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11ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): أحْيِ مَعروفَكَ بِإماتَتِهِ . |
| 11– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Give life to your act of courtesy by killing it [i.e. by killing your expectation of receiving anything in return].’[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 2282] |
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12ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): إذا صُنِعَ إلَيكَ مَعروفٌ فَاذكُرْ ، إذا صَنَعتَ مَعروفاً فَانْسَهُ . |
| 12– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘If an act of courtesy is done unto you, then be sure to remember it, and if you do an act of courtesy unto someone else, then be sure to forget it.’[Ghurar al-Hikam, nos. 4000-4001] |
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13ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): مِلاكُ المَعروفِ تَركُ المَنِّ بِهِ . |
| 13– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘The yardstick [used to measure the goodness] of an act of courtesy is the absence of expectation accompanying it.’[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 9724] |
