✍️Works of Ibn Abi al-Dunya

Contentment and abstinence

القناعة والتعفف

Author: أبو بكر عبد الله بن محمد بن عبيد بن سفيان بن قيس البغدادي الأموي القرشي المعروف بابن أبي الدنيا (المتوفى: 281هـ) (d. 281)

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كتاب "القناعة والتعفف" لابن أبي الدنيا هو مؤلف في الرقائق والزهد، يجمع أحاديث نبوية وآثارًا عن الصحابة والسلف تحث على ترك مسألة الناس والاستغناء عنهم، وتبين فضل التعفف والقناعة بالرزق، مع ذكر ما ورد من حكم ومواعظ في التوكل على الله والرضا بالقسمة.

Translation

The book “Contentment and Chastity” by Ibn Abi Al-Dunya is a book on gentleness and asceticism. It collects prophetic hadiths and narrations from the Companions and predecessors urging people to abandon the affairs of people and do without them, and explaining the virtue of chastity and contentment with one’s livelihood, while mentioning the rulings and sermons received regarding trust in God and contentment with the division.

Topics covered

Chapter on condemning the question, rebuking it, and the virtue of abstaining from it
Do you have a pledge of allegiance and heaven is yours?
The upper hand is better than the lower hand
Do not return what God has given you
What is the extent of wealth?
The issue is a stomach ailment and a headache
The reward for asking people unnecessarily
Three people may ask
One of the virtues of money
Meeting needs with the book
A man who rejects the world
Whoever fears God, He will make a way out for him
Chapter: Summarizing the request and being satisfied with the oath
Every morsel is precious to its owner
God divides sustenance every morning
Fear God wherever you are
The eager, ignorant, and the contented, ascetic
From the famous sayings
Chapter: Alleviating the need with God Almighty and abstaining from begging
The reward for those who turn to God
The best worship is waiting for relief
Whoever knows God is rich
Adornment of the believer
The world is two things
One of the meanings of trust

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