hadith
3189
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Imam Ali (AS) said, This world of yours is more lowly in my view than the [decayed] bone of a pig in the hand of a leper and more inferior than a leaf in the mouth of a locust; what does ‘Ali have to do with bounties that will perish and pleasures that will not last?
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنَّ دُنياكُمْ هذِهِ لأهْوَنُ في عَيْني مِنْ عِراقِ خِنْزير في يَدِ مَجذُوم وَأحْقَرُ مِنْ وَرَقَة في جَرادَة ما لِعَليّ وَ نَعيم يَفْنى وَ لَذَّة لا تَبْقى
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