hadith
1564
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Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘The intellects are most often destroyed as a result of their subservience to bursts of avid desires.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): أكثَرُ مَصارِعِ العُقولِ تحتَ بُرُوقِ المَطامِعِ .
Similar narrations
- Ghurar al-Ḥikam #5637 Imam Ali (AS) said, The places where intellects become most deficient are under the flashes of greed.
- Nahj al-Balāgha #1802 219. Amīr al-mu’minīn, peace be upon him, said: Most of the deficiency of intelligence occurs due to the flash of greed. [1]