hadith
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Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘The most miserly person is he who does not spend his money on himself and stores it away for his inheritors.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : أبخَلُ النّاسِ مَن بَخِلَ على نفسِهِ بمالِهِ وخلّفَهُ لِوُرّاثِهِ.
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