“Being religious equals being extremely loving, and being extremely loving equals being religious.”

[Mizan al-Hikmah, Muhammadi Reishahri, Muhammad, Dar al-Hadith, 2010, 2, Qum, 425]

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fifth of the Twelve Shia Imams 677–733

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