حياة السلف بين القول والعمل

Condemning desires and praising those who oppose them: Abu Hazim, may God have mercy on him, said: There are two things that, if you act upon them, you will attain the best of this world and the hereafter, and I will not elaborate further. It was said: What are they? He said: Endure what you dislike if God loves it, and dislike what you love if God - the Exalted and Glorified - dislikes it. [Al-Hilya (its abridgment) 1/527].

Condemning desires and praising those who oppose them: It was said to Ja`far al-Murta`ish, may God have mercy on him: So-and-so walks on water. He said: Whoever God enables to oppose his desires is greater than walking on water. [Al-Muntazam 13/384].

Condemning desires and praising those who oppose them: Abu Bakr Ibn al-Darir al-Zahid, may God have mercy on him, said: I resisted desires until my only desire became resistance. [Al-Muntazam 14/149].

Condemnation of desire and the virtue of opposing it: The wise, may Allah have mercy on him, said: ‘The eye of desire is one-eyed.’ [Dhamm al-Hawa /426].

Condemnation of desire and praise for those who oppose it: Some wise men used to say: “Suppose the wrongdoer is forgiven, has he not missed the reward of the righteous?” [Condemnation of desire /149].