hadith
2480
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Imam Ali (AS) when asked about who has the greatest misfortune, said, ‘A man who abandons the world for the sake of the world, and therefore he misses out on the world and loses the Hereafter, and a man who worships, struggles and fasts as a display for others, and thus forbids [himself] the pleasures of this world and also tires himself. And were he to do all that sincerely [for the sake of Allah], he would be deserving of its reward.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) ـ وقد سُئلَ : مَنِ العَظيمُ الشَّقاءِ ؟ ـ : رجُلٌ تَرَكَ الدُّنيا للدُّنيا فَفاتَتْهُ الدُّنيا وخَسِرَ الآخِرَةَ ، ورَجُلٌ تَعَبّدَ واجْتَهَدَ وصامَ رِئاءَ النّاسِ فذلكَ الّذي حُرِمَ لذّاتَ الدُّنيا ولَحِقَهُ التَّعَبُ الّذي لَو كانَ بهِ مُخْلِصا لاسْتَحَقَّ ثوابَهُ.