hadith
2045
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Imam Ali (AS) said, No one has appealed to me with an intercession that is greater in my sight than a favour that I had previously done to him, so that I may nurture it and follow it up with another [favour] like it; for indeed later refusals cut off the gratitude for earlier favours.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : ما تَوَسَّلَ أحَدٌ إلَيَّ بِوَسِيلَة أجَلَّ عِنْدي مِنْ يَد سَبَقَتْ مِنّي إلَيْهِ لاُِرَبِّيَها عِنْدَهُ بِاتِّباعِها أُخْتَها فَإنَّ مَنْعَ الأواخِرِ يَقْطَعُ شُكْرَ الأوائِلِ
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