760 - مَوانِعُ الذِّكرِ

760. Factors that Prevent the Remembrance [OF ALLAH]

(يا أيُّهَا الَّذينَ آمَنُوا لا تُلْهِكُمْ أمْوالُكُمْ وَلا أوْلادُكُمْ عَنْ ذِكْرِ اللَّهِ وَمَنْ يَفْعَلْ ذلِكَ فَأُولئِكَ هُمُ الْخاسِرُونَ) .¹

"O You who have faith! Do not let your possessions and children distract you from the remembrance of Allah, and whoever does that - it is they who are the losers." ²

(إنَّما يُرِيدُ الشَّيْطانُ أنْ يُوقِعَ بَيْنَكُمُ الْعَداوَةَ والْبَغْضاءَ فِي الْخَمْرِ والْمَيْسِرِ وَيَصُدَّكُمْ عَنْ ذِكرِ اللَّهِ وَعَنِ الصّلاةِ فَهَلْ أَنتُم مُّنتَهُونَ) .³

"Indeed Satan seeks to cast enmity and hatred among you through wine and gambling, and to hinder you from the remembrance of Allah and from prayer. Will you, then, relinquish?" ⁴

2365.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : لَيسَ في المعاصِي أشَدُّ مِنِ اتِّباعِ الشَّهوَةِ ، فلا تُطِيعُوها فَتَشغَلَكُم عَنِ اللَّهِ .⁵

2365.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.' ⁶

2366.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : كُلُّ ما ألهى‏ عن ذِكرِ اللَّهِ فهو مِن المَيسِرِ .⁷

2366.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Anything that distracts you from the remembrance of Allah is classified as gambling.' ⁸

2367.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : كُلُّ ما ألهى‏ عن ذِكرِ اللَّهِ فهو مِن إبليسَ .⁹

2367.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Anything that distracts you from the remembrance of Allah is from Iblis [Satan].' ¹⁰

2368.الإمامُ زينُ العابدينَ عليه السلام : إنَّ قَسوَةَ البِطنَةِ وفَترَةَ المَيلَةِ وسُكرَ الشِّبَعِ وغِرَّةَ المُلكِ مِمّا يُثَبِّطُ ويُبطِئُ عَنِ العَمَلِ ويُنسِي الذِّكرَ .¹¹

2368. 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.' ¹²