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1ـ فيما وَعَظَ اللّهُ تعالى بهِ عيسى (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): ياعيسى، لاتَستَيقِظَنَّ عاصِياً ولا تَستَنبِهَنَّ لاهِياً، وافطِمْ نَفسَكَ عَنِ الشَّهَواتِ المُوبِقاتِ، وكُلُّ شَهوَةٍ تُباعِدُكَ مِنّي فاهجُرْها. |
| 1– It is narrated in al-Kafi: From what Allah advised Jesus (AS): ‘O Jesus, do not wake up disobedient and do not regain consciousness [engaged] in amusement. Wean yourself from destructive desires, and abandon every passion that distances you from Me.’[al-Kafi, v. 8, p. 136, no. 103] |
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2ـ رسولُ اللهِِ (صَلَّيَ اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ): إنّما سُمِّيَ الهَوى لأ نّهُ يَهوي بصاحِبِهِ . |
| 2– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Desires (hawa) have been called thus because they overthrow (yahwi) the one who possesses them.’[Sunan al-DArimI, p. 407] |
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3ـ رسولُ اللهِ (صَلَّيَ اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ): إنّ إبليسَ قالَ: أهلَكتُهُم بِالذُّنوبِ فأهلَكوني بالاستِغفارِ، فلَمّا رأيتُ ذلكَ أهلَكتُهُم بالأهواءِ فهُم يَحسَبونَ أ نّهُم مُهتَدونَ فلا يَستَغفِرونَ. |
| 3– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Satan said, ‘I have destroyed them with sins and they have destroyed me with their repentance, so when I saw this, I destroyed them with their own desire, so they think that they are guided and they do not seek forgiveness.’[al-TarghIb wa al-TarhIb, v. 1, p. 87, no. 13] |
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4ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): إنّما بَدءُ وُقوعِ الفِتَنِ أهواءٌ تُتَّبَعُ، وأحكامٌ تُبتَدَعُ .... |
| 4– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘The onset of calamities is when desires are followed, laws are innovated…’[Nahj al-Balagha, Sermon 50] |
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5ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) ـ لمّا سُئلَ عن أغلَبِ السَّلاطِينِ وأقواها قالَ ـ: الهَوى. |
| 5– Imam Ali (AS), when asked about the most conquering and strongest of rulers, said, ‘The desire.’[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 70, p. 76, no. 6] |
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6ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): إنّ الجَنّةَ حُفَّت بِالمَكارِهِ، وإنّ النّارَ حُفَّت (حُجِبَت) بِالشَّهَواتِ. |
| 6– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Heaven is encircled by bad deeds and Hell is encircled with desires.’[Nahj al-Balagha, Sermon 176] |
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7ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): اللَّذّةُ تُلهي. |
| 7– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Pleasure deters.’[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 27] |
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8ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): قَلَّ مَن غَرِيَ بِاللَّذّاتِ إلّا كانَ بِها هَلاكُهُ. |
| 8– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘It is seldom that he who is seduced by pleasures is not destroyed by them.’[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 6813] |
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9ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): مَن تَلَذَّذَ بِمَعاصي اللّهِ أورَثَهُ اللّهُ ذُلاًّ. |
| 9– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘He who takes pleasure in acts of disobedience to Allah, Allah will strike him with humiliation.’[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 8823] |
