الحُزن

SORROW

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2- Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Worry is half of old age.’
[Tuhaf al-`Uqoul, no. 214]

3- Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Worry wastes away the body.’
[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 1039]

4- Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘Sorrows are the ailments of the hearts just as illnesses are the ailments of the body.’
[al-Da`awat, p. 118, no. 276]

5- The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Whoever looks at what other people possess, his sorrow endures and his regret is continuous.’
[A`alam al-Din, no. 294]

6- The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Many a desire lasting but an hour brings about enduring sorrow.’
[Amali al-Tusi, p. 533, no. 1162]

7- Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘He who is angry with somebody whom he cannot hurt, his sorrow endures and he inflicts pain on his own soul.’
[Tuhaf al-`Uqoul, no. 99]

8- Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘I have not seen a wrong-doer resemble a wronged person more than the jealous one: he has an exhausted spirit, a wandering heart, and an inherent sorrow.’
[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 76, p. 256, no. 29]

9- Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘He who is negligent in his work is afflicted with anxiety.’
[Nahj al-Balagha, Saying 127]

10- Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Beware of apprehension, for it kills hope, weakens action, and brings about worry.’
[Da`aim al-Islam, v. 1, p. 223]

11- The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Truly Allah, out of His wisdom and grace, placed bliss and happiness in conviction and contentment, and placed worry and sorrow in doubt and discontentment.’
[Tuhaf al-`Uqoul, no. 6]

12- The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘O people! This is the house of pain and not the house of joy, and the house of writhing
[in pain] not the house of repose. So he who knows it will neither rejoice for ease and nor will he grieve for misfortune.’
[A`alam al-Din, no. 294]

13- The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘There is remedy in the statement “There is no might or power save in Allah” (La Hawla wa la quwwata illa billah) for ninety-nine ailments, the least of them being anxiety.’
[Qurb al-Isnad, p. 76, no. 244]

14- Ibn `Abbas narrated, ‘I have not profited by any speech after the Messenger of Allah (SAWA) more than by a letter written by Ali b. Abi Talib (AS). He wrote to me, saying, “But now, indeed man grieves for having missed that which he would not have attained anyway, and is overjoyed at attaining that which he would not have missed anyway. So, let your happiness be for what you attain for your Hereafter, and let your regret be for what you miss of it. Do not be happy for what you attain for this world, nor regret sorrowfully what you miss from it, and let your concern be for what comes after death, and peace be with you.”’
[Matalib al-Sa’ul, p. 55]

15- Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘What an excellent repellent of worries conviction is.’
[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 77, p. 211, no. 1]

16- Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Washing clothes takes away worry and sorrow.’
[al-Khisal, p. 612, no. 10]

17- Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘If everything is determined by fate and destiny, then wherefore the sorrow?!’
[Amali al-Saduq, p. 16, no. 5]

18- Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘One of the prophets complained of his grief to Allah. So he commanded him to eat grapes.’
[al-Mahasin, v. 2, p. 362, no. 2262]

19- Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘He who finds himself sorrowful for no reason should wash his head.’
[al-Da`awat, p. 120, no. 284]

20- Abu Basir narrated, ‘I once went to visit Abu `Abdillah
[al-Sadiq] (AS) along with one of our companions. I said to him, ‘O son of the Prophet! Could I but sacrifice myself for you. I grieve and become sorrowful without knowing the cause of that.’ So Abu `Abdillah (AS) replied, ‘Truly that sorrow and joy reaches you from us, for when sorrow or joy comes to us it comes to you too, for indeed we and you are all from the Light of Allah, Mighty and Exalted.’
[`Alal al-Shara’i`a, p. 93, no. 2]

21- It is narrated in Bihar al-Anwar that the scholar
[al-Sadiq] (AS) was once asked about why a man may wake up in the morning feeling sad without knowing the reason for his sorrow. He said, ‘If that happens to him then he should know that his brother is in sorrow, and similarly if he wakes up happy without a specific reason for that joy. And Allah’s help do we seek with regard to the rights of the brothers.’
[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 74, p. 227, no. 20]

22- The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Allah, Mighty and Exalted, is worshipped through nothing like continuous sorrow.’
[Makarim al-Akhlaq, v. 2, p. 367]

23- Imam Zayn al-`Abidin (AS) said, ‘Truly Allah loves every sorrowful heart.’
[al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 99, no. 30]

24- Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘The believer wakes up in the morning sorrowful and sleeps at night sorrowful, and nothing suits him but that.’
[al-Da`awat, p. 287, no. 18]

25- Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘The breath of one who is saddened on our account and is grieved for the oppression done unto us is glorification, and his grief for our cause is worship.’
[al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 226, no. 16]