hadith
74
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Imam Sadiq (a.s) said: “A child given in the way of God is better than seventy children who remain after one's death who all riding on their horses and going to participate in a holy war.”
عن أبي عبد الله (صلى الله عليه وآله) قال
ولد يقدمه الرجل أفضل من سبعين ولدا يخلفهم بعده، كلهم قد ركبوا الخيل وجاهدوا في سبيل الله.
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