1811 - آثارُ اتّباعِ الهَوى‏

1811. THE EFFECTS OF YIELDING TO ONE'S DESIRES

(بَلِ اتَّبَعَ الَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا أَهْوَاءَهُمْ بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ فَمَنْ يَهْدِي مَنْ أَضَلَّ اللَّهُ وَمَالَهُمْ مِنْ نَاصِرِينَ) .¹

"Rather the wrongdoers follow their own desires without any knowledge. So who will guide those whom Allah has led astray? They will have no helpers." ²

6416.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : رُبَّ شَهوَةِ ساعَةٍ تُورِثُ حُزناً طَويلاً .³

6416.The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'Many a desire of one moment brings about long-lasting grief.' ⁴

6417.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : اُوصِيكُم بمُجانَبَةِ الهَوى‏ ؛ فإنّ الهَوى‏ يَدعو إلَى العَمى‏، وهُوَ الضَّلال في الآخِرَةِ والدُّنيا .⁵

6417.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'I advise you to keep away from desires, for desires instigate blindness, and it is straying both in the Hereafter and in this world.' ⁶

6418.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : الهَوى‏ شَريكُ العَمى‏ .⁷

6418.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'The desire is the partner of blindness.' ⁸

6419.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : مَنِ اتَّبَعَ هَواهُ أعماهُ ، وأصَمَّهُ ، وأذَلَّهُ ، وأضَلَّهُ .⁹

6419.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'He who follows his desires, it blinds him, deafens him, humiliates him, and leads him astray.' ¹⁰

6420.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : أوَّلُ الشَّهوَةِ طَرَبٌ ، وآخِرُها عَطَبٌ .¹¹

6420.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'The beginning of desire is [heralded] by joy, and its end by ruin.' ¹²

6421.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : إيّاكُم وغَلَبَةَ الشَّهَواتِ على‏ قُلوبِكُم ؛ فإنَّ بِدايَتَها مَلَكَةٌ ، ونِهايَتَها هَلَكَةٌ .¹³

6421.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Beware of having desires overcome your hearts, for their beginning is an enslavement and their end is ruin.' ¹⁴

6422.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : قَرينُ الشَّهوَةِ مَريضُ النّفسِ ، مَعلولُ العَقلِ .¹⁵

6422.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'The associate of the desire has a sick soul and an ill intellect.' ¹⁶

6423.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : عَبدُ الشَّهوَةِ أذَلُّ مِن عَبدِالرِّقِّ .¹⁷

6423.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'The slave of his own desire is more humiliated than an owned slave.' ¹⁸

6424.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : كَم مِن عَقلٍ أسيرٍ تَحتَ هَوى‏ أميرٍ !¹⁹

6424.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'How many an imprisoned intellect is under the power of a commanding desire!' ²⁰

6425.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : مَن أطاعَ نَفسَهُ في شَهَواتِها فَقد أعانَها على‏ هُلْكِها .²¹

6425.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'He who obeys his self in its desires has aided in its destruction.' ²²

6426.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : مَن تَلَذَّذَ بِمَعاصي اللَّهِ أورَثَهُ اللَّهُ ذُلّاً .²³

6426.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'He who takes pleasure in acts of disobedience to Allah, Allah will strike him with humiliation.' ²⁴

6427.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام : اِحذَروا أهواءكُم كما تَحذَرونَ أعداءكُم ، فلَيسَ شَي‏ءٌ أعدى‏ لِلرِّجالِ مِن اتِّباعِ أهوائهِم ، وحَصائدِ ألسِنَتِهِم .²⁵

6427.Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, 'Be on your guard against your desires as you guard against your enemies, for there is nothing worse as an enemy to men than following their desires and the consequences of their tongues [i.e. speech].' ²⁶

1810 - التَّحذِيرُ مِن اتِّباعِ الهَوى‏

1810. WARNING AGAINST FOLLOWING DESIRE

6409.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : إنّما سُمِّيَ الهَوى‏ لأ نّهُ يَهوي بصاحِبِهِ .¹

6409.The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'Desires (hawa) have been called thus because they overthrow (yahwi) the one who possesses them.' ²

6410.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : إنّ إبليسَ قالَ : أهلَكتُهُم بِالذُّنوبِ فأهلَكوني بالاستِغفارِ، فلَمّا رأيتُ ذلكَ أهلَكتُهُم بالأهواءِ فهُم يَحسَبونَ أ نّهُم مُهتَدونَ فلا يَستَغفِرونَ .³

6410.The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'Satan said, 'I have destroyed them with sins and they have destroyed me with their seeking for forgiveness from Allah, so when I saw this, I destroyed them with their own desire, so they think that they are guided and they do not seek forgiveness.' ⁴

6411.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : إنّما بَدءُ وُقوعِ الفِتَنِ أهواءٌ تُتَّبَعُ ، وأحكامٌ تُبتَدَعُ ... .⁵

6411.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'The onset of calamities is when desires are followed, laws are innovated...' ⁶

6412.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام - لمّا سُئلَ عن أغلَبِ السَّلاطِينِ وأقواها قالَ - : الهَوى‏ .⁷

6412. Imam Ali (AS), when asked about the most conquering and strongest of rulers, said, 'The desire.' ⁸

6413.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : إنّ الجَنّةَ حُفَّت بِالمَكارِهِ ، وإنّ النّارَ حُفَّت (حُجِبَت) بِالشَّهَواتِ .⁹

6413.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Heaven is encircled by sufferings and troubles and Hell is encircled with desires.' ¹⁰

6414.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : اللَّذّةُ تُلهي .¹¹

6414.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Pleasure deters [from Allah and the hereafter].' ¹²

6415.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : قَلَّ مَن غَرِيَ بِاللَّذّاتِ إلّا كانَ بِها هَلاكُهُ .¹³

6415.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'It is seldom that he who is seduced by pleasures is not destroyed by them.' ¹⁴