غَلَبَةُ الهَوى Overpowering Desire

32ـ رسولُ اللهِ‏ِ (صَلَّيَ اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ): يقولُ اللّه‏ُ عَزَّوجلَّ: وَعِزَّتي وجَلالي ... لا يُؤثِرُ عَبدٌ هَواهُ على هَوايَ إلّا شَتَّتُّ علَيهِ أمرَهُ، ولَبَّستُ علَيهِ دُنياهُ، وشَغَلتُ قَلبَهُ بها، ولَم اُؤْتِهِ مِنها إلّا ما قَدَّرتُ لَهُ.

32– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘It is forbidden for every heart that is ruled by desires to have piety reside therein.’[Tanbih al-Khawatir, v. 2, p. 122]
 

33ـ رسولُ اللهِ (صَلَّيَ اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ): حَرامٌ على كُلِّ قَلبٍ مُتَوَلِّهٍ بِالشَّهَواتِ أن يَسكُنَهُ الوَرَعُ.

33– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘It is forbidden for every heart that is full of desires to journey through the realms of the Heavens.’[Tanbih al-Khawatir, v. 2, p. 122]
 

34ـ رسولُ اللهِ (صَلَّيَ اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ): حَرامٌ على كُلِّ قَلبٍ عزّي بِالشَّهَواتِ أن يَجُولَ في مَلَكوتِ السَّماواتِ.

34– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Allah Almighty said, ‘By My Might and Exaltedness…no sooner does a servant prefer his own desire over My desire than I disperse his affairs, cover him over with this world, occupy his heart with it, and do not give him thereof other than what I have allotted for him.’[al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 335, no. 2]
 

35ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): مَن قَوِيَ هَواهُ ضَعُفَ عَزمُهُ .

35– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘He whose desire becomes strong, his determination weakens.’[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 7959]
 

36ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): حَرامٌ على كُلِّ عَقلٍ مَغلولٍ بِالشَّهوَةِ أن يَنتَفِعَ بِالحِكمَةِ .

36– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘It is forbidden for every intellect that is shackled by desires to benefit from wisdom.’[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 4902]