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Imam Ali (AS) said, Let not the good doer and the evildoer be equal in your eyes, for will make the good-doer abstain from his benevolence and will encourage the evildoer to continue his evil.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : لايَكُنِ المُحْسِنُ وَ المُسيءُ عِنْدَكَ سَواءً فَإنَّ ذلِكَ يُزَهِّدُ المُحْسِنَ فِي الإحْسانِ وَ يُتابِعُ المُسِيءَ إلَى الإسائَةِ
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