And the one who ruins his intellect, his Religion and his world would be spoilt upon him. يَا هِشَامُ إِنَّ الْعُقَلَاءَ تَرَكُوا فُضُولَ الدُّنْيَا فَكَيْفَ الذُّنُوبَ وَ تَرْكُ الدُّنْيَا مِنَ الْفَضْلِ وَ تَرْكُ الذُّنُوبِ مِنَ الْفَرْضِ O Hisham! The intellectual ones are neglecting the vanities of the world, so how (would they not neglect) the sins, and the neglect of the world is from the merits and neglect of the sins is from the Obligations’’. [10] (An extract).
Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Muhammad Bin Ismail, from Ali Bin Al Hakam, from Muawiya Bin Wahab who said, ‘I said to Abu Ja’far -asws , ‘What is the sign of the Imam -asws who is to be after the (current) Imam -asws ?’ So he -asws said: ‘Clean of birth, and good upbringing, and he -asws would neither indulge in vanities nor playfulness’.
[11] Excessive indulgence in playful activities: فَذَرْهُمْ يَخُوضُوا وَيَلْعَبُوا حَتَّىٰ يُلَاقُوا يَوْمَهُمُ الَّذِي يُوعَدُونَ {4270:} So leave them engaging in vanities and playing around until they meet their Day which they are Promised [70:42] الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ مُعَلَّى بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ حُمَيْدٍ عَنْ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ( عليه السلام ) قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) مَنْ كَفَّ نَفْسَهُ عَنْ أَعْرَاضِ النَّاسِ أَقَالَ اللَّهُ نَفْسَهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ وَ مَنْ كَفَّ غَضَبَهُ عَنِ النَّاسِ كَفَّ اللَّهُ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى عَنْهُ عَذَابَ يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ .
Al Husayn Bin Muhammad, from Moalla Bin Muhammad, from Al Hassan Bin Ali, from Aasim Bin Humeyd, from Abu Hamza, (It has been narrated) from Abu Ja’far -asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah -saww said: ‘The one who restrains himself from ‘أَعْرَاضِ’ the vanities of the world, Allah -azwj would Discharge his soul on the Day of Judgment; and the one who restrains his anger from the people, Allah -azwj Blessed and Exalted would Restrain the Punishment from him on the Day of Judgment’.