Imam Al-Sadiq

and the good provisions? Say: These are for the believers in the life of this world...."(328)
Also this tradition of al- Sadiq, peace be on him, proves that good provisions are not
prohibited: "Certainly, When life is prosperous, then the righteous are worthier of it than the
sinful, the believers than the hypocrites, Muslim than unbelievers." He said this tradition
when some people saw him wearing white clothes. They criticized him for those clothes
which they regard as a wish for life in this world while the slogan of his grandfathers was
religious devotion in this world.
Yes, these things and life in this world should not take the servant's entire attention. Rather,
he should take care of the most lasting, and the most useful.
Allah, the Glorified has imposed precepts and limited punishments to regulate life in this
world. For this reason, al- Sadiq, peace be on him, guided us to this fact and said: "The most
pious one of all people is he who considers suspicion carefully, the most worshipping one of
all people is he who performs the duties, the most devout of all people is he who refrains from
the prohibited, and the severest one of all people in effort is he who gives up sins."(329)
Life in this world:
The world of man is nothing but the self of man and what it contains such as instincts,
appetites, ideas, and beliefs. Every thing except his soul is out of his entity and foreign for
him. Besides, it has no relation with man's world and has no relation with man himself but to
the extent that relates with his ideas, satisfying his appetites, and achieving what his instincts
stir him to.
If all the appetites of man are satisfied, then man will achieve all what he wishes in his life,
otherwise he will be deprived of them as much as some of his appetites are hungry or not
satisfied.
However, it is impossible for man to satisfy all his appetites in the life in this world. We will
give an example about the appetite of superiority, domination and love, which are the
strongest appetites in man. Whatever man rules and dominates, certainly, there are other
directions out of his rule or there are other powers compete with him for that. So, the appetite
of rule, due to what we have said, cannot be satisfied whatever its owner tries to satisfy it.
Besides, to satisfy the appetite of domination is not achieved unless man abandons some of
his other appetites such as rest, tranquillity, peace, and the like. That is because to continue
the domination or to enlarge it forces man to resist his rivals or to face his disobedients. Then
the more man dominates the more the competition is. So, his deprivation of many appetites
increases, too. Generally speaking, the more man indulges in appetites and cleaves to his life
in this world, the stronger his appetites are. In the meantime most of his appetites remain
without satisfaction. They stir him, ache him, and spoil his living and his rest till he dies for