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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Beware of surrounding yourself with evil, for you will be affected by it yourself before [harming] your enemy and you will destroy your religion by it before conveying it to others.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

The greatest evil is in disparaging the painful advice of the compassionate, sincere adviser and being deceived by the sweetness of the flattery of the malicious praiser.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Verily in evil there is impudence.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Evil is impudence.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Delaying of evil is advantageous to good.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Evil is [a cause of] regret.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Evil makes its rider fall.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Evil is the ugliest of gates.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Evil is pestilent speech.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Evil is the symbol of destruction.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Evil is the carrier of misdeeds.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Evil degrades and strikes down.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Evil is punishable and brings dishonour (or is requited).

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Considering evil to be loathsome impels one to refrain from it.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Delaying of evil is a benefit for good.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

The consolidation of evil is in being deceived by respite [from chastisement] and reliance on [one's own] action.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

The consolidation of evil is in association with a wicked companion.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

The attractiveness of evil is avarice.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

The consolidators of evil are obstinacy and increased quarrelsomeness.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Many an evil may suddenly come upon you from whence you least expect it.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Increased wickedness is [a sign of] vileness and abjectness.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Counter evil with good.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Obedience to the calls of the wicked corrupts the outcome of matters.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

He who embarks on evil is successful in attaining it.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

The doer of evil is worse than the evil [itself].

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Doing evil is a [means of] revilement.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

None shall be punished for an evil act except its doer.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

There is nothing worse than evil except its retribution.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

There is nothing more corrupting for affairs or more destructive to the community than evil.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

He who does not wear the gown of good has not disrobed from evil.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

One who plunges into the depths of evil meets with danger [and adversity].

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

One who does evil has [actually] transgressed against his soul.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

One whose evil is too much, [even] his companion is not safe from him.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Whoever abandons evil, the doors of good are opened for him.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

One who lays the foundation of evil cause has [actually] instituted it against himself.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

One who provokes a latent evil, in it will be his own destruction.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

One who harbours evil feelings [and ill will] for others has actually harmed himself.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Whoever strips his heart of evil, his religion is secured and his conviction is confirmed.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

One who does not know the harmfulness of evil is not capable of desisting from it.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

One who repels evil with good, triumphs.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

One who hates evil is safeguarded [from it].

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

One of the greatest deceptions is making evil appear good.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

The 'evil' that is followed by Paradise is not [really] evil.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

The foundation of evil is avarice.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

One who is cautious of evil is like the one who does good.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Never count as good that by which you attain evil.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

It behoves the one who recognizes the wicked to disassociate himself from them.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

The evil of a man is evinced by his increased greed and his intense avarice.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

How bad a provision evil action is!

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

The most severely punished thing is evil.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Evil is the riding mount of greed and vain desire is the riding mount of discord.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Evil is the ugliest of gates and its doer is the worst of companions.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Evil is concealed in everyone's nature, so if its possessor overcomes it, it remains hidden and if he doesn't overcome it, it is manifested.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Scythe the evil from the breasts of others be uprooting it from your [own] breast.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Efface evil from your heart, [and as a result] your soul will be purified and your actions will be accepted.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

When you see evil then distance yourselves from it.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

The one who gains victory by evil is [in actual fact] defeated.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Keep away from evil, for verily more evil than the evil [itself] is its doer.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

It is the habit of the wicked to trouble [their] friends.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

The habit of the wicked is harbouring enmity for the righteous.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Every victor who gains victory by evil is [in actual fact] defeated.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

The wicked person does not think good of anyone because he does not see them except through [the lenses of] his own nature.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Be wary of the wicked one during the coming of power [and authority], that he does not cause it to be taken away from you and during its departure [from you], that he does not gather support against you.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Be careful not to be deceived by the good act that the wicked one does by mistake.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Be careful not to be repelled by the evil act that the righteous one does by mistake.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Keep away from the wicked and sit in the company the virtuous.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

The coming to power of the wicked is the tribulation of the virtuous.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

The most evil of all is one who is not ashamed of [his actions in front of] the people and does not fear Allah, the Glorified.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

The most evil of all people is one who boasts about his evil.

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Hadith

Ethics Vices EVIL AND THE WICKED