hadith
2611
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Imam Ali (AS) said, Do not delay granting the needy to tomorrow, for you do not know what will happen to you and to him tomorrow.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : لاتُؤَخِّرْ إنالَةَ الْمُحْتاجِ إلى غَد فَإنَّكَ لاتَدْرِي ما يَعْرِضُ لَكَ وَ لَهُ في غَد
Similar narrations
- Ghurar al-Ḥikam #2063 Imam Ali (AS) said, Do not delay giving the needy to tomorrow, for you do not know what will happen to you or to him tomorrow.
- Al-Kāfi #488 “My father (a.s.) would say, ‘When you intend to perform a good deed, do not delay; you may not know what happens next.’”