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True Richness is Contentment of the Soul

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Sahih al-Bukhari · 6446·Narrated by Abu Hurayrah (RA)

لَيْسَ الْغِنَى عَنْ كَثْرَةِ الْعَرَضِ، وَلَكِنَّ الْغِنَى غِنَى النَّفْسِ

Transliteration

Laysal-ghinā 'an kathratil-'arad, walākinnal-ghinā ghinan-nafs

Translation

Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Wealth is not in having many possessions, but rather (true) wealth is feeling sufficiency in the soul."

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True Richness is Contentment of the Soul – hadith in Arabic with English translation, Sahih al-Bukhari 6446

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