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1303 - ثَوابُ مَن عَشِقَ وعَفَ‏

1303. THE REWARD FOR ONE WHO DESPITE HIS INFATUATION RESTRAINS HIMSELF

4268.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : مَن عَشِقَ فكَتَمَ وعَفَّ فماتَ فَهُوَ شَهيدٌ .1

4268.The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Whoever loves someone passionately, then suppresses his love in order to remain chaste and dies in the process, is a martyr.’2

4269.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : ما المُجاهِدُ الشَّهيدُ في سَبيلِ اللَّهِ بِأعظَمَ أجراً مِمَّن قَدَرَ فعَفَّ .3

4269.Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘The fighter who is martyred in the way of Allah has no greater reward than the one who is able to sate his lust but restrains himself.’4

1.كنز العمّال : ۷۰۰۰ .

2.Kanz al-Ummal, no. ۷۰۰۰

3.نهج البلاغة : الحكمة ۴۷۴ .

4.Nahj al-Balagha, Saying ۴۷۴

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