hadith
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God's Prophet (a.s) said: “No one can realize true faith unless he likes me more than himself, and likes my family more than his own family and likes my children more than his own children, and likes my essence more than his own.”
وقال رسول الله (صلى الله عليه وآله): لا يؤمن عبد حتى أكون أحب إليه من نفسه، وأهلي أحب إليه من أهله، وعترتي أحب إليه من عترته، وذاتي أحب إليه من ذاته.
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