hadith
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Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Do not be of those who try to secure the Hereafter by means of the worldly life…they disparage this world using ascetic terms, yet act like those who covet it.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): لا تَكُنْ مِمَّن يُرِيدُ الآخِرَةَ بِعَمَلِ الدنيا ... يقولُ في الدنيا قَولَ الزاهِدينَ ، ويَعمَلُ فيها عَمَلَ الراغِبِينَ.
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