Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib: Where are those who protect honour, and those self-respecting persons who defend respectable persons in the time of hard

Where are those who protect honour, and those self-respecting persons who defend — Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib

Where are those who protect honour, and those self-respecting persons who defend respectable persons in the time of hardship? Shame is behind you while Paradise is in front of you.

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