What Prevents Wisdom

The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘The heart bears wisdom when the stomach is empty, and the heart throws out wisdom when the stomach is full.

Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Vain desire and wisdom do not come together.

Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘Anger is a destroyer of the wise mans heart, whoever cannot control his anger cannot control his intellect.

Imam al-Kazim (AS) said, ‘Verily a seed grows in soft ground and does not grow on stone, in the same way that wisdom thrives in the heart of the humble and does not thrive in the heart of the proud and haughty, because Allah has made humbleness the instrument of the intellect.

Imam al-Hadi (AS) said, ‘Wisdom does not avail an immoral character.