The Book of Intelligence and Ignorance 12

Hawzah News Agency - Ali ibn Muhammad has narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad from al-Nawfali from al-Sakuni from Ja‘far (al-Sadiq)  from his father (al-Baqir)  that Amir al-Mu’minin : 

إِنَّ قُلُوبَ الْجُهَّالِ تَسْتَفِزُّهَا الاطْمَاعُ وَتَرْتَهِنُهَا الْمُنَى وَتَسْتَعْلِقُهَا الْخَدَائِعُ.

“Greed motivates the hearts of the ignorant people, longings and yearning keep them as hostages and deceit clings to them.”

Al-Kāfi, v.1