hadith
4497
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Imam Ali (AS) said to a man who complained regarding his needs, ‘Know that everything that you attain in this world that supersedes your required provision, you are considered to be its treasurer for someone else.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) ـ لرجلٍ شكا إليه الحاجةَ ـ: اِعلَم أنّ كلَّ شيءٍ تُصيبُهُ مِن الدنيا فوقَ قُوتِكَ فإنّما أنتَ فيهِ خازنٌ لِغيرِكَ.
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