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hadith 3726
Hadith #
3726
Book
Mīzān al-Ḥikma
Volume
1
Part
Self-Restraint
Chapter
The Root of Self-Restraint
Source
Muḥammad Muḥammadī Rayshahrī
Publisher
ICAS Press
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Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘The worth of a man is proportionate to his ambition … and his chastity is in proportion with his sense of self-worth.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): قَدرُ الرَّجُلِ عَلى قَدرِ هِمَّتِهِ ... وعِفَّتُهُ عَلى قَدرِ غَيرَتِهِ .

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