1816 - مَن غَلَبَ هَواهُ‏

1816. HE WHO OVERCOMES HIS DESIRES

6453.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : يقولُ اللَّهُ عَزَّوجلَّ : وعِزَّتي وجَلالي ... لايُؤثِرُ عَبدٌ هَوايَ على‏ هَواهُ إلّا استَحفَظتُهُ مَلائكَتي ، وكَفَّلتُ السَّماواتِ والأرَضِينَ (الأرضَ) رِزقَهُ ، وكُنتُ لَهُ مِن وراءِ تِجارَةِ كُلِّ تاجِرٍ ، وأتَتهُ الدُّنيا وهِيَ راغِمَةٌ .¹

6453.The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'Allah Almighty said, 'By My Might and Exaltedness...no sooner does a servant prefer My desire over his own desire than I protect him with My angels, and charge the heavens and the earth with his sustenance. I will be for him behind every transaction of every trader, and the world will only come to him forcefully.' ²

6454.الإمامُ الباقرُ عليه السلام : قالَ اللَّه عَزَّوجلَّ : وعِزّتي وجَلالي وعَظَمَتي وبَهائي وعُلُوِّ ارتِفاعي ، لا يُؤثِرُ عَبدٌ مُؤمنٌ هَوايَ على‏ هَواهُ في شي‏ءٍ مِن أمرِ الدُّنيا إلّا جَعَلتُ غِناهُ في نَفسِهِ ، وهِمَّتَهُ في آخِرَتِهِ ، وضَمَّنتُ السَّماواتِ والأرضَ رِزقَهُ ، وكُنتُ لَهُ مِن وَراءِ تِجارَةِ كُلِّ تاجِرٍ .³

6454.Imam al-Baqir (AS) said, 'Allah Almighty has said, 'By My Might and Exaltedness, My Greatness and Loftiness, and by My High Status, no sooner does a servant prefer My desire over his own desire than I will suffice him in his losses, I will guarantee his sustenance upon the Heavens and the earth, and I will be for him behind every transaction of every trader.' ⁴

6455.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : مَن غَلَبَ شَهوَتَهُ ظَهَرَ عَقلُهُ .⁵

6455.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Whoever overcomes his carnal desire his intellect will become manifest.' ⁶

6456.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : بمِلكِ الشَّهوَةِ التَّنَزُّهِ عَن كُلِّ عابٍ .⁷

6456.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'In controlling desire there is immunity from every deficiency.' ⁸

6457.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : رَدُّ الشَّهوَةِ أقضى‏ لَها ، وقَضاؤها أشَدُّ لَها .⁹

6457.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Repelling one's desire is the best way to eradicate it, and fulfilling it only strengthens it.' ¹⁰