hadith
6069
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Imam Ali (AS) said, Inability [and failure] is [in] occupying yourself with that which has been guaranteed for you instead of that which has been made obligatory upon you, and abandoning contentment with what you have been given.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اَلعَجْزُ اِشْتِغالُكَ بِالمَضْمُونِ لَكَ عَنِ المَفْرُوضِ عَلَيْكَ وَ تَرْكُ القَناعَةِ بِما أُوتيتَ
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