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hadith 846
Hadith #
846
Book
Mīzān al-Ḥikma
Volume
1
Part
Cowardice
Chapter
Cowardice
Source
Muḥammad Muḥammadī Rayshahrī
Publisher
ICAS Press
۞
Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Cowardice, greed, and miserliness are vile traits that come together as a result of distrust in Allah.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): الجُبنُ والحِرصُ والبُخلُ غرائزُ سُوءٍ يَجمعُها سُوءُ الظَّنِّ باللّهِ سبحانَهُ.

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