hadith
7259
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Imam Ali (AS) said, There is a great difference between the action whose pleasure wanes but its [ill] effects remain and the action whose hardship disappears but its reward remains.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : شَتّانَ بَيْنَ عَمَل تَذْهَبُ لَذَّتُهُ وَ تَبْقى تَبِعَتُهُ وَ بَيْنَ عَمَل تَذْهَبُ مَؤُنَتُهُ وَ تَبْقى مَثُوبَتُهُ
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