"If anyone of you is pious in his religion, truthful in his speech, gives deposit back to its owner, and treats people kindly, it shall be said about him: ―this is a Shi'a."

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“Whoever is given good, Allah has given him that, and whoever is saved from an evil Allah has saved him from it.”

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“Humbleness is a blessing that is not envied.”

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