Tradition n. 371

قالَ الإمامُ الحُسَينُ عليه السلام :

اِنَّ النّاسَ عَبِيدُ الدّنيا وَالدّينُ لَعِقٌ عَلى اَل سِنَتِهِم يَحُوطُونَهُ مادَرَّت مَعايِشُهُم فَإذا مُحِّصُوا بِالبَلاءِ قَلَّ الدَّيانُونَ.

Imam Husayn (‘a) said: “Verily, people are the slaves of the world and their religion is superficial, only on their tongues. They are attentive to it as long as their material benefits are provided, but when they are tested, the number of true devotees dwindles.”

Tuhaf al-’Uqul & Bihar al-Anwar, vol. 44, p. 374

Tradition n. 372

قالَ الإمامُ المُجتَبى عليه السلام :

عَجِب تُ لِمَن يَتَفَكَّرُ فِي مَأكُولِهِ كَي فَ لا يَتَفَكَّرُ في مَعقُولِهِ، فيُجَنِّبُ بَط نَهُ ما يُؤ ذِيهِ وَ يُودِعُ صَد رَهُ ما يُر ديهِ.

Imam Hasan Ibn ‘Ali (‘a) said: “I wonder about the person who contemplates about his nutrition but he does not consider (the food of) his intellect. Thus, he avoids of what hurts him in his stomach but he lets his mind to be filled with what destroys him.”

Safinat al-Bihar, vol. 2, p. 84