hadith
839
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Imam al-Baqir (AS) said, ‘The similitude of the one who covets this world is as the caterpillar: the more silk it spins around itself, the harder it makes its exit for itself, until it dies of grief.
الإمامُ الباقرُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَثَلُ الحَريصِ على الدُّنيا مَثَلُ دُودَةِ القَزِّ : كُلَّما ازْدادَتْ مِن القَزِّ على نَفْسِها لَفّاً كانَ أبْعَدَ لَها مِن الخُروجِ ، حتّى تَموتَ غَمّاً.
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