Description: Imam Ali (a.s.) said, ‘The covetous one is never satiated.’
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : الحَريصُ لا يَكْتَفي.
Reference:[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 365]
Description: Imam Ali (a.s.) said, ‘Covetousness does not increase sustenance, but rather it degrades its worth.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : الحِرصُ لا يَزيدُ في الرِّزقِ ، ولكنْ يُذِلُّ القَدْرَ .
Reference:’[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 1877]
Description: Imam al-Husayn (a.s.) said, ‘Self-restraint does not prevent [the descent of] sustenance, nor does covetousness attract any surplus [sustenance]; for indeed sustenance is allotted, and death is certain, and covetousness is only asking for sin.
Description: Imam al-Baqir (a.s.) said, ‘The similitude of the one who covets this world is as the caterpillar: the more silk it spins around itself, the harder it makes its exit for itself, until it dies of grief.’
Description: Imam al-Sadiq (a.s.) said, ‘The Commander of the Faithful, blessings of Allah be upon him, used to say, ‘O son of Adam! If only you sought from the world enough to satisfy your needs, indeed the very least from it would be enough to satisfy your needs. But if instead you desire more than your needs, then truly everything that it contains will not suffice you.’
الإمامُ الصّادقُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : كانَ أميرُ المؤمنينَ صلواتُ اللّهِ علَيهِ يقولُ : ابنَ آدمَ ، إنْ كُنتَ تُريدُ مِن الدُّنيا ما يَكْفيكَ فإنَّ أيْسَرَ ما فيها يَكْفيكَ ، وإنْ كُنتَ إنَّما تُريدُ ما لا يَكْفيكَ فإنَّ كُلَّ ما فيها لا يَكْفيكَ .
Reference:[al-Kafi, p. 138, no. 6]
Description: The Prophet (S) said, ‘Know O Ali, that cowardice, miserliness, and covetousness are all a single disposition, brought together through entertaining a low opinion [of Allah].’