Qana'ah

Being satisfied with enough, so that what you do not have stops taking up room.

Also written · Qanaah · Qana'a · Qanaat · Kanaat · Qanaa · Contentment · Being content · Satisfaction · Sufficiency · Happy with what you have

The meaning

What Qana'ah means in Islam

The Prophet peace be upon him said a person has succeeded who submitted, was given just enough, and was made content by Allah with what He gave him, in Muslim. He also said richness is not having many possessions, but richness of the soul, in Bukhari and Muslim. Qana'ah is not a ban on ambition or on earning. It is the removal of the ache that no amount answers.

Evidence · Sunnah · Established in the authentic Sunnah

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Words that sit beside it

ZuhdHolding the world loosely: having a thing in your hand without letting it into your heart.الزُّهْد
ShukrGratitude that shows: knowing the gift, saying so, and using it as its Giver would like.الشُّكْر
HasadEnvy: wishing a blessing would leave someone, rather than wishing you had one too.الحَسَد
DunyaThe nearer life: this world, which is not condemned in itself, only when it becomes the whole aim.الدُّنْيَا