Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Love does not need kinship so much as kinship needs love.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): القَرابَةُ إلى المَودَّةِ أحْوَجُ مِن المَودَّةِ إلى القَرابَةِ.
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