hadith
3655
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Imam Ali (AS) said, Verily there are those who hold on to the remembrance of Allah and have taken it in lieu of this world and thus neither trade nor business has preoccupied them from [His] remembrance. They spend the days of their lives with it and shout it in the ears of the negligent [in order to remind them].
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنَّ لِلذِّكْرِ أهْلاً أخَذُوهُ مِنَ الدُّنيا بَدَلاً فَلَمْ تَشْغَلْهُمْ تِجارَةٌ وَ لا بَيْعٌ عَنْ ذِكْر يَقْطَعُونَ بِهِ أيّامَ الحَياةِ وَ يَهْتِفُونَ بِهِ في آذانِ الغافِلينَ
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