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d. 710
‘Alī ibn Husayn Zaynul ‘Ābidīn (c. 4 January 659–c. 20 October 713 CE) (Arabic: علي بن حسين زين العابدين ) was the fourth Twelver Shī‘ah Imām. He was the son of Husayn ibn ‘Alī and was the great-grandson of Muhammad.
Also known as: Ali ibn Husayn
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If people realize the value of science and knowledge, they will sacrifice themselves for earning it.
The dearest among you to God (the High), is the one whose deeds and behavior are better than others.
Anybody who performs his necessary duties that God has obliged him perform, he himself will be one of the best worshippers of all.
To what extent you can, avoid bad deeds, even if everybody takes you as the agent of bad deeds.
I assure (you) before my Lord, that he who begs without neediness, will some day begs out of neediness.
I wonder at him who shows haughtiness and vainglory, while he was as a sperm yesterday and will be a carrion tomorrow.
Be aware that the most detested person in the presence of God, is the one who accepts an Imam as a leader, but doesn't follow him in action.
(The position of) patience in faith is like that of the head in the body, and he who has no patience has no faith.
Surely, I have never brought to mind the martyrdom of the children of Fātimah (A.S.) except that I have been choked with tears due to it.
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