396 - الهَوى‏

396. THE DESIRE

1809 - الهَوى‏ إلهٌ مَعبودٌ

1809. DESIRE IS A WORSHIPPED GOD

(أَفَرَأَيْتَ مَنِ اتَّخَذَ إِلهَهُ هَوَاهُ وأَضَلَّهُ اللَّهُ عَلَى‏ عِلْمٍ وَخَتَمَ عَلَى‏ سَمْعِهِ وَقَلْبِهِ وَجَعَلَ عَلَى‏ بَصَرِهِ غِشَاوَةً فَمَنْ يَهْدِيهِ مِنْ بَعْدِ اللَّهِ أَفَلَا تَذَكَّرُونَ) .¹

"Have you seen him who has taken his desire to be his god and whom Allah has led astray knowingly, and set a seal upon his hearing and his heart, and drawn a blind on his sight? So who will guide him after Allah? Will you not then take admonition?" ²

6406.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : ما تَحَت ظِلِّ السَّماءِ مِن إلهٍ يُعبَدُ مِن دُونِ اللَّهِ أعظَمَ عِندَ اللَّهِ مِن هَوىً مُتَّبَعٍ .³

6406.The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'There is no god worshipped beneath the shadow of the sky other than Allah, considered worse by Allah than a desire pursued.' ⁴

6407.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : الهَوى‏ إلهٌ مَعبودٌ ، العَقلُ صَدِيقٌ مَحمودٌ .⁵

6407.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'The desire is a worshipped god, and the intellect is a praiseworthy friend.' ⁶

6408.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : الجاهِلُ عَبدُ شَهوَتِهِ .⁷

6408.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'An ignorant person is a worshipper of his desires.' ⁸

1808 - مَن كانَت هِمَّتُهُ بَطنَهُ‏

1808. HE WHOSE SOLE CONCERN IS HIS STOMACH

6403.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : مَن كانَت هِمَّتُهُ أكلَهُ ، كانَت قِيمَتُهُ ما أكَلَهُ .¹

6403.The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'He whose sole concern is his food, his worth is [equivalent] to that which he eats.' ²

6404.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : مَن كانَت هِمَّتُهُ ما يَدخُلُ بَطنَهُ ، كانَت قِيمَتُهُ مايَخرُجُ مِنهُ .³

6404.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'He whose sole concern is what enters his stomach, his worth is [equivalent to] what comes out of it.' ⁴

6405.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : ما أبعَدَ الخَيرَ مِمَّن هِمَّتُهُ بَطنُهُ وفَرجُهُ !⁵

6405.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'How far away is goodness from he whose sole concern is his stomach and private parts.' ⁶

(اُنظر) الأكل : باب 64 .

(See also: FOOD: section 64)