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Hadith.5892 - Ibn Muskan narrated from Abdullah ibn Abi Ya'fur that Ja'far ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as) said to a man
"Make your heart a companion you engage with, make your knowledge a guide you follow, make your soul an enemy you struggle against, and consider your wealth as a loan that you will return."
5892 - وَ رَوَى اِبْنُ مُسْكَانَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي يَعْفُورٍ قَالَ
قَالَ اَلصَّادِقُ جَعْفَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ لِرَجُلٍ "اِجْعَلْ قَلْبَكَ قَرِيناً تُزَاوِلُهُ وَ اِجْعَلْ عِلْمَكَ وَالِداً تَتَّبِعُهُ وَ اِجْعَلْ نَفْسَكَ عَدُوّاً تُجَاهِدُهُ وَ اِجْعَلْ مَالَكَ كَعَارِيَّةٍ تَرُدُّهَا".
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