hadith
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Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘Poverty is red death. The narrator said, ‘I asked Abu Aabdullah [Al-Sadiq (AS)], ‘Poverty of dinars and dirhams? He said, ‘No, rather poverty in ones faith.
الإمامُ الصّادقُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): الفَقرُ المَوتُ الأحمَرُ، [قالَ الراوي: [فقلتُ لأبي عبدِاللّهِ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): الفَقرُ مِن الدِّينارِ والدِّرهَمِ؟ فقالَ: لا، ولكن مِن الدِّينِ .
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