hadith
687
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Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Whoever sells himself for [a price] less than Paradise, his ordeal is indeed severe.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): إنَّ مَن باعَ نَفسَهُ بغيرِ الجَنّةِ فقد عَظُمَتْ علَيهِ المِحْنةُ.
Similar narrations
- Ghurar al-Ḥikam #9909 Imam Ali (AS) said, Indeed the one who sells his soul for anything other than Paradise suffers great tribulation.
- Ghurar al-Ḥikam #10093 Imam Ali (AS) said, Whoever sells his soul for other than the bliss of Paradise has indeed oppressed it.
- Ghurar al-Ḥikam #9901 Imam Ali (AS) said, Indeed there is no price for your souls other than Paradise, so do not sell them except [in return] for it.
- Mīzān al-Ḥikma #2925 Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Verily there is no price for your soul except for Paradise, so do not sell it for anything else.