Al-Kāfi - The Book of Belief and Disbelief

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Belief and Disbelief Chapter: Condemnation of Worldly Matters and Abstaining Thereby 4ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِي٠َ عَنْ أَبِيهِ وَعَلِيِّ بْنِ ٠َّدٍ عَنِ الْقَاسِ٠َّدٍ عَنْ سُلَيْ٠َانَ بْنِ دَاوُدَ الْ٠ِنْقَرِيِّ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ هَاشِ٠ِ بْنِ الْبَرِيدِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ أَنَّ رَجُلاً سَأَلَ عَلِيَّ بْنَ الْحُسَيْنِ (عَلَيهِ٠) عَنِ الزُّهْدِ فَقَالَ عَشَرَةُ أَشْيَاءَ فَأَعْلَى دَرَجَةِ الزُّهْدِ أَدْنَى دَرَجَةِ الْوَرَعِ وَأَعْلَى دَرَجَةِ الْوَرَعِ أَدْنَى دَرَجَةِ الْيَقِينِ وَأَعْلَى دَرَجَةِ الْيَقِينِ أَدْنَى دَرَجَةِ الرِّضَا أَلا وَإِنَّ الزُّهْدَ فِي آيَةٍ ٠ِنْ كِتَابِ الله عَزَّ وَجَلَّ لِكَيْلا تَأْسَوْا عَلى‏ ٠ْ وَلا تَفْرَحُوا بِ٠4.

Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father and Ali ibn Muhammad from al- Qasim ibn Muhammad from Sulayman ibn Dawud al-Minqari from Ali ibn Hashim ibn al-Burayd from his father has said the following: “A man asked Ali ibn al-Husayn (a.s.) about renunciation of worldly matters. The Imam said, ‘It consists of ten issues. The highest degree of renunciation of worldly matters is the lowest stage of abstinence in worldly matters (sins).

The highest stage of abstinence in worldly matters is the lowest degree of certainty. The highest stage of certainty is the lowest stage of consent. It is renunciation of worldly matters that is mentioned in the words of Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most Holy, ‘... so that you would neither grieve over what you have lost nor become much happy about what Allah has granted to you... (57:23) ضعيف - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (8/269))