Ghurar al-Ḥikam

Lust

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hadith 4981
Imam Ali (AS) said, Lust is one of the two causes of deviation.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : الشَهْوَةُ أحَدُ المُغْوِيَيْنِ
hadith 4982
Imam Ali (AS) said, Lustful desires are fatal illnesses, and the best cure for them is acquiring patience against them.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اَلشَّهَواتُ أعْلالٌ قاتِلاتٌ وَ أفْضَلُ دَوائِها اِقْتِناءُ الصَّبْرِ عَنْها
Tags Patience
hadith 4983
Imam Ali (AS) said, Lustful desires are the snares of Satan.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اَلشَّهَواتُ مَصائِدُ الشَّيْطانِ
Tags Satan/Iblis
hadith 4984
Imam Ali (AS) said, Overcome [your] lust, [and] your wisdom will be perfected.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اِغْلَبِ الشَّهْوَةَ تَكْمُلْ لَكَ الحِكْمَةُ
Tags Wisdom
hadith 4985
Imam Ali (AS) said, Turn your back on lustful desires, for indeed they drive you to perform sinful acts and to fall upon evil deeds.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : أُهْجُرُوا الشَّهَواتِ فَإنَّها تَقُودُكُمْ إلى رُكُوبِ الذُّنُوبِ وَ التَّهَجُّمِ عَلَى السَيِّئاتِ
hadith 4986
Imam Ali (AS) said, Lustful desires are fatal diseases, and the best cure for them is acquiring patience against them.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اَلشَّهَواتُ آفاتٌ قاتِلاتٌ وَ خَيْرُ دَوائِها اِقْتِناءُ الصَّبْرِ عَنْها
Tags Patience
hadith 4987
Imam Ali (AS) said, Beware of allowing lustful desires to dominate you, for indeed its immediate result is dispraised and future consequence is detrimental.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إيّاكُمْ وَ تَحَكُّمَ الشَّهَواتِ عَلَيْكُمْ فَإنَّ عاجِلَها ذَميمٌ وَ آجِلَها وَخيمٌ
hadith 4988
Imam Ali (AS) said, Beware of letting lustful desires overpower you hearts, for indeed its beginning is bondage and its end is destruction.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إيّاكُمْ وَ غَلَبَةَ الشَّهَواتِ عَلى قُلُوبِكُمْ فَإنَّ بِدايَتَها مَلَكَةٌ وَ نِهايَتَها هَلَكَةٌ
hadith 4989
Imam Ali (AS) said, The beginning of lust is pleasure and its end is harm.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : أوَّلُ الشَّهْوَةِ طَرَبٌ وآخِرُها عَطَبٌ
hadith 4990
Imam Ali (AS) said, Lust entices.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اَلشَّهْوَةُ تُغْري
hadith 4991
Imam Ali (AS) said, Lustful desires are diseases.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اَلشَّهَواتُ آفاتٌ
hadith 4992
Imam Ali (AS) said, Lustful desires are lethal.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اَلشَّهَواتُ قاتِلاتٌ
hadith 4993
Imam Ali (AS) said, Lust is spoliation [of intellect and faith].
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اَلشَّهْوَةُ حَرَبٌ
hadith 4994
Imam Ali (AS) said, Lust is the most harmful of enemies.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اَلشَّهْوَةُ أضَرُّ الأعْداءِ
Tags Enemies/Hostility
hadith 4995
Imam Ali (AS) said, Lustful desires are lethal poisons.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اَلشَّهَواتُ سُمُومٌ قاتِلاتٌ
hadith 4996
Imam Ali (AS) said, Lustful desires enslave the ignorant.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اَلشَّهَواتُ تَسْتَرِقُّ الجَهُولَ
hadith 4997
Imam Ali (AS) said, Yielding to lust is the worst disease.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اَلاِنْقيادُ لِلْشَّهْوَةِ أدْوَأُ الدّاءِ
hadith 4998
Imam Ali (AS) said, Verily if you are controlled by your lustful desires, they will cause you to leap into frivolity and error.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنَّكُمْ إنْ مَلَّكْتُمْ شَهَواتِكُمْ نَزَتْ بِكُمْ إلَى الأَشَرِ والغَوايَةِ
hadith 4999
Imam Ali (AS) said, When lust tries to overcome you then defeat it by curtailing excesses.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إذا غَلَبَتْ عَلَيْكَ الشَّهْوَةُ فَاغْلِبْها بِالاِخْتِصارِ
hadith 5000
Imam Ali (AS) said, By controlling [ones] lust, one becomes free of every flaw.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : بِمِلْكِ الشَّهْوَةِ اَلتَّنَزُّهُ عَنْ كُلِّ عاب
hadith 5001
Imam Ali (AS) said, Abandoning lustful desires is the best worship and the most beautiful habit.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : تَرْكُ الشَّهَواتِ أفْضَلُ عِبادَة وَ أجْمَلُ عادَة
Tags Worship
hadith 5002
Imam Ali (AS) said, The sweetness of lust is made bitter by the shame of ignominy [and humiliation].
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : حَلاوَةُ الشَّهْوَةِ يُنَغِّصُها عارُ الفَضيحَةِ
hadith 5003
Imam Ali (AS) said, Repulsing lust is more effective in exterminating it while fulfilling it only makes it more intense.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : رَدُّ الشَّهْوَةِ أقْضى لَها وَ قَضائُها أشَدُّ لَها
hadith 5004
Imam Ali (AS) said, Inhibiting lust and anger is the struggle of the noble ones.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : رَدْعُ الشَّهْوَةِ وَ الغَضَبِ جِهادُ النُّبَلاءِ
Tags Anger
hadith 5005
Imam Ali (AS) said, Increased lust degrades magnanimity.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : زيادَةُ الشَّهْوَةِ تُزْري بِالمُرُوءَةِ
hadith 5006
Imam Ali (AS) said, Being overpowered by lust is the cause of evil.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : سَبَبُ الشَّرِّ غَلَبَةُ الشَّهْوَةِ
hadith 5007
Imam Ali (AS) said, The flame of lust induces the impairment [and destruction] of the soul.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : ضِرامُ الشَّهْوَةِ تَبْعَثُ عَلى تَلَفِ المُهْجَةِ
hadith 5008
Imam Ali (AS) said, Counter lust with restraint.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : ضادُّوا الشَّهْوَةَ بِالقَمْعِ
hadith 5009
Imam Ali (AS) said, Oppose lust as a rival would oppose his rival and fight it as an enemy would fight his enemy.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : ضادُّوا الشَّهْوَةَ مُضادَّةَ الضِّدِ ضِدَّهُ وَ حارِبُوها مُحارَبَةَ العَدُوِّ العَدُوَّ
Tags Enemies/Hostility
hadith 5010
Imam Ali (AS) said, Obeying ones lust corrupts the faith.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : طاعَةُ الشَّهْوَةِ تُفْسِدُ الدّينَ
hadith 5011
Imam Ali (AS) said, Obedience to lust is destruction and disobedience to it is dominion.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : طاعَةُ الشَّهْوَةِ هُلْكٌ وَ مَعْصِيَتُها مُلْكٌ
Tags Soul (Nafs)
hadith 5012
Imam Ali (AS) said, He who turns away from the lustful desires of this world attains the Garden of Repose [in the Hereafter].
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : ظَفِرَ بِجَنَّةِ المَأوى مَنْ أعْرَضَ عَنْ شَهَواتِ الدُّنيا
Tags AsceticismParadise
hadith 5013
Imam Ali (AS) said, The slave to lust is lowlier than the slave of a human being.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : عَبْدُ الشَّهْوَةِ أذَلُّ مِنْ عَبْدِ الرِّقِ
Tags Soul (Nafs)
hadith 5014
Imam Ali (AS) said, The slave to lust is a prisoner who cannot be freed from his imprisonment.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : عَبْدُ الشَّهْوَةِ أسيرٌ لايَنْفَكُّ أسْرُهُ
Tags Soul (Nafs)
hadith 5015
Imam Ali (AS) said, The heart that is attached to lustful desires is unable to benefit from sincere exhortations.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : غَيْرُ مُنْتَفِع بِالعِظاتِ قَلْبٌ مُتَعَلِّقٌ بِالشَّهَوابِ
Tags Soul (Nafs)
hadith 5016
Imam Ali (AS) said, Being overpowered by lust is the greatest destruction, and controlling it is the most honourable dominance.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : غَلَبَةُ الشَّهْوَةِ أعْظَمُ هُلْك وَ مُلْكُها أشْرَفُ مِلْك
Tags Soul (Nafs)
hadith 5017
Imam Ali (AS) said, Being overpowered by lust nullifies preservation [of oneself from sin] and leads to destruction.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : غَلَبَةُ الشَّهْوَةِ تُبْطِلُ العِصْمَةَ وَ تُورِدُ الهُلْكَ
Tags Soul (Nafs)
hadith 5018
Imam Ali (AS) said, Overcome [your] lust before it ferocity becomes strong, for verily if it becomes strong it will possess you and use you, and you will not be able to stand up against it.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : غالِبِ الشَّهْوَةَ قَبْلَ قُوَّةِ ضَراوَتِها فَإنَّها إنْ قَوِيَتْ مَلَكَتْكَ وَاسْتَفادَتْكَ (اِستقادَتكَ) وَ لَمْ تَقْدِرْ عَلى مُقاوِمَتِها
Tags Soul (Nafs)
hadith 5019
Imam Ali (AS) said, The comrade of lustful desires is the prisoner of [their] consequences.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : قَرينُ الشَّهَواتِ أسيرُ التَّبِعاتِ
Tags Soul (Nafs)
hadith 5020
Imam Ali (AS) said, The associate of lust has a sick soul and a troubled mind.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : قَرينُ الشَّهْوَةِ مَريضُ النَّفْسِ مَعْلُولُ(مَغْلُولُ) العَقْلِ
Tags Soul (Nafs)Intellect/Reason
hadith 5021
Imam Ali (AS) said, Resist lust by subduing it and you will be victorious.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : قاوِمِ الشَّهْوَةَ بِالقَمْعِ لَها تَظْفَرْ
Tags Soul (Nafs)
hadith 5022
Imam Ali (AS) said, How many a lustful desire has prevented [one from attaining] a lofty status!
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : كَمْ مِنْ شَهْوَة مَنَعَتْ رُتْبَةً
Tags Soul (Nafs)
hadith 5023
Imam Ali (AS) said, How can one who is not aided by [divine] protection refrain from lust?
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : كَيْفَ يَصْبِرُ عَنِ الشَّهْوَةِ مَنْ لَمْ تُعِنْهُ العِصْمَةُ؟!
Tags Soul (Nafs)
hadith 5024
Imam Ali (AS) said, A servant will never be destroyed until he prefers his lust over his religion.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : لَنْ يَهْلِكَ العَبْدُ حَتّى يُؤْثِرَ شَهْوَتَهُ عَلى دينِهِ
Tags Soul (Nafs)
hadith 5025
Imam Ali (AS) said, There is no sin that is worse than following [ones] lust, so do not obey it as it will preoccupy you from [the remembrance of] Allah.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : لَيْسَ فِي المَعاصي أشَدُّ مِنْ اِتِّباعِ الشَّهْوَةِ فَلا تُطيعُوها فَيَشْغَلَكُمْ عَنِ اللّهِ
Tags Soul (Nafs)RemembranceSupplication
hadith 5026
Imam Ali (AS) said, If you had abstained from lustful desires you would surely have been safe from tribulations.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : لَوْ زَهِدْتُمْ فِي الشَّهَواتِ لَسَلِمْتُمْ مِنَ الآفاتِ
Tags AsceticismTrials and Afflictions
hadith 5027
Imam Ali (AS) said, Whoever overcomes his lust, his intellect becomes manifested.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ غَلَبَ شَهْوَتَهُ ظَهَرَ عَقْلُهُ
Tags Intellect/ReasonSoul (Nafs)
hadith 5028
Imam Ali (AS) said, Whoever is overcome by his lust, his soul will not be safe.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ غَلَبَتْ عَلَيْهِ شَهْوَتُهُ لَمْ تَسْلَمْ نَفْسُهُ
Tags Soul (Nafs)
hadith 5029
Imam Ali (AS) said, One who is patient in the face of his lust becomes complete in [his] magnanimity.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ صَبَرَ عَلى شَهْوَتِهِ تَناهى فِي المُرُوَّةِ
Tags Patience
hadith 5030
Imam Ali (AS) said, One who controls his lust is indeed pious.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ مَلَكَ شَهْوَتَهُ كانَ تَقِيَّاً
Tags God-consciousness/Piety
hadith 5031
Imam Ali (AS) said, One who kills his lust rejuvenates his magnanimity.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ أماتَ شَهْوَتَهُ أحْيى مُرُوَّتَهُ
Tags Soul (Nafs)
hadith 5032
Imam Ali (AS) said, One whose lust increases, [the expense for] his provision becomes heavy.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ كَثُرَتْ شَهْوَتُهُ ثَقُلَتْ مَؤُنَتُهُ
Tags Soul (Nafs)
hadith 5033
Imam Ali (AS) said, One who overcomes his lust, protects his status.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ غَلَبَ شَهْوَتَهُ صانَ قَدْرَهُ
Tags Soul (Nafs)
hadith 5034
Imam Ali (AS) said, Whoever hastens towards lustful desires, afflictions rush towards him.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ تَسَرَّعَ إلَى الشَّهَواتِ تَسَرَّعَ إلَيْهِ الآفاتُ
Tags Trials and Afflictions
hadith 5035
Imam Ali (AS) said, One who is enticed by lustful desires permits his soul to be a target of calamities.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ غَرِيَ بِالشَّهَواتِ أباحَ نَفْسَهُ الغَوائِلَ
Tags Trials and Afflictions
hadith 5036
Imam Ali (AS) said, Whoever controls his lust, his magnanimity becomes complete and his end becomes good.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ مَلَكَ شَهْوَتَهُ كَمُلَتْ مُرُوَّتُهُ وَ حَسُنَتْ عاقِبَتُهُ
Tags Soul (Nafs)
hadith 5037
Imam Ali (AS) said, One who does not control his lust does not control his intellect.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ لَمْ يَمْلِكْ شَهْوَتَهُ لَمْ يَمْلِكْ عَقْلَهُ
Tags Intellect/Reason
hadith 5038
Imam Ali (AS) said, One who has not remedied his lust by abandoning it is still sick.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ لَمْ يُداوِ شَهْوَتَهُ بِالتَّرْكِ لَمْ يَزَل عَليلاً
Tags Soul (Nafs)
hadith 5039
Imam Ali (AS) said, Multiplication of sins stems from submission to lust.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مِنْ مُطاوَعَةِ الشَّهْوَةِ تَضاعُفُ الآثامِ
Tags Soul (Nafs)
hadith 5040
Imam Ali (AS) said, One who is overcome by lust is more abased than one who is enslaved.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَغْلُوبُ الشَّهْوَةِ أذَلُّ مِن مَمْلُوكِ الرِّقِ
Tags Soul (Nafs)
hadith 5041
Imam Ali (AS) said, One who makes a habit of following [his] lustful desires is overwhelmed by afflictions, is associated with evils and has certainty about the permanence [of this world].
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مُدْمِنُ الشَّهَواتِ صَريعُ الآفاتِ مُقارِنُ السَّيِّئاتِ مُوقِنٌ بِالثَّباتِ
Tags Soul (Nafs)Trials and Afflictions
hadith 5042
Imam Ali (AS) said, Do not exceed the limits in your lust and anger as they will degrade you.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : لاتُسْرِفْ في شَهْوَتِكَ وَ غَضَبِكَ فَيُزْرِيا بِكَ
Tags AngerSoul (Nafs)
hadith 5043
Imam Ali (AS) said, There is no reason with lust.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : لاعَقْلَ مَعَ شَهْوَة
Tags Intellect/Reason
hadith 5044
Imam Ali (AS) said, Nothing corrupts God-wariness but the dominance of lust.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : لايُفْسِدُ التَّقْوى إلاّ غَلَبَةُ الشَّهْوَةِ
Tags God-consciousness/Piety
hadith 5045
Imam Ali (AS) said, There is no trial [and temptation] greater than lust.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : لا فِتْنَةَ أعْظَمُ مِنَ الشَّهْوَةِ
Tags Soul (Nafs)
hadith 5046
Imam Ali (AS) said, How good it would be for people not to desire that which they ought not to [crave for].
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : ما أحْسَنَ بِالإنْسانِ أنْ لايَشْتَهِيَ ما لا يَنْبَغي
Tags Soul (Nafs)