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hadith 3093
Hadith #
3093
Book
Mīzān al-Ḥikma
Volume
1
Part
Poverty
Chapter
The Censure of Poverty
Source
Muḥammad Muḥammadī Rayshahrī
Publisher
ICAS Press
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Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Poverty in ones homeland is like being foreign in it.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): الفَقرُ في الوَطَنِ غُربَةٌ.
Tags The Poor and Needy

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