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A person having faith and conviction in the distribution of God, would never turn towards other means and as a consequence, be free of numerous inconveniences and worries. The Holy Prophet (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) has said: Contentment is an empire that never collapses.
This attribute elevates man to his real abode and thus, one should always be contented and pleased with what has been bestowed upon him by God and be patient with respect to that, which has not reached him.[^3] The Conduct of Imam Sadiq Contentment is a trait, admired and praised at all times, and God loves a person who is contented. This attribute becomes more noteworthy at a time when a society suffers from a shortage of food supplies.
Mu’tab, who was responsible for caretaking of the house of Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) relates: Due to shortage in the market of Madinah, the prices of commodities had shot up. The Imam (peace be upon him) asked me: How much of food supplies do we have in the house? Enough to last us for several months! I replied: Hearing this, he said: Place all of the supplies for sale in the market. Astonished, Mu’tab said: What kind of directive is this that you give?
The Imam (peace be upon him) once again repeated his words, but this time with greater emphasis: Take all the provisions of the house and sell them in the market.
Mu’tab said: When I had acted as per the Imam’s (peace be upon him) instructions and sold everything in the market, he (peace be upon him) said to me: “Your duty is to procure food supplies for my house on a day to day basis just as most of the average-class people do.” The Imam (peace be upon him) added: “The food for my family should be prepared by mixing fifty percent of barley and fifty percent of wheat”! [^4] Salman Abu Waail narrates: I, in the company of a friend, visited Salman’s house.