Sayings · Avoid unnecessary concerns about unlikely events

al-Sharif al-Radi (d. 406 AH) · Thaqalayn library edition, reproduced verbatim

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Arabic text

٣٦٤. وَقَالَ (عليه ‏السلام): لَا تَسْأَلْ عَمَّا لَا يَكُونُ، فَفِي الَّذِي قَدْ كَانَ لَكَ شُغُلٌ.

Original English translation

364. Amīr al-mu’minīn, peace be upon him, said: Do not ask about things which may not happen because you have enough to worry about with what happens.

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