One Hundred And Fifty Lessons For Life

Lesson Twenty Six: Key of Misfortunes

Imam Hasan Al-’Askari (a.s.) said:

Translation

God has placed evils and maladies under locks, the key of which is wine, and lying is even worse than wine. [^1]

Brief Description

The greatest and most effective tool against evils and maladies is wisdom and intellect, and this is a strong lock set on them. When the lock of “wisdom” is opened by the key of “wine”, all evils and obscenities are let loose and a drunk person is vulnerable to committing all sorts of crime, sin and corruption.

While a drunkard commits a sin under the influence of the mind numbing drink, a liar pollutes the social environment knowingly . When lying permeates a society, it kills the spirit of trust and reliance leading to sins and corruption. Hence lying is even more dangerous than wine.

[^1]: Wasa’il ‘ush-Shi’a, second volume, page 223