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Imam al-Baqir (AS) said, ‘The worst brother is the one who stays with you in your affluence and abandons you in your poverty.
الإمامُ الباقرُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : بِئسَ الأخُ أخٌ يَرعاكَ غَنِيّا وَيقطعُكَ فَقيراً.
Similar narrations
- Ghurar al-Ḥikam #6396 Imam Ali (AS) said, One who respects you because of your opulence, belittles you in your [time of] poverty.
- Ghurar al-Ḥikam #265 Imam Ali (AS) said, The worst brother is the one who keeps ties with you in good times but abandons you in times of difficulty.
- Ghurar al-Ḥikam #263 Imam Ali (AS) said, The worst of brothers is one who forsakes you [in times of need].