hadith
5987
۞
Imam Ali (AS) said, I am bound by responsibility for what I say and am answerable for it. Verily, one for whom examples [of the past] have clearly shown that which was before him of exemplary punishments [given by Allah to wrongdoers] is prevented by God-wariness from falling into dubious [and questionable] actions.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : ذِمَّتي بِما أقُولُ رَهينَةٌ وَ أنَا بِهِ زَعيمٌ إنَّ مَنْ صَرَّحَتْ لَهُ العِبَرُ عمّا بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ مِنَ المَثُلاتِ حَجَزَهُ التَّقْوى عَنْ تَقَحُّمِ الشُّبَهاتِ
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