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• Ghurar al-Ḥikam #9502 Imam Ali (AS) said, Remembrance of death makes the means [and comforts] of this world seem trivial.
• Mishkāt al-Anwār #1779 Imam Sadiq (a.s) said: “Remember death often, since one who often remembers death will abstain from the world.”
• Mīzān al-Ḥikma #270 Imam al-Baqir (AS) said, 'Remember death frequently, for no sooner does man increase his remembrance of death than he begins to renounce...
• Kitāb al-Zuhd #211 “I said to Abū Jaʿfar (a), ‘May I be your ransom! Inform me of something that I may benefit from.’ So he said, ‘O Abā ʿUbaydah, remember...
• Al-Kāfi #454 “I asked abu Ja’far (a.s.) ‘(I request you to) teach me a Hadith that can benefit me.’ The Imam said, ‘O abu ‘Ubaydah, speak of death very...
• Al-Kāfi #947 “Once I said to abu Ja‘far (a.s.), ‘Please speak to me about things whereby I can benefit.’ He said, ‘O abu ‘Ubaydah, speak of death very...