Mīzān al-Ḥikma

That Which Weakens the Intellect

Volume 1 7 narrations
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hadith 2020
Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘The intellect disappears between the whims and the carnal desires.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): ذَهابُ العَقلِ بَينَ الهَوى والشَّهوَةِ .
Tags Intellect/Reason
hadith 2021
Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘The loss of the intellect occurs in the quest for all that is superfluous.
الإمامُ عليٌ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): ضَياعُ العُقولِ في طَلَبِ الفُضولِ .
Tags Intellect/Reason
hadith 2022
Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Man s admiration and satisfaction with himself is a proof of his weak intellect.
الإمامُ عليٌ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): إعجابُ المَرءِ بِنَفسِهِ دَليلٌ عَلى ضَعفِ عَقلِهِ.
Tags Intellect/ReasonArrogance/Pride
hadith 2023
Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Whoever keeps the company of an ignorant man incurs a loss in his intellect.
الإمامُ عليٌ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): مَن صَحِبَ جاهِلاً نَقَصَ مِن عَقلِهِ.
Tags Intellect/ReasonGood Company
hadith 2024
Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Whenever a man cracks a joke, a part of his intellect trickles away.
الإمامُ عليٌ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): ما مَزَحَ امرُؤٌ مَزحَةً إلّا مَجَّ مِنَ عَقلِه مَجَّةً.
Tags Intellect/Reason
hadith 2025
Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘He who abandons listening to intellectual people, his own intellect dies.'
الإمامُ عليٌ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): مَن تَرَكَ الاستِماعَ مِن ذَوي العُقولِ ماتَ عَقلُهُ.
Tags Intellect/Reason
hadith 2026
Imam al-Baqir (AS) said, ‘No sooner does an iota of pride enter a man s heart than he incurs a loss in his intellect.
الإمامُ الباقرُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): ما دَخَلَ قَلبَ امرِئٍ شَيءٌ مِنَ الكِبرِ إلّا نَقَصَ مِن عَقلِهِ .
Tags Intellect/ReasonArrogance/Pride