hadith
120
۞
31-120 According to the same documentation, Ali ibn Abi Talib (a.s.) said, “If a servant (i.e. a person) could see his death and the speed with which it is approaching him he would hate his aspirations and abandon worldly desires.”
120 - وَبِهذَا الإِسنادِ قالَ
قالَ عَلِىُّ بْنُ أَبِي طالِبٍعَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ: إِنَّهُ لَوْ رَأى العَبْدُ أَجَلَهُ وَسُرعَتَهُ إِلَيْهِ لأَبغَضَ الأَمَلَ، وَتَرَكَ طَلَبَ الدُّنْيا.
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