hadith
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Imam Sadiq (a.s) said: “When the following verse was revealed: “O' ye who believe! Save yourselves and families from a Fire” [The Holy Quran: Tahrim 66:6], a Muslim man sat down and started to cry, and said: “I cannot even save myself, how I am ordered to save my family too?” The Prophet of God (a.s) said: “It suffices for you to instruct them to do what you do, and forbid them from doing what you forbid yourself.”
عنه (عليه السلام) قال
لما نزلت هذه الآية ﴿يا أيها الذين آمنوا قوا أنفسكم وأهليكم نارا﴾، وقال: جلس رجل من المسلمين يبكي، وقال: أنا عجزت عن نفسي كلفت أهلي، فقال له رسول الله (صلى الله عليه وآله): حسبك أن تأمرهم بما تأمر به نفسك وتنهاهم عما تنهى عنه نفسك.
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