hadith
3495
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Imam al-Hadi (AS) when he was asked about sincere repentance, said, ‘ [It is] when the inner self becomes identical to the outer behavior, and even better than it.
الإمامُ الهاديُّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) ـ وقد سُئلَ عنِ التّوبةِ النَّصُوحِ ـ: أنْ يَكونَ الباطِنُ كالظّاهِرِ وأفْضَلَ مِن ذلكَ.
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