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1ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): التَّقَلُّلُ ولا التَّذَلُّلُ. |
| 1– Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Make do with little rather than disgracing yourself [by begging].’[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 362] |
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2ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): المَنِيَّةُ ولا الدَّنِيَّةُ ، والتَّقَلُّلُ ولا التَوَسُّلُ. |
| 2– Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Death is preferable over a life of disgrace. Frugal living is preferable over begging from others.’[Nahj al-Balagha, Saying 396] |
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3ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): ساعَةُ ذُلٍّ لا تَفِي بِعِزِّ الدَّهرِ. |
| 3– Imam Ali (AS) said, 'A lifetime of honour can never compensate for an hour of disgrace.’[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 5580] |
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4ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) ـ في مُناجاتِهِ ـ: اللّهُمَّ اجعَل نَفسِي أوَّلَ كريمَةٍ تَنتَزِعُها مِن كرائمِي ، وأوَّلَ وَديعَةٍ تَرتَجِعُها مِن وَدائعِ نِعَمِكَ عِندي. |
| 4– Imam Ali (AS) said in one of his intimate supplications, 'O Allah! Let my soul be the first of those precious objects that you will wrest from me, and the first thing to be reclaimed out of all Your bounties held in trust with me.’[Nahj al-Balagha, Sermon 215] |
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5ـ قالَ الإمامُ الحسينُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): مَوتٌ في عِزٍّ خَيرٌ مِن حياةٍ في ذُلٍّ . وأنشَأ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) في يَومِ قَتلِهِ: |
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5– Imam al-Husayn (AS) said, 'Death with dignity is better than living with disgrace', and articulated the following couplet on the day he was martyred: ‘Death is better than embarking on (a life of) indignity [lit. 'embarking on a bare backed horse' (ed.)] And indignity is preferable over plunging into the Fire.’[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 44, p. 192, no. 4] |
