قَالَ لِي أَبُو الْحَسَنِ ( عليه السلام ) اتَّقِ الْمُرْتَقَى السَّهْلَ إِذَا كَانَ مُنْحَدَرُهُ وَعْراً قَالَ وَ كَانَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) يَقُولُ لَا تَدَعِ النَّفْسَ وَ هَوَاهَا فَإِنَّ هَوَاهَا فِي رَدَاهَا وَ تَرْكُ النَّفْسِ وَ مَا تَهْوَى أَذَاهَا وَ كَفُّ النَّفْسِ عَمَّا تَهْوَى دَوَاهَا .
Translation
A number of our companions, from Sahl Bin Ziyad, from Muhammad Bin Al Hassan Bin Shamoun, from Abdullah Bin Abdul Rahman Al Asammi, from Abdul Rahman Bin Al Hajjaj who said, ‘Abu Al-Hassan<sup>asws</sup> said to me: ‘Fear the easy climb up when there was a bumpy slope down’. He<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> said: ‘And Abu Abdullah<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> was saying: ‘Do not leave the soul and its desires unguarded; its desires are to destroy it. Leaving the soul with its desires unguarded is hurting the soul, however, guarding the soul against its desires is medicine for its illness’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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