اِيَّاكُمْ وَالهَوَى؛ فَاِنَّ الهَوَى يُعْمِي وَيُصِمُّ.

اِيَّاكُمْ وَالهَوَى؛ فَاِنَّ الهَوَى يُعْمِي وَيُصِمُّ. Refrain from lust, for it makes man blind and deaf. اِيَّاكَ وَمُحَقَّرَاتِ الذُّنُوبِ؛ فَاِنَّ لَهَا مِنَ اللَّهِ طَالِبَاً. Refrain from minor sins, for God will call you to account for them.

اِيَّاكُمْ وَمُحَقَّرَاتِ الذُّنُوبِ؛ فَإنَّمَا مَثَلُ مُحَقَّرَاتِ الذُّنُوبِ كَمَثَلِ قَوْمٍ نَزَلُوْا بَطْنَ وَادٍ فَجَاءَ ذا بِعُودٍ؛ وَجَاءَ ذا بِعُوْدٍ حَتَّى حَمَلُوا مَا أنْضَجُوا بِهِ خُبْزَهُمْ، وَإنَّ مُحَقَّرَاتِ الذُّنُوْبِ مَتَى يُؤْخَذْ بِهَا صَاحِبُهَا تُهْلِكْهُ. Refrain from minor sins, for they are like unto a group of people landing in valley, each gathering little pieces of wood which might finally make a huge heap for baking bread.

Minor sins, too, will (finally) be so great to cause one's ruin when he is called to account. اِتَّقُوا الشُّحَّ؛ فَاِنَّ الشُّحَّ أَهْلَكَ مَنْ كانَ قَبْلَكُمْ وَحَمَلَهُمْ عَلى أنْ سَفَكُوا دِماءَهُمْ وَاسْتَحَلُّوا مَحَارِمَهُمْ. Refrain from misery, for it led to the ruin of predecessors and caused them to shed the blood of one another and to consider the unlawful as lawful. اِيَّاكَ وَاللَّجَاجَةَ؛ فَاِنَّ أَوَّلَهَا جَهْلٌ وَآخِرَهَا نَدَامَةٌ.

Refrain from obstinacy, for it begins with ignorance and ends in repentance. أَنْهَاكُمْ عَنِ الزُّوْرِ. Refrain from polytheism and telling lie. اِيَّاكُمْ وَالحُمْرَةَ؛ فَاِنَّهَا أَحَبُّ الزِّيِنَةِ اِلَى الشَّيْطَانِ. Refrain from red color, for it is the most favorite ornament to Satan.

اِيَّاكَ وَالتَّسْوِيْفَ بِأَمَلِكَ؛ فَإِنَّكَ لِيَوْمِكَ وَلَسْتَ بِمَا بَعْدُ، فَإِنْ يَكُ غَدٌ لَكَ فَكُنْ فِي الغَدِ كَمَا كُنْتَ فِي اليَوْمِ، وَإنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ غَدٌ لَكَ؛ لَمْ تَنْدَمْ عَلى مَا فَرَّطْتَ فِي اليَوْمِ. Refrain from slackness, for you live for today, not for tomorrow. Should there be a tomorrow, pass it as you do today, and should there be no tomorrow, you will not regret today's slackness. اِيَّاكُمْ وَالعِضَةَ؛ النَّمِيْمَةَ القَالَةَ بَيْنَ النَّاسِ.

Refrain from talebearing, causing disunity and spreading rumors among people. اِيَّاكُمْ وَمَحَادَثَةَ النِّسَاءِ؛ فَاِنَّهُ لا يَخْلُو رَجُلٌ بِامْرَأَةٍ لَيْسَ لَهَا مَحْرَمٌ اِلاّ هَمَّ بِهَا. Refrain from talking to women (in privacy), for a stranger having a private meeting with a woman will assuredly be stirred to avail himself of her.