hadith
10195
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Imam Ali (AS) said, The [person who is] most severe in his hypocrisy is one who enjoins obedience but does not act upon it himself, and forbids sin but does not refrain from it himself.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : أشَدُّ النّاسِ نِفاقاً مَنْ أمَرَ بِالطّاعَةِ وَ لَمْ يَعْمَلْ بِها وَ نَهى عَنِ المَعْصِيَةِ وَ لَمْ يَنْتَهِ عَنْها
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