hadith
5060
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Imam Ali (AS) said, Verily Allah, the Glorified, checked the earth and chose for us followers who would help us, would be gladdened by our joy and saddened by our sadness, and would spend from their persons and their possessions in our way – these are the ones who are from us and shall rejoin us [in the Hereafter].
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنَّ اللّهَ سُبْحانَهُ أطْلَعَ إلَى الأرضِ فاخْتارَ لَنا شيعَةً يَنْصُرُونَنا وَيَفْرَحُونَ لِفَرَحِنا وَ يَحْزَنُونَ لِحُزْنِنا وَ يَبْذُلُونَ أنْفُسَهُمْ وَ أمْوالَهُمْ فينا أُولئكَ مِنّا وَ إلَيْنا
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