hadith
10222
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Imam Ali (AS) said, People are divided into two types of seekers, and each seeker is also sought after; so whoever seeks this world is sought after by death until it takes him out from it, and whoever seeks the Hereafter is sought after by this world, until he gets his sustenance from it in full.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اَلنّاسُ طالِبانِ: طالِبٌ وَ مَطْلُوبٌ فَمَنْ طَلَبَ الدُّنيا طَلَبَهُ الْمَوْتُ حَتّى يُخْرِجَهُ عَنْها وَ مَنْ طَلَبَ الآخِرَةَ طَلَبَتْهُ الدُّنيا حَتّى يَسْتَوْفِيَ رِزْقَهُ مِنْها
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