Tradition n. 363

قالَ رَسُولُ الله صلی الله عليه و آله و سلم:

مَنِ اس تَوى يَوماهُ فَهُوَ مَغبُونٌ.

The Holy Prophet (S) said: “He whose two days (of life) are the same (making no spiritual progress) is at loss.”

Bihar al-Anwar, vol. 71, p. 173

Tradition n. 364

قالَ الإمامُ الكاظِمُ عليه السلام :

مَثَلُ الدّنيا مَثَلُ ماءِ البَح رِ كُلَّما شَرِبَ مِنهُ العَط شانُ اِز دادَ عَطَشًا حَتّى يَق تُلَهُ.

The seventh Imam, Musa Ibn Ja'far (‘a), said: “The likeness of this world is as the water of the sea. However much (water) a thirsty person drinks from it, his thirst increases so much so that the water kills him.”

Bihar al-Anwar, vol. 78, p. 311

Tradition n. 365

قالَ الإمامُ عليّ بنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الهادِى عليه السلام :

اَلنّاسُ فِي الدّنيا بِالأموالِ وَ فِي الآخِرَةِ بِالأعمالِ.

Imam Hadi, the tenth Imam (‘a), said: “People are respected in this world for possessing wealth and in the Hereafter for possessing righteous deeds.”

Bihar al-Anwar, vol. 78, p. 368

Tradition n. 366

قالَ رَسُولُ الله صلی الله عليه و آله و سلم:

هَلاكُ نِساءِ اُمَّتِي فِي الأمرَينِ الذَّهَبِ وَالثِّيابِ الرِّقاقِ وَ هَـلاكُ رِجالِ اُمَّتي فِي تَر كِ العِل مِ وَ جَم عِ المـالِ.

The Holy Prophet (S) said: “The destruction of my female followers is in two things: gold and immodest clothes; and the destruction of my male followers lies in abandoning knowledge and compiling wealth.”

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