hadith
3090
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Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Poverty silences the sagacious from his proof, and a poor person is a foreigner in his own country.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): الفَقرُ يُخرِسُ الفَطِنَ عن حُجَّتِهِ، والمُقِلُّ غَريبٌ في بَلدَتِهِ.
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The Poor and Needy
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