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51ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): لَيسَ في المعاصِي أشَدُّ مِنِ اتِّباعِ الشَّهوَةِ ، فلا تُطِيعُوها فَتَشغَلَكُم عَنِ اللّهِ . |
| 51– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘There is nothing worse from amongst the transgressions than submitting to one’s base desires, so do not obey them as they will preoccupy you from [remembering] Allah.’[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 7520] |
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52ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): كُلُّ ما ألهى عن ذِكرِ اللّهِ فهو مِن المَيسِرِ . |
| 52– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Anything that distracts you from the remembrance of Allah is classified as gambling.’[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 73, p. 157, no. 2] |
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53ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): كُلُّ ما ألهى عن ذِكرِ اللّهِ فهو مِن إبليسَ . |
| 53– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Anything that distracts you from the remembrance of Allah is from Iblis [Satan].’[Tanbih al-Khawatir, v. 2, p. 170] |
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54ـ الإمامُ زينُ العابدينَ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): إنَّ قَسوَةَ البِطنَةِ وفَترَةَ المَيلَةِ وسُكرَ الشِّبَعِ وغِرَّةَ المُلكِ مِمّا يُثَبِّطُ ويُبطِئُ عَنِ العَمَلِ ويُنسِي الذِّكرَ. |
| 54– Imam Zayn al-Abidin (AS) said, ‘Verily filling the stomach, weakness of will, the intoxication of being fully satiated and the delusion of power, all hinder and delay one from the performance [of good deeds] and cause one to forget Allah.’[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 78, p. 129, no. 1] |
