hadith
9937
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Imam Ali (AS) said, He (a) said about the one whom he was censuring: His [lower] self dominates him by means of that which he assumes, and he cannot overpower it with what he is certain of. He has made his vain desire his master and he obeys it in all his affairs.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : وَ قالَ في حَقِّ مَنْ ذَمَّهُ: تَغْلِبُهُ نَفْسُهُ عَلى ما يَظُنُّ وَ لا يَغْلِبُها عَلى ما يَسْتَيْقِنُ قَدْ جَعَلَ هَواهُ أمِيرَهُ وَ أطاعَهُ فِي سائِرِ أُمُورِهِ
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