hadith
2502
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Imam Ali (AS) said, I have patched this shirt of mine so much that I am now ashamed of [taking it again to] the tailor. Someone asked me: Will you not discard it? I replied: Get away from me! Only at dawn do people speak highly of the [arduous] night journey.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : لَقَدْ رَقَعْتُ مِدْرَعَتِي هذِهِ حَتَّى اسْتَحْيَيْتُ مِنْ راقِعِها فَقالَ لي قائِلٌ ألا تَنْبِذُها ؟ فَقُلتُ لَهُ: أُعْزُبْ عَنِّي عَلَى الصَّباحِ يَحْمَدُ القَوْمُ السُّرى
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