Miskin Abi Fatimah reported: ‘Ata al-Salimi, may Allah have mercy on him, said, “We have heard that lusts and whims can even overpower knowledge, reason, and eloquence.”
Source: Ḥilyat al-Awliyā’ 8574
عن مِسْكِين أبي فَاطِمَة قال عَطَاء السَّلِيمِيّ رحمه الله بَلَغَنَا أَنَّ الشَّهْوَةَ وَالْهَوَى يَغْلِبَانِ الْعِلْمَ وَالْعَقْلَ وَالْبَيَانَ
8574 حلية الأولياء لأبي نعيم
