hadith
2371
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Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘We [the Prophets household] are like the saddle-cushion in the middle. He who slides behind has to come forward to it, while he who has slid too far forward has to return back to it.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): نَحْنُ النُّمْرُقَةُ الوُسْطى، بها يَلْحَقُ التّالي وإلَيْها يَرْجِعُ الغالي.
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