hadith
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Imam al-Husayn (AS) said, ‘Self-restraint does not prevent [the descent of] sustenance, nor does covetousness attract any surplus [sustenance]; for indeed sustenance is allotted, and death is certain, and covetousness is only asking for sin.
الإمامُ الحسينُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : لَيست العِفَّةُ بِمانِعَةٍ رِزْقاً ، ولا الحِرصُ بجالِبٍ فَضْلاً ، وإنَّ الرِّزقَ مَقْسومٌ والأجَلَ مَحتومٌ ، واسْتِعمالُ الحِرصِ طَالبُ المَأْثَمِ .
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