Hadith
ADMINISTRATIVE POLICIES
ADORNMENT
ANONYMITY
COMPLAINING OF DISTRESS
DEBT
DESIRE AND LONGING
DIGNITY AND REPUTATION
DISAGREEMENT
DISCIPLINE
DISSENSION
EAGERNESS AND LONGING
ERROR AND DEVIATION
FAME AND RENOWN
FLATTERY
GOOD
GOOD CHARACTER
GOOD HEALTH AND THE HEALTHY
GRIEF
HOPES AND ASPIRATIONS
INEPTNESS
INSISTENCE
INTIMACY
JUBILATION
LAPSES
LAUGHTER
LAZINESS AND THE LAZY
LOFTINESS
LOSS OF HOPE133
LUST
MISERY
MISTAKES
MODESTY AND SHAME
NOBLE TRAITS & DEEDS
ONE WHO TURNS BACK AND THE ONE WHO MOVES FORWARD
PEACE OF MIND
PIETY
PLEASURE AND DELIGHT
POWER AND MIGHT
REVEALING & REMOVING DISTRESS
SECLUSION
SEEKING ASSISTANCE
SIGHT, OBSERVATION AND INSIGHT
STATUS AND WORTH
STRENGTHENING ONESELF
STRUGGLING AGAINST THE SELF (JIHAD AN-NAFS)
SUFFERING
THE BELOVED
THE CAUTIOUS
THE DECEIVED
THE DEVOTEE
THE LOSER
THE NEGLIGENT AND NEGLIGENCE
THE OPPRESSED
THE PAUPER AND POVERTY
THE PERPLEXED
THE SEEKER
THE SOUL AND HOLDING IT TO ACCOUNT
THE STRONG
THE WRETCHED AND WRETCHEDNESS
VAIN DESIRE
WEAKNESS
ABANDONING FOR THE SAKE OF ALLAH
BEING CUT OFF FROM ALLAH
ESTABLISHING THE COMMAND OF ALLAH
FLEEING TO ALLAH
FORGETTING ALLAH
GETTING CONNECTED TO ALLAH
HOPE IN [THE MERCY OF] ALLAH AND [IN] OTHERS
INTIMACY WITH ALLAH
LENDING TO ALLAH
PROXIMITY TO ALLAH
PUTTING TRUST IN ALLAH
RELYING ON ALLAH
REMEMBRANCE [OF ALLAH] AND THE REMINDER
REPENTANCE AND RETURNING [TO ALLAH]
SEEKING PROTECTION FROM ALLAH
SUBMISSION TO THE WILL OF ALLAH
SUBMISSIVENESS AND HUMILITY IN FRONT OF ALLAH, THE MOST HIGH
THE CLOSE FRIENDS AND LOVERS OF ALLAH
THE FOE OF ALLAH
THE ONE WHO IS FORSAKEN BY ALLAH34
THE RIGHTS OF ALLAH, THE MOST HIGH
TRADE AND BUSINESS WITH ALLAH
TURNING TOWARDS ALLAH
DYSLOGIA (THE INABILITY TO EXPRESS ONESELF EFFECTIVELY)
ELOQUENCE
IDLE TALK
JOKING
LOQUACIOUSNESS
MUTENESS
OPINIONS AND THE OPINIONATED52
TALEBEARING
VAIN TALK
ADULTERY
ANGER
ANXIETY
BACKBITING
BEGGING AND ASKING PEOPLE
BELITTLING OTHERS
CONCEIT
CORRUPTION
COWARDICE
DELUSION
DEPRAVITIES
DEPRIVATION AND FRUSTRATION
DESERTION AND ABANDONMENT
DIMWITTEDNESS AND THE DIMWIT
DISDAIN
DISPLEASURE
DIVULGENCE [OF SECRETS]
DOING WRONG TO OTHERS
DOUBT AND MISGIVING
ENMITY AND THE ENEMY
EVIL AND THE WICKED
EXTRAVAGANCE
FABRICATING LIES
FEARING OTHER THAN ALLAH
FIVE BAD QUALITIES
GREED AND THE GREEDY
HARD-HEARTEDNESS
HASTE AND THE HASTY
HAUGHTINESS
HOARDING AND HOARDERS
IDLENESS
IGNOMINY
IMBECILITY
INDOLENCE AND LASSITUDE
INGRATITUDE
INJUSTICE AND OPPRESSION
JEALOUSY
LETHARGY
LOATHSOME ACTIONS AND TRAITS
NARRATION AND TRANSMISSION OF INFORMATION
NEGLECT
OBSCENITY
ONE WHO IS FED-UP
PLOTS
POLYTHEISM
PRIDE AND BOASTING
RAGE
RANCOR AND PERFIDY
REVENGE
SCHADENFREUDE
SCHEMING
SHAMELESSNESS AND THE SHAMELESS AND IMPUDENCE
SHOWING OFF
SPILLING BLOOD
SPITE AND MALICE AND SPITEFUI
SUPPORTING FALSEHOOD
SUSPICION
THE ARROGANT ONE AND ARROGANCE
THE DISBELIEVER AND DISBELIEF
THE DISGRACE OF A MAN
THE FALSIFIER
THE FRUSTRATED
THE HYPOCRITE AND HYPOCRISY
THE IGNORANT AND THE FOOLISH AND IGNORANCE
THE LIAR AND LYING
THE MISER AND THE AVARICIOUS AND STINGINESS AND AVARICE
THE SCHEMER AND PLOTTER
THE STUBBORN AND STUBBORNNESS
THE TYRANT
THE UNJUST
THE VILE AND VILENESS
THEFT
TO PUT [OTHERS] UNDER OBLIGATION
TREACHERY and ANTIPATHY
VICES AND THOSE WHO COMMIT THEM
VIOLENCE
WANTONNESS
WICKEDNESS AND IMMORALITY
ABSTINENCE [FROM FOOD]
ADMISSION AND CONFESSION OF ONES SINS
ADMONITION
AFFECTION AND FRIENDSHIP
AFFLUENCE AND THE RICH
AID
AMICABLENESS
APOLOGIZING AND OFFERING EXCUSES
ASTUTENESS
ATTENTION
BEING CHEERFUL AND SMILING
BEING INDEPENDENT OF OTHERS
BEING PLEASED AND SATISFIED
BEING SYSTEMATIC IN WORK
CALMNESS AND SOLEMNITY
CHASTITY
CHIVALRY
COMING TO THE AID OF THE AGGRIEVED
COMPETITION
CONSULTATION AND DELIBERATION
CONTENTMENT AND THE CONTENTED
COURAGE AND THE COURAGEOUS
DELIBERATENESS AND ACTING UNHURRIEDLY
DILIGENCE AND STRIVING
EARLY RISING
EMINENCE AND THE EMINENT
ENDEAVOURS
ESTABLISHING TIES AND RELATIONS
FAITH AND THE BELLEVER
FEAR
FORGIVENESS AND PARDON
FREEDOM AND THE FREE
GENEROSITY
GENTLENESS AND SOFTNESS
GIVING AND WITHHOLDING CHARITY
GLORY AND THE HONOURED ONE
GOOD DEEDS
GOOD ETIQUETTE
GOOD TURNS AND BENEVOLENT ACTIONS
GRANDEUR
GRANTING REFUGE TO THE FEARFUL
GRATITUDE AND THE GRATEFUL
GROOMING
HAPPINESS AND JOY
HAPPINESS AND PUTTING JOY IN THE HEARTS
HIGH REGARD
HONOUR AND THE HONOURABLE
HUMILITY
HUNGER
IRRESPONSIBILITY
JUDICIOUSNESS AND THE JODICIOUS
JUSTICE AND THE JUST
LENIENCY AND GENTLENESS
LISTENING AND THE LISTENER
LOWERING THE GAZE
MERCY AND COMPASSION
MODERATION
NOBLENESS AND MUNIFICENCE
OBEDIENCE AND COMPLIANCE
OBEYING COMMANDMENTS
ONE WHO ACTS WITH DELIBERATENESS
PATIENCE AND THE PATIENT
PEACE AND RECONCILIATION
PERFECTION
PHYSICAL BEAUTY
PLANNING
PRECAUTION
READINESS AND PREPARATION
REMAINING PURE AND FREE FROM SIN
REMORSE AND REGRET AND THE REMORSEFUL
RENUNCIATION OF WORLDLY PLEASURES56
RESTRAINT
RIGHTEOUSNESS AND THOSE WHO PREVENT IT
SEEKING FORGIVENESS
SEEKING JUSTICE
SEEKING WHAT IS BEST
SELF-SACRIFICE
SENSE OF HONOUR AND POSSESSIVENESS
SILENCE
SINCERE ADVICE
SINCERITY AND DEVOTION
STEADFASTNESS
STRIVING AND SEEKING
SUPPLICATION AND THE SUPPLICANT
SUPPORTING THE TRUTH
SUPPRESSING ANGER
TAKING LESSONS AND EXAMPLES
TAKING THE INITIATIVE
THE BEAUTIFUL AND BEAUTY
THE BROTHER, THE FRIEND, THE ASSOCIATE AND THE COMPANION
THE CAREFUL
THE COMPASSIONATE
THE DILIGENT AND THE HARDWORKING
THE EQUITABLE AND EQUITY
THE EXPERIENCED
THE FELICITOUS AND FELICITY
THE FORBEARING AND FORBEARANCE
THE GENEROUS AND GENEROSITY
THE GOD-WARY AND GODFEARING PEOPLE
THE GOOD DOER
THE INTELLIGENT
THE INTERCESSOR AND INTERCEDER
THE MARTYR
THE MIDDLE COURSE
THE NOBLE -MINDED AND MUNIFICENT
THE ONE WHO PRESENTS AN ARGUMENT
THE SAGACIOUS
THE SCHOLAR
THE TRUSTWORTHY AND TRUSTWORTHINESS
THE TRUTHFUL AND TRUTHFULNESS
THE WARNER
TOLERANCE
TURNING BACKWARD
UNDERSTANDING
VEHEMENCE32
VIRTUES AND VICES
Ego VAIN DESIRE
Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):
Vain desire destroys.
Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim
Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):
Vain desire is an obeyed enemy.
Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim
Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):
Vain desire is a hidden ailment.
Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim
Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):
Vain desire is a worshipped deity.
Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim
Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):
There is no enemy like vain desire.
Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim
Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):
There is no faith with vain desire.
Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim
Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):
Vain desire is the enemy of reason.
Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim
Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):
Vain desires are passions of youth.
Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim
Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):
Counter vain desire with the reason.
Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim
Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):
The delusions of vain desire beguile.
Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim
Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):
Submitting to vain desire causes ruin.
Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim
Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):
Vain desire is a pernicious associate.
Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim
Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):
Vain desire is the opposite of reason.
Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim
Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):
Nothing opposes reason like vain desire.
Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim
Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):
Vain desire is a bane of the intellects.
Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim
Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):
Vain desire is the partner of blindness.
Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim
Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):
The bane of the intellect is vain desire.
Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim
Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):
Whoever embarks on his vain desire slips.
Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim
Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):
The most destructive thing is vain desire.
Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim
Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):
Vain desire is the bane of the intellects.
Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim
Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):
Nothing destroys religion like vain desire.
Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim
Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):
Vain desire is a riding mount of temptation.
Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim
Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):
Vain desire is the foundation of tribulations.
Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim
Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):
Vain desire is the greater of the two enemies.
Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim
Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):
Whoever overcomes his vain desire is honoured.
Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim
Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):
Vain desire is the riding mount of temptations.
Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim
Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):
Whoever yields to his vain desire is destroyed.
Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim
Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):
Yielding to vain desire corrupts the intellect.
Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim
Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):
The cause of corruption of faith is vain desire.
Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim
Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):
Opposing vain desire is a cure for the intellect.
Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim
Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):
Whoever follows his vain desire destroys himself.
Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim
Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):
Never let your vain desire relegate your knowledge.
Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim
Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):
The smallest vain desire can corrupt the intellect.
Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim
Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):
The cornerstone of religion is opposing vain desire.
Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim
Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):
With vain desire there is no [reason and] intellect.
Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim
Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):
Following vain desire is indeed a good aide to Satan.
Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim
Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):
One who is controlled by his vain desire goes astray.
Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim
Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):
Do not be a slave to vain desires and coveted objects.
Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim
Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):
The cause of corruption of the intellect is vain desire.
Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim
Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):
One who proceeds with vain desire falls into destruction.
Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim
Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):
Vain desire is a riding mount that throws down its rider.
Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim
Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):
Whoever embarks on vain desire is afflicted by blindness.
Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim
Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):
One whose vain desire is strong, his resolve becomes weak.
Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim
Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):
Whoever is led by his vain desire, Satan prevails upon him.
Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim
Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):
The cornerstone of reason is struggling against vain desire.
Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim
Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):
Vain desire is victorious over the one who is led by his lust.
Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim
Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):
Being overcome by vain desire corrupts [one’s] faith and reason.
Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim
Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):
In succumbing to vain desire there is every [form of] deviation.
Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim
Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):
The best of people is one who struggles against his vain desire.
Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim
Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):
Vain desire is a [cause of one’s] fall to the lowest of the low.
Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim
Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):
Be a conqueror of your vain desire and a seeker of your salvation.
Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim
Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):
Whoever controls his vain desire acquires intelligence [and wisdom].
Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim
Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):
Whoever opposes his vain desire has followed [the path of] knowledge.
Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim
Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):
The beginning of vain desire is temptation and its end is tribulation.
Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim
Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):
One whose vain desire overpowers his intellect is overcome by disgrace.
Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim
Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):
Whoever agrees with his vain desire opposes his rectitude [and reason].
Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim
Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):
Whoever wishes to attain lofty stations should overcome his vain desire.
Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim
Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):
Deterring [the self from] vain desire is a trait of the intelligent ones.
Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim
Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):
When your vain desires overcome you, they drag you into places of destruction.
Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim
Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):
Whoever yields to his vain desire has sold his Hereafter for his worldly life.
Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim
Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):
Combat your vain desire with your intellect and you will acquire right guidance.
Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim
Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):
Combat your vain desire with your knowledge and your anger with your forbearance.
Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim
Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):
The one who is overpowered by vain desire is always wretched and forever enslaved.
Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim
Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):
There is no damage [and loss] greater than [what is brought about by] vain desire.
Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim
Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):
Indeed the one who is deceived by the temptations of [his] vain desire has gone astray.
Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim
Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):
One who is controlled by vain desire does not accept the advice of any sincere adviser.
Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim
Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):
Oppose vain desire and you will be safe; turn away from this world and you will benefit.
Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim
Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):
Do not follow [your] vain desire, for whoever follows his vain desire becomes disconcerted.
Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim
Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):
He who overcomes his vain desire and controls the urges of his [carnal] soul is successful.
Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim
Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):
One whose actions are free from vain desire, his effect [and result] is good in every matter.
Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim
Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):
Verily if you allow vain desire rule over you, it will deafen you, blind you and destroy you.
Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim
Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):
Whoever follows his vain desire, it blinds him, deafens him, humiliates him and misguides him.
Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim
Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):
Because of succumbing to vain desire and misguidance, [only a] few will be saved from hellfire.
Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim
Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):
Beware of yielding to vain desire, for indeed it leads [one] towards every [form of] tribulation.
Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim
Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):
He who overcomes his vain desire is victorious in attaining the Paradise of the [everlasting] Abode.
Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim
Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):
Ruined is the one who is led astray by vain desire and pulled by Satan towards the path of blindness.
Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim
Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):
If vain desire were to be lifted, the insincere person would despise [and feel ashamed of] his [own] action.
Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim
Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):
Indeed, the thing I fear most for you is [the result of your] following vain desires and having lengthy aspirations.
Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim
Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):
He is drawing in large buckets [from the well] of his vain desire and exerting a lot of efforts for his worldly life.132
Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim
Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):
May Allah have mercy upon the person who fights his vain desire and breaks loose from the entanglements of this world.
Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim
Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):
Your vain desire is a greater enemy towards you than all [other] enemies, so overpower it otherwise it will destroy you.
Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim
Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):
Beware of allowing vain desire to gain control over you for indeed its beginning is temptation and its end is tribulation.
Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim
Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):
Verily if you follow your vain desire, it will make you deaf and blind, ruin your place of [final] return and destroy you.
Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim
Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):
Overcome your vain desires and flee from them, for indeed if they capture you they will take you into the farthest depths of destruction.
Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim
Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):
Whoever looks with the eye of his vain desire falls into temptation and wrongdoing, and deviates and turns away from the clear open path.
Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim
Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):
Blessed is the one who endures [the temptations of] his vain desire, rejects his [false] aspiration, hits the target and acquires recompense.
Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim
Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):
Combat vain desire just as an adversary would combat his adversary, and battle it the way an enemy would battle his enemy, [if successful] you may gain mastery over it.
Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim
Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):
Control your vain desire and be stingy with yourself [by keeping away] from those things that are forbidden for you, for indeed being stingy with oneself is the essence of honour.
Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim
Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):
Be cautious of the vain desire that pulls the souls down, dropping them [to the lowest levels], and causes them to become more distanced from [the place of] success [and prosperity].
Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim
Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):
Do not incline towards your ignorant people (or your ignorance) and do not follow your vain desires, for indeed the one who alights at this stop is on the brink of a collapsing bank.
Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim