hadith
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Imam Ali (AS) said, Verily you are [living] in an age when those who speak about the truth are few, and tongues are weary of uttering the truth, and those who stick to the truth are humiliated. The people of this time are engaged in disobedience and make peace with each other upon treachery [and deceit]. Their youths are violent [and wicked] while their elders are sinful. Their scholars are hypocrites and their speakers are deviants. Their young do not respect the elderly and their rich do not support the poor.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنَّكُمْ في زَمان اَلْقائِلُ فيهِ بِالحَقِّ قَليلٌ وَ اللِّسانُ فيهِ عَنِ الصِّدْقِ كَليلٌ وَ اللاّزِمُ فيهِ لِلْحَقِّ ذَليلٌ أهْلُهُ مُتَعَكِّفُونَ عَلَى العِصْيانِ مُصْطَلِحُونَ عَلَى الإدْهانِ فَتاهُمْ عارِمٌ وَ شَيْخُهُمْ آثِمٌ وَ عالِمُهُمْ مُنافِقٌ وَ قاريهِمْ مُمارِقٌ لايُعَظِّمُ صَغيرُهُمْ كَبيرَهُمْ وَ لايَعُولُ غِنِيُّهُمْ فَقيرَهُمْ