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hadith 4320
Hadith #
4320
Book
Mīzān al-Ḥikma
Volume
1
Part
The Truth
Chapter
The Necessity of Telling the Truth Even to Ones Own Detriment
Source
Muḥammad Muḥammadī Rayshahrī
Publisher
ICAS Press
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Imam al-Kazim (AS) said, ‘Speak the truth even if it entails your own ruin, for verily your deliverance is therein… and abandon falsehood even if it entails your deliverance, for truly therein is your ruin.
الإمامُ الكاظمُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : قُلِ الحقَّ وإنْ كانَ فيهِ هَلاكُكَ ، فإنَّ فيهِ نَجاتَكَ ... ودَعِ الباطِلَ وإنْ كانَ فيهِ نَجاتُكَ فإنّ فيهِ هَلاكَكَ .

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