hadith
39
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Imam Ali (AS) said, The appointed time of death is [already] determined and sustenance is [already] apportioned, so let not any of you grieve its reduction; for verily greed does not expedite it and self-restraint does not delay it, and it behoves a believer to be patient.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اَلأجلُ مَحْتُومٌ والرِّزْقُ مَقْسُومٌ فلا يَغُمَّنَّ أحَدَكُمْ إبطاؤُهُ فإنَّ الحِرْصَ لايُقَدِّمُهُ وَ العَفافُ لا يُؤَخِّرُهُ والمُؤمِنُ بالتَّحَمُّلِ (بِالتَّجَمُّلِ) خَليقٌ
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