاءِ وَلَا تَغْتَمَّ بِالْفَقْرِ وَالْبَلَاءِ
Do not be delighted by wealth and comfort, and do not be grieved by poverty and tribulation, for verily gold is tested by fire and the believer is tested by tribulation
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لَا زُهْدَ كَالْكَفِّ عَنِ الْحَرَامِ
There is no asceticism like refraining from that which is forbidden
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لَا يَنْفَعُ زُهْدُ مَنْ لَمْ يَتَخَلَّ عَنِ الطَّمَعِ وَيَتَحَلَّ بِالْوَرَعِ
There is no benefit in the asceticism of one who does not renounce avarice and adorn himself with piety
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