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hadith 270
Hadith #
270
Book
Mīzān al-Ḥikma
Volume
1
Part
Asceticism
Chapter
Factors that Elicit Asceticism
Source
Muḥammad Muḥammadī Rayshahrī
Publisher
ICAS Press
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Imam al-Baqir (AS) said, 'Remember death frequently, for no sooner does man increase his remembrance of death than he begins to renounce this world's life.
الإمامُ الباقرُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): أكثِرْ ذِكرَ المَوتِ ، فإنّهُ لَم يُكثِرْ إنسانٌ ذِكرَ المَوتِ إلّا زَهِدَ في الدنيا.
Tags DeathAsceticism

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