hadith
2625
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Imam Ali (AS) said, (When he was asked ‘how are you O Amīr al-Muminīn?, he replied: ) How would he be whom life is driving towards death, whose state of health can be changed to sickness at any moment and who can be approached [by death] from his place of safety?!
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : (وَ قيلَ لَهُ ـ عَليهِ السَّلامُ ـ كَيفَ تَجِدُكَ يا أميرَ المُؤمِنينَ ؟ فقال:) كَيْفَ يَكُونُ (حالُ) مَنْ يَفْنى بِبَقائِهِ وَ يَسْقَمُ بِصِحَّتِهِ وَ يُؤتى مِنْ مَأْمَنِهِ ؟!
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