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Hadith 2191
Hadith #
2191
Book
Nahj al-Balāgha
Volume
1
Section
316
Part
Sayings
Chapter
Leadership of believers versus wealth for the wicked
Source
al-Sharīf al-Raḍī
۞
as-Sayyid ar-Raḍī says: It means that the believers follow me while the wicked follow wealth just as the bees follow their “ya‘sūb” who is their leader. [1]
قال السيد الرضي: ومعنى ذلك أن المؤمنين يتبعونني، والفجار يتبعون المال، كما تتبع النحل يعسوبها، وهو رئيسها.
Tags Imam AliAhl al-BaytWealth/Materialism

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