hadith
1779
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Imam Sadiq (a.s) said: “Remember death often, since one who often remembers death will abstain from the world.”
وقال أبو عبد الله (عليه السلام): أكثر ذكر الموت فإنه لم يكثر عبد ذكر الموت إلا زهد في الدنيا.
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