hadith 2913
Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Poverty is part of the trial, and worse than that is the sickness of the body, and worse than that is the sickness of the heart.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): إنّ مِن البلاءِ الفاقةَ، وأشدُّ مِن ذلكَ مَرضُ البَدنِ، وأشدُّ مِن ذلكَ مَرضُ القلبِ.

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