hadith
4524
۞
Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Beware of the world, for verily with regards to its lawful things there is accountability and with regards to its unlawful things there is punishment, its beginning is hardship and its end is annihilation.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): إحذَرُوا الدنيا ، فإنَّ في حلالِها حِساب[ا] ، وفي حَرامِها عقاب[ا] ، وأوّلُها عَناءٌ ، وآخِرُها فَناءٌ.
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