الهَوى إلهٌ مَعبودٌ ، العَقلُ صَدِيقٌ مَحمودٌ . ح: 2217 ، 2218
The desire is a worshipped god, and the intellect is a praiseworthy friend. H: 2217 & 2218
اللَّذّةُ تُلهي . ح: 27
Pleasure deters [from Allah and the hereafter]. H: 27
أوَّلُ الشَّهوَةِ طَرَبٌ ، وآخِرُها عَطَبٌ . ح: 3133
The beginning of desire is [heralded] by joy and its end by ruin. H: 3133
إيّاكُم وغَلَبَةَ الشَّهَواتِ على قُلوبِكُم ؛ فإنَّ بِدايَتَها مَلَكَةٌ ، ونِهايَتَها هَلَكَةٌ . ح: 2746
Beware of having desires overcome your hearts, for their beginning is an enslavement and their end is ruin. H: 2746
عَبدُ الشَّهوَةِ أذَلُّ مِن عَبدِالرِّقِّ . ح: 6298
The slave of his own desire is more humiliated than an owned slave. H: 6298
مَن تَلَذَّذَ بِمَعاصي اللَّهِ أورَثَهُ اللَّهُ ذُلّاً . ح: 8823
He who takes pleasure in acts of disobedience to Allah, Allah will strike him with humiliation. H: 8823
رَدْعُ النَّفسِ عَنِ الهوى الجِهادُ الأكبَرُ . ح: 5393
Prohibiting one's self from desire is the greater struggle (jihad). H: 5393
غالِبِ الهَوى مُغالَبَةَ الخَصمِ خَصمَهُ ، وحارِبْهُ مُحارَبَةَ العَدُوِّ عَدُوَّهُ . ح: 6421
Conquer desire the way you would overcome an opponent, and fight it the way you would fight an enemy. H: 6421
غالِبِ الشَّهوَةَ قَبلَ قُوَّةِ ضَراوَتِها؛ فإنّها إن قَوِيَت مَلَكَتْكَ واستَقادَتْكَ ولَم تَقدِرْ على مُقاوَمَتِها . ح: 6444
Take over the desire before it becomes ravenously strong, for if it is empowered it will control you and lead you, and you will not be able to resist it. H: 6444
مَن قَوِيَ هَواهُ ضَعُفَ عَزمُهُ . ح: 7959
He whose desire becomes strong, his determination weakens. H: 7959
حَرامٌ على كُلِّ عَقلٍ مَغلولٍ بِالشَّهوَةِ أن يَنتَفِعَ بِالحِكمَةِ . ح: 4902
It is forbidden for every intellect that is shackled by desires to benefit from wisdom. H: 4902
كُلَّما قَوِيَتِ الحِكمَةُ ضَعُفَتِ الشَّهوَةُ . ح: 7205
The more wisdom is strengthened, carnal desire is weakened. H: 7205
مَن كَمُلَ عَقلُهُ استَهانَ بِالشَّهَواتِ . ح: 8226
He whose intellect is complete finds carnal desires insignificant. H: 8226
مَن غَلَبَ شَهوَتَهُ ظَهَرَ عَقلُهُ . ح: 7953
Whoever overcomes his carnal desire his intellect will become manifest. H: 7953
بمِلكِ الشَّهوَةِ التَّنَزُّهِ عَن كُلِّ عابٍ . ح: 4354
In controlling desire there is immunity from every deficiency. H: 4354
الجاهِلُ عَبدُ شَهوَتِهِ . ح: 449
An ignorant person is a worshipper of his desires. H: 449
رأسُ العَقلِ مُجاهَدَةُ الهَوى . ح: 5263
The peak of reason is to combat desires. H: 5263
قَرينُ الشَّهوَةِ مَريضُ النّفسِ ، مَعلولُ العَقلِ . ح: 6790
The associate of the desire has a sick soul and an ill intellect. H: 2790
مَن كَرُمَت علَيهِ نَفسُهُ هانَت علَيهِ شَهوَتُهُ . ح: 8771
He who honours his soul, his desires become insignificant for him. H: 8771
مَن لَم يَملِكْ شَهوَتَهُ لَم يَملِكْ عَقلَهُ . ح: 8995
He who cannot control his desire cannot control his intellect. H: 8995
رَدُّ الشَّهوَةِ أقضى لَها ، وقَضاؤها أشَدُّ لَها . ح: 5390
Repelling one's desire is the best way to eradicate it, and fulfilling it only strengthens it. H: 5390
غالِبوا أنفُسَكُم على تَركِ العاداتِ تَغلِبوها ، وجاهِدوا أهواءكُم تَملِكُوها . ح: 6418
Conquer your selves through abandoning habits and you will overcome them, and combat your desires and you will control them. H: 6418