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hadith 1702
Hadith #
1702
Book
Nahj al-Balāgha
Volume
1
Section
85
Part
Sayings
Chapter
The peril of abandoning "I do not know"
Source
al-Sharīf al-Raḍī
۞
85. Amīr al-mu’minīn, peace be upon him, said: Whoever abandons saying, “I do not know” meets his destruction.
٨٥. وَقَالَ (عليه ‏السلام): مَنْ تَرَكَ قَوْلَ لَا أَدْرِي أُصِيبَتْ مَقَاتِلُهُ.
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