Imam Kazim (a.s) said: “Do not follow your selfish desires since it will ruin you. The cure is abandoning selfish desires.”
عن أبي الحسن الأول (عليه السلام) قال
إياك أن تتبع النفس هواها، فإن في هواها رداها، وترك هواها دواؤها.
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