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hadith 3113
Hadith #
3113
Book
Mīzān al-Ḥikma
Volume
1
Part
Poverty
Chapter
The Interpretation of Poverty
Source
Muḥammad Muḥammadī Rayshahrī
Publisher
ICAS Press
۞
Imam al-Hadi (AS) said, ‘Poverty is the greed of the self and the extremity of despair.
الإمامُ الهاديُّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): الفَقرُ شَرَهُ النفسِ وشِدَّةُ القُنوطِ.

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