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13ـ رسولُ اللهِِ (صَلَّيَ اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ): رُبَّ شَهوَةِ ساعَةٍ تُورِثُ حُزناً طَويلاً . |
| 13– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Many a desire of one moment brings about long-lasting grief.’[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 77, p. 82, no. 3] |
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14ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): اُوصِيكُم بمُجانَبَةِ الهَوى ؛ فإنّ الهَوى يَدعو إلَى العَمى، وهُوَ الضَّلال في الآخِرَةِ والدُّنيا . |
| 14– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘I advise you to keep away from desires, for desires instigate blindness, and it is straying both in the Hereafter and in this world.’[Mustadrak al-Wasail, v. 12, p. 113, no. 13666] |
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15ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): الهَوى شَريكُ العَمى . |
| 15– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘The desire is the partner of blindness.’[Nahj al-Balagha, Letter 31] |
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16ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): مَنِ اتَّبَعَ هَواهُ أعماهُ، وأصَمَّهُ، وأذَلَّهُ، وأضَلَّهُ. |
| 16– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘He who follows his desires, it blinds him, deafens him, humiliates him, and leads him astray.’[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 9168] |
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17ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): أوَّلُ الشَّهوَةِ طَرَبٌ، وآخِرُها عَطَبٌ. |
| 17– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘The beginning of desire is [heralded] by singing, and its end by censure.’[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 3133] |
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18ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): إيّاكُم وغَلَبَةَ الشَّهَواتِ على قُلوبِكُم ؛ فإنَّ بِدايَتَها مَلَكَةٌ، ونِهايَتَها هَلَكَةٌ. |
| 18– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Beware of having desires overcome your hearts, for their beginning is an ingrained habit and their end is ruin.’[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 2746] |
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19ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): قَرينُ الشَّهوَةِ مَريضُ النّفسِ، مَعلولُ العَقلِ. |
| 19– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘The associate of the desire has a sick soul and an ill intellect.’[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 2790] |
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20ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): عَبدُ الشَّهوَةِ أذَلُّ مِن عَبدِالرِّقِّ . |
| 20– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘The slave of his own desire is more humiliated than an owned slave.’[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 6298] |
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21ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): كَم مِن عَقلٍ أسيرٍ تَحتَ هَوى أميرٍ! |
| 21– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘How many an imprisoned intellect is under the power of a commanding desire!’[Nahj al-Balagha, Saying 211] |
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22ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): مَن أطاعَ نَفسَهُ في شَهَواتِها فَقد أعانَها على هُلْكِها . |
| 22– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘He who obeys his self in its desires has aided in its destruction.’[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 8794] |
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23ـ الإمامُ الصّادقُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): اِحذَروا أهواءكُم كما تَحذَرونَ أعداءكُم، فلَيسَ شَيءٌ أعدى لِلرِّجالِ مِن اتِّباعِ أهوائهِم، وحَصائدِ ألسِنَتِهِم. |
| 23– Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘Be on your guard against your desires as you guard against your enemies, for there is nothing worse as an enemy to men than following their desires and the consequences of their tongues [i.e. speech].’[al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 335, no. 1] |
