hadith
1678
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Imam Sadiq (a.s) said: “Before you there were people whose heads were cut across with a saw such that the saw left their bodies from between their legs, but they did not mind it and persevered. If anyone of them suffered from such a calamity, he would not mind it and did not divulge the secrets of the rest of the nation?”
عنه (عليه السلام) قال
إن من كان قبلكم ليوضع المنشار على مفرق رأسه فيخرج بين رجليه فلا يعدو نفسه، وإن أحد هؤلاء لو بلي بشئ من ذلك لأهلك أمة من الأمم.
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