Hadith on Infatuation
6 sayings
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Whoever loves someone passionately, then suppresses his love in order to remain chaste and dies in the process, is a martyr.
Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 7000; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 432 · permalink
Allah, Mighty and Exalted, says, 'When a servant' s predominant state is preoccupation with Me then I make the object of his desire My remembrance and place his pleasure therein. And when I make My remembrance the object of his desire and place his pleasure therein, he becomes infatuated with Me and I with him. And when he becomes infatuated with Me and I with him, I remove all veils between Me and him, and make this state predominate over him where he is never again negligent even when other people are
Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 1872; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 433 · permalink
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
Separation from one' s beloved is the penalty for infatuation.
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 78, p. 11, no. 70; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 431 · permalink
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] 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.
Nahj al-Balagha, Sermon 109; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 432 · permalink
Im?m Ja'far ibn Muhammad al-S?diq (a.s.) 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.'
Amali al-Saduq, p. 531, no. 3; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 432 · permalink
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] 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.
Nahj al-Balagha, Saying 474; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 432 · permalink