قَالَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ( صلوات الله عليه ) مَا أَنْزَلَ الْمَوْتَ حَقَّ مَنْزِلَتِهِ مَنْ عَدَّ غَداً مِنْ أَجَلِهِ قَالَ وَ قَالَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ( عليه السلام ) مَا أَطَالَ عَبْدٌ الْأَمَلَ إِلَّا أَسَاءَ الْعَمَلَ وَ كَانَ يَقُولُ لَوْ رَأَى الْعَبْدُ أَجَلَهُ وَ سُرْعَتَهُ إِلَيْهِ لَأَبْغَضَ الْعَمَلَ مِنْ طَلَبِ الدُّنْيَا .
Translation
From him, from Fazalat, from Ismail Bin Abu Ziyad, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> having said: ‘Amir Al-Momineen<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘The death has not descended with its true descent on the one who counts tomorrow as being his term (death)’. And Amir Al-Momineen<sup>asws</sup>: ‘A servant desiring for the (pleasures of the world) would end up committing bad deeds’. And he<sup>asws</sup> was saying: ‘If the servant were to see his death at its quick approach towards him, he would hate the deeds of seeking the world’.
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