hadith
1706
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Imam Sadiq (a.s) said: “There will not pass forty days before God either descends a calamity or a physical illness upon a believer so as to reward him for it.”
عنه (عليه السلام)
ما يمر بالمؤمن أربعون يوما وما يعاهده الله إما بمرض في جسده أو بمصيبة يأجره الله عليها.
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