hadith
10656
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Imam Ali (AS) said, Verily the wariness of their duty towards Allah has shielded His friends from what He has forbidden and has made their hearts bound by His fear, so much so that their nights pass in wakefulness and their middays in thirst; thus they take comfort in hardship and are quenched by thirst.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنَّ تَقْوَى اللّهِ حَمَتْ أوْلِياءَهُ مَحارِمَهُ وَ ألْزَمَتْ قُلُوبَهُمْ مَخافَتَهُ حَتّى أسْهَرَتْ لَيالِيَهُمْ وَ أظْمَأَتْ هَواجِرَهُمْ فَأخَذُوا الرّاحَةَ بِالتَّعَبِ وَ الرَّيَّ بِالظَّمَأِ
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