hadith
1046
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Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Expectation drives reason away, breaks promises, encourages oblivion, and brings about grief. So distrust expectation, for it is deceitful and its addict is a sinner.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنَّ الأملَ يُذْهِبُ العقلَ ، ويُكْذِبُ الوَعدَ ، ويَحُثُّ علَى الغَفْلَةِ ، ويُورِثُ الحَسْرَةَ . فأكْذِبوا الأملَ ؛ فإنّه غَرُورٌ، وإنَّ صاحِبَهُ مَأزُورٌ .
Similar narrations
- Ghurar al-Ḥikam #618 Imam Ali (AS) said, Belie hope and do not trust it, for it is a deception and he who possesses it is deceived.
- Mīzān al-Ḥikma #1045 Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Expectation causes the heart to forget, breaks promises, increases oblivion, and brings about grief.