عَشَرَةُ أَشْيَاءَ فَأَعْلَى دَرَجَةِ الزُّهْدِ أَدْنَى دَرَجَةِ الْوَرَعِ وَ أَعْلَى دَرَجَةِ الْوَرَعِ أَدْنَى دَرَجَةِ الْيَقِينِ وَ أَعْلَى دَرَجَةِ الْيَقِينِ أَدْنَى دَرَجَةِ الرِّضَا أَلَا وَ إِنَّ الزُّهْدَ فِي آيَةٍ مِنْ كِتَابِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ لِكَيْلا تَأْسَوْا عَلى ما فاتَكُمْ وَ لا تَفْرَحُوا بِما آتاكُمْ .
Translation
Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, and Ali Bin Muhammad, from Al Qasim Bin Muhammad, from Suleyman Bin Dawood Al Minqary, from Ali Bin Hashim Bin Al Bareyd, (It has been narrated) from his father that a man asked Ali<sup>asws</sup> Bin Al-Husayn<sup>asws</sup> about the ascetism. So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘(It has) ten levels. So the highest level of the ascetism is the lowest level of the piety, and the highest level of the piety is the lowest level of the conviction, and the highest level of the convition is the lowest level of the satisfaction. Indeed! And the ascetism in a Verse from the Book of Allah<sup>azwj</sup> <span class="ibTxt"><a href="/#/books/quran:57#h23"><a href="/books/quran:57#h23">[57:23]</a></a> So that you may not despair over what has escaped you, nor be happy at what He has Given you</span>’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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