hadith
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Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Engage yourself firstly in communal relations with people, then the law, and subsequently trading, for by Allah, usury creeps into this community more discreetly than an ant creeps onto a rock.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): مَعاشِرَ الناسِ ، الفِقهَ ثُمَّ المَتجَرَ ، واللّهِ لَلرِّبا في هذِهِ الاُمَّةِ أخفى من دَبِيبِ النَّملِ عَلى الصَّفا.
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