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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.

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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.

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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.

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

Vain desire destroys.

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

Vain desires are passions of youth.

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

Vain desire is the enemy of reason.

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

Vain desire is the bane of the intellects.

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

Vain desire is an obeyed enemy.

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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.

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

Verily if you allow vain desire rule over you, it will deafen you, blind you and destroy you.

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

The bane of the intellect is vain desire.

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

When your vain desires overcome you, they drag you into places of destruction.

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

Oppose vain desire and you will be safe; turn away from this world and you will benefit.

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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.

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

The cornerstone of religion is opposing vain desire.

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

The cornerstone of reason is struggling against vain desire.

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

Deterring [the self from] vain desire is a trait of the intelligent ones.

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

The cause of corruption of the intellect is vain desire.

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

The cause of corruption of faith is vain desire.

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

Counter vain desire with the reason.

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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.

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

Yielding to vain desire corrupts the intellect.

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

Submitting to vain desire causes ruin.

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

Vain desire is victorious over the one who is led by his lust.

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

He who overcomes his vain desire is victorious in attaining the Paradise of the [everlasting] Abode.

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

The delusions of vain desire beguile.

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

Being overcome by vain desire corrupts [one's] faith and reason.

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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.

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

In succumbing to vain desire there is every [form of] deviation.

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

He who overcomes his vain desire and controls the urges of his [carnal] soul is successful.

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

Indeed the one who is deceived by the temptations of [his] vain desire has gone astray.

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

Combat your vain desire with your intellect and you will acquire right guidance.

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

Combat your vain desire with your knowledge and your anger with your forbearance.

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

Be a conqueror of your vain desire and a seeker of your salvation.

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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.

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

One who is controlled by his vain desire goes astray.

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

Whoever yields to his vain desire is destroyed.

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

Whoever overcomes his vain desire is honoured.

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

Whoever controls his vain desire acquires intelligence [and wisdom].

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

Whoever agrees with his vain desire opposes his rectitude [and reason].

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

One whose vain desire is strong, his resolve becomes weak.

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

Whoever embarks on his vain desire slips.

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

Whoever follows his vain desire destroys himself.

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

Whoever opposes his vain desire has followed [the path of] knowledge.

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

One who proceeds with vain desire falls into destruction.

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

With vain desire there is no [reason and] intellect.

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

Whoever embarks on vain desire is afflicted by blindness.

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

There is no faith with vain desire.

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

Whoever yields to his vain desire has sold his Hereafter for his worldly life.

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

One whose vain desire overpowers his intellect is overcome by disgrace.

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

Whoever wishes to attain lofty stations should overcome his vain desire.

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

One who is controlled by vain desire does not accept the advice of any sincere adviser.

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

One whose actions are free from vain desire, his effect [and result] is good in every matter.

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

Whoever follows his vain desire, it blinds him, deafens him, humiliates him and misguides him.

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

Whoever is led by his vain desire, Satan prevails upon him.

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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.

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

Nothing opposes reason like vain desire.

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

Nothing destroys religion like vain desire.

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

Vain desire is a riding mount that throws down its rider.

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

Opposing vain desire is a cure for the intellect.

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

The one who is overpowered by vain desire is always wretched and forever enslaved.

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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

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

Following vain desire is indeed a good aide to Satan.

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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.

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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.

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

Never let your vain desire relegate your knowledge.

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

Do not follow [your] vain desire, for whoever follows his vain desire becomes disconcerted.

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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.

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

Vain desire is the greater of the two enemies.

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

Vain desire is a worshipped deity.

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

Because of succumbing to vain desire and misguidance, [only a] few will be saved from hellfire.

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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.

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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].

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

The smallest vain desire can corrupt the intellect.

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

There is no damage [and loss] greater than [what is brought about by] vain desire.

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

The most destructive thing is vain desire.

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

Beware of yielding to vain desire, for indeed it leads [one] towards every [form of] tribulation.

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

The best of people is one who struggles against his vain desire.

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

The beginning of vain desire is temptation and its end is tribulation.

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

Vain desire is the partner of blindness.

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

Vain desire is a hidden ailment.

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

Vain desire is a bane of the intellects.

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

Vain desire is a pernicious associate.

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

Vain desire is the opposite of reason.

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

Vain desire is the foundation of tribulations.

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

Vain desire is the riding mount of temptations.

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

Vain desire is a [cause of one's] fall to the lowest of the low.

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

Do not be a slave to vain desires and coveted objects.

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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):

Vain desire is a riding mount of temptation.

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Hadith

Ethics Indecent Manners VAIN DESIRE