hadith
2898
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Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘No more than forty nights can pass on a believer without something that saddens him and causes him to remember [Allahs admonition].
الإمامُ الصّادقُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): المؤمنُ لا يَمْضي علَيهِ أربَعونَ لَيلةً إلّا عَرَضَ لهُ أمرٌ يُحزِنُهُ يُذَكَّرُ بهِ.
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- Mishkāt al-Anwār #1714 Imam Sadiq (a.s) said: “Any believer is reminded (of God) once every forty days by a problem which makes him sad.”
- Al-Kāfi #911 “Before forty days pass something causes sadness to a believer to remind him.”
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