1303 - ثَوابُ مَن عَشِقَ وعَفَ‏

1303. THE REWARD FOR ONE WHO DESPITE HIS INFATUATION RESTRAINS HIMSELF

4268.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : مَن عَشِقَ فكَتَمَ وعَفَّ فماتَ فَهُوَ شَهيدٌ .¹

4268.The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Whoever loves someone passionately, then suppresses his love in order to remain chaste and dies in the process, is a martyr.’²

4269.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : ما المُجاهِدُ الشَّهيدُ في سَبيلِ اللَّهِ بِأعظَمَ أجراً مِمَّن قَدَرَ فعَفَّ .³

4269.Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘The fighter who is martyred in the way of Allah has no greater reward than the one who is able to sate his lust but restrains himself.’⁴

279 - العشق‏

279. INFATUATION

1302 - ذَمُّ العِشقِ‏

1302. THE REPREHENSIBILITY OF INFATUATION

4265.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام: الهِجرانُ عُقوبَةُ العِشقِ.¹

4265.Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Separation from one’s beloved is the penalty for infatuation.’²

4266.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : ومَن عَشِقَ شَيئاً أعشى‏ (أعمى‏) بَصَرَهُ وأمرَضَ قَلبَهُ ، فَهُوَ يَنظُرُ بِعَينٍ غَيرِ صَحيحَةٍ ، ويَسمَعُ بِاُذُنٍ غَيرِ سَميعَةٍ ، قَد خَرَقَتِ الشَّهَواتُ عَقلَهُ ، وأماتَتِ الدّنيا قَلبَهُ .³

4266.Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘The one who is infatuated with something, his eyes become blind and his heart becomes sick, such that he sees with unsound eyes and hears with deaf ears, his base desires having torn apart his reason and [love of] the world having killed his heart.’⁴

4267.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام - لَمّا سُئلَ عَنِ العِشقِ - : قُلوبٌ خَلَت من ذِكرِاللَّهِ فأذاقَها اللَّهُ حُبَّ غَيرِهِ .⁵

4267. Imam al-Sadiq (AS), when asked about infatuation, replied, ‘Hearts that are empty of the remembrance of Allah are given to taste by Allah the love of other than Him.’⁶