Ghurar al-Ḥikam

Lust

Volume 1 66 narrations
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hadith 5011
Imam Ali (AS) said, Obedience to lust is destruction and disobedience to it is dominion.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : طاعَةُ الشَّهْوَةِ هُلْكٌ وَ مَعْصِيَتُها مُلْكٌ
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hadith 5013
Imam Ali (AS) said, The slave to lust is lowlier than the slave of a human being.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : عَبْدُ الشَّهْوَةِ أذَلُّ مِنْ عَبْدِ الرِّقِ
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hadith 5014
Imam Ali (AS) said, The slave to lust is a prisoner who cannot be freed from his imprisonment.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : عَبْدُ الشَّهْوَةِ أسيرٌ لايَنْفَكُّ أسْرُهُ
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hadith 5015
Imam Ali (AS) said, The heart that is attached to lustful desires is unable to benefit from sincere exhortations.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : غَيْرُ مُنْتَفِع بِالعِظاتِ قَلْبٌ مُتَعَلِّقٌ بِالشَّهَوابِ
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hadith 5016
Imam Ali (AS) said, Being overpowered by lust is the greatest destruction, and controlling it is the most honourable dominance.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : غَلَبَةُ الشَّهْوَةِ أعْظَمُ هُلْك وَ مُلْكُها أشْرَفُ مِلْك
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hadith 5017
Imam Ali (AS) said, Being overpowered by lust nullifies preservation [of oneself from sin] and leads to destruction.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : غَلَبَةُ الشَّهْوَةِ تُبْطِلُ العِصْمَةَ وَ تُورِدُ الهُلْكَ
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hadith 5018
Imam Ali (AS) said, Overcome [your] lust before it ferocity becomes strong, for verily if it becomes strong it will possess you and use you, and you will not be able to stand up against it.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : غالِبِ الشَّهْوَةَ قَبْلَ قُوَّةِ ضَراوَتِها فَإنَّها إنْ قَوِيَتْ مَلَكَتْكَ وَاسْتَفادَتْكَ (اِستقادَتكَ) وَ لَمْ تَقْدِرْ عَلى مُقاوِمَتِها
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hadith 5019
Imam Ali (AS) said, The comrade of lustful desires is the prisoner of [their] consequences.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : قَرينُ الشَّهَواتِ أسيرُ التَّبِعاتِ
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hadith 5020
Imam Ali (AS) said, The associate of lust has a sick soul and a troubled mind.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : قَرينُ الشَّهْوَةِ مَريضُ النَّفْسِ مَعْلُولُ(مَغْلُولُ) العَقْلِ
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hadith 5021
Imam Ali (AS) said, Resist lust by subduing it and you will be victorious.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : قاوِمِ الشَّهْوَةَ بِالقَمْعِ لَها تَظْفَرْ
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hadith 5022
Imam Ali (AS) said, How many a lustful desire has prevented [one from attaining] a lofty status!
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : كَمْ مِنْ شَهْوَة مَنَعَتْ رُتْبَةً
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hadith 5023
Imam Ali (AS) said, How can one who is not aided by [divine] protection refrain from lust?
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : كَيْفَ يَصْبِرُ عَنِ الشَّهْوَةِ مَنْ لَمْ تُعِنْهُ العِصْمَةُ؟!
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hadith 5024
Imam Ali (AS) said, A servant will never be destroyed until he prefers his lust over his religion.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : لَنْ يَهْلِكَ العَبْدُ حَتّى يُؤْثِرَ شَهْوَتَهُ عَلى دينِهِ
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hadith 5025
Imam Ali (AS) said, There is no sin that is worse than following [ones] lust, so do not obey it as it will preoccupy you from [the remembrance of] Allah.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : لَيْسَ فِي المَعاصي أشَدُّ مِنْ اِتِّباعِ الشَّهْوَةِ فَلا تُطيعُوها فَيَشْغَلَكُمْ عَنِ اللّهِ
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hadith 5027
Imam Ali (AS) said, Whoever overcomes his lust, his intellect becomes manifested.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ غَلَبَ شَهْوَتَهُ ظَهَرَ عَقْلُهُ
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hadith 5028
Imam Ali (AS) said, Whoever is overcome by his lust, his soul will not be safe.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ غَلَبَتْ عَلَيْهِ شَهْوَتُهُ لَمْ تَسْلَمْ نَفْسُهُ
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hadith 5031
Imam Ali (AS) said, One who kills his lust rejuvenates his magnanimity.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ أماتَ شَهْوَتَهُ أحْيى مُرُوَّتَهُ
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hadith 5032
Imam Ali (AS) said, One whose lust increases, [the expense for] his provision becomes heavy.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ كَثُرَتْ شَهْوَتُهُ ثَقُلَتْ مَؤُنَتُهُ
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hadith 5033
Imam Ali (AS) said, One who overcomes his lust, protects his status.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ غَلَبَ شَهْوَتَهُ صانَ قَدْرَهُ
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hadith 5036
Imam Ali (AS) said, Whoever controls his lust, his magnanimity becomes complete and his end becomes good.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ مَلَكَ شَهْوَتَهُ كَمُلَتْ مُرُوَّتُهُ وَ حَسُنَتْ عاقِبَتُهُ
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hadith 5038
Imam Ali (AS) said, One who has not remedied his lust by abandoning it is still sick.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ لَمْ يُداوِ شَهْوَتَهُ بِالتَّرْكِ لَمْ يَزَل عَليلاً
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hadith 5039
Imam Ali (AS) said, Multiplication of sins stems from submission to lust.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مِنْ مُطاوَعَةِ الشَّهْوَةِ تَضاعُفُ الآثامِ
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hadith 5040
Imam Ali (AS) said, One who is overcome by lust is more abased than one who is enslaved.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَغْلُوبُ الشَّهْوَةِ أذَلُّ مِن مَمْلُوكِ الرِّقِ
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hadith 5041
Imam Ali (AS) said, One who makes a habit of following [his] lustful desires is overwhelmed by afflictions, is associated with evils and has certainty about the permanence [of this world].
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مُدْمِنُ الشَّهَواتِ صَريعُ الآفاتِ مُقارِنُ السَّيِّئاتِ مُوقِنٌ بِالثَّباتِ
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hadith 5042
Imam Ali (AS) said, Do not exceed the limits in your lust and anger as they will degrade you.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : لاتُسْرِفْ في شَهْوَتِكَ وَ غَضَبِكَ فَيُزْرِيا بِكَ
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hadith 5045
Imam Ali (AS) said, There is no trial [and temptation] greater than lust.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : لا فِتْنَةَ أعْظَمُ مِنَ الشَّهْوَةِ
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hadith 5046
Imam Ali (AS) said, How good it would be for people not to desire that which they ought not to [crave for].
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : ما أحْسَنَ بِالإنْسانِ أنْ لايَشْتَهِيَ ما لا يَنْبَغي
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