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Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘The best of your brothers is the one who stands by you, and better than him is he who suffices himself with you, and even when he is in need of you, he spares you.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : خيرُ إخْوانِكَ مَن واساكَ ، وخيرٌ مِنه مَن كَفاكَ، وإنِ احتاجَ إليكَ أعْفاكَ.
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