سَقَرَ قالُوا لَمْ نَكُ مِنَ الْمُصَلِّينَ وَ قَدْ عَرَفَ حَقَّهَا مَنْ طَرَقَهَا وَ أُكْرِمَ بِهَا مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ الَّذِينَ لَا يَشْغَلُهُمْ عَنْهَا زَيْنُ مَتَاعٍ وَ لَا قُرَّةُ عَيْنٍ مِنْ مَالٍ وَ لَا وَلَدٍ يَقُولُ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ رِجالٌ لا تُلْهِيهِمْ تِجارَةٌ وَ لا بَيْعٌ عَنْ ذِكْرِ اللَّهِ وَ إِقامِ الصَّلاةِ وَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) مُنْصِباً لِنَفْسِهِ بَعْدَ الْبُشْرَى لَهُ بِالْجَنَّةِ مِنْ رَبِّهِ فَقَالَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ وَ أْمُرْ أَهْلَكَ بِالصَّلاةِ وَ اصْطَبِرْ عَلَيْها الْآيَةَ فَكَانَ يَأْمُرُ بِهَا أَهْلَهُ وَ يُصَبِّرُ عَلَيْهَا نَفْسَهُ ثُمَّ إِنَّ الزَّكَاةَ جُعِلَتْ مَعَ الصَّلَاةِ قُرْبَاناً لِأَهْلِ الْإِسْلَامِ عَلَى أَهْلِ الْإِسْلَامِ وَ مَنْ لَمْ يُعْطِهَا طَيِّبَ النَّفْسِ بِهَا يَرْجُو بِهَا مِنَ الثَّمَنِ مَا هُوَ أَفْضَلُ مِنْهَا فَإِنَّهُ جَاهِلٌ بِالسُّنَّةِ مَغْبُونُ الْأَجْرِ ضَالُّ الْعُمُرِ طَوِيلُ النَّدَمِ بِتَرْكِ أَمْرِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ وَ الرَّغْبَةِ عَمَّا عَلَيْهِ صَالِحُو عِبَادِ اللَّهِ يَقُولُ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ وَ مَنْ... يَتَّبِعْ غَيْرَ سَبِيلِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ نُوَلِّهِ ما تَوَلَّى مِنَ الْأَمَانَةِ فَقَدْ خَسِرَ مَنْ لَيْسَ مِنْ أَهْلِهَا وَ ضَلَّ عَمَلُهُ عُرِضَتْ عَلَى السَّمَاوَاتِ الْمَبْنِيَّةِ وَ الْأَرْضِ الْمِهَادِ وَ الْجِبَالِ الْمَنْصُوبَةِ فَلَا أَطْوَلَ وَ لَا أَعْرَضَ وَ لَا أَعْلَى وَ لَا أَعْظَمَ لَوِ امْتَنَعْنَ مِنْ طُولٍ أَوْ عَرْضٍ أَوْ عِظَمٍ أَوْ قُوَّةٍ أَوْ عِزَّةٍ امْتَنَعْنَ وَ لَكِنْ أَشْفَقْنَ مِنَ الْعُقُوبَةِ ثُمَّ إِنَّ الْجِهَادَ أَشْرَفُ الْأَعْمَالِ بَعْدَ الْإِسْلَامِ وَ هُوَ قِوَامُ الدِّينِ وَ الْأَجْرُ فِيهِ عَظِيمٌ مَعَ الْعِزَّةِ وَ الْمَنَعَةِ وَ هُوَ الْكَرَّةُ فِيهِ الْحَسَنَاتُ وَ الْبُشْرَى بِالْجَنَّةِ بَعْدَ الشَّهَادَةِ وَ بِالرِّزْقِ غَداً عِنْدَ الرَّبِّ وَ الْكَرَامَةِ يَقُولُ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ وَ لا تَحْسَبَنَّ الَّذِينَ قُتِلُوا فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ الْآيَةَ ثُمَّ إِنَّ الرُّعْبَ وَ الْخَوْفَ مِنْ جِهَادِ الْمُسْتَحِقِّ لِلْجِهَادِ وَ الْمُتَوَازِرِينَ عَلَى الضَّلَالِ ضَلَالٌ فِي الدِّينِ وَ سَلْبٌ لِلدُّنْيَا مَعَ الذُّلِّ وَ الصَّغَارِ وَ فِيهِ اسْتِيجَابُ النَّارِ بِالْفِرَارِ مِنَ الزَّحْفِ عِنْدَ حَضْرَةِ الْقِتَالِ يَقُولُ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ يا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِذا لَقِيتُمُ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا زَحْفاً فَلا تُوَلُّوهُمُ الْأَدْبارَ فَحَافِظُوا عَلَى أَمْرِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ فِي هَذِهِ الْمَوَاطِنِ الَّتِي الصَّبْرُ عَلَيْهَا كَرَمٌ وَ سَعَادَةٌ وَ نَجَاةٌ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَ الْآخِرَةِ مِنْ فَظِيعِ الْهَوْلِ وَ الْمَخَافَةِ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ لَا يَعْبَأُ بِمَا الْعِبَادُ مُقْتَرِفُونَ لَيْلَهُمْ وَ نَهَارَهُمْ لَطُفَ بِهِ عِلْماً وَ كُلُّ ذَلِكَ فِي كِتابٍ لا يَضِلُّ رَبِّي وَ لا يَنْسى فَاصْبِرُوا وَ صَابِرُوا وَ اسْأَلُوا النَّصْرَ وَ وَطِّنُوا أَنْفُسَكُمْ عَلَى الْقِتَالِ وَ اتَّقُوا اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ مَعَ الَّذِينَ اتَّقَوْا وَ الَّذِينَ هُمْ مُحْسِنُونَ .
Translation
Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from one of his companions, from Abu Hamza, from Aqeel Al Khuzai’e that, ‘Amir Al-Momineen<sup>asws</sup>, whenever the war presented itself, advised the Muslims with certain words, so he<sup>asws</sup> was saying: ‘Be committed to the Prayer and be maintained upon it, and be frequent from it, and get closer (to Allah<sup>azwj</sup>) by it, <span class="ibTxt"><a href="/#/books/quran:4#h103"><a href="/books/quran:4#h103">[4:103]</a></a> surely Prayer is a timed ordinance for the Believers</span>. And the Infidels knew that where they would be asked (in the Hereafter) <span class="ibTxt"><a href="/#/books/quran:74#h42"><a href="/books/quran:74#h42">[74:42]</a></a> What has brought you into Hell? <a href="/#/books/quran:74#h43"><a href="/books/quran:74#h43">[74:43]</a></a> They shall say: We were not of those who Praying ones</span>. So they have recognised its rightfulness from its neglect. And the Believers have been Honoured by it those who are not too pre-occupied from it by the adornments of the belonging, nor delight of the eyes from wealth, nor children. Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Mighty and Majestic is Saying <span class="ibTxt"><a href="/#/books/quran:24#h37"><a href="/books/quran:24#h37">[24:37]</a></a> Men whom neither merchandise nor selling diverts from the Remembrance of Allah and the keeping up of Prayer</span>. And Rasool-Allah<sup>saww</sup> has linked it to himself<sup>saww</sup> after the good news for him with the Paradise from his<sup>saww</sup> Lord<sup>azwj</sup>. So Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Mighty and Majestic Said <span class="ibTxt"><a href="/#/books/quran:20#h132"><a href="/books/quran:20#h132">[20:132]</a></a> And enjoin Prayer upon your family, and be constant at it</span> – the Verse. Thus he<sup>saww</sup> used to order his<sup>saww</sup> family with it and would be patient upon it himself<sup>saww</sup>. Then the <span class="iTxt">Zakat</span> was Made to be with the Prayer as an offering for the people of Al-Islam, upon the people of Al Islam, and the one who does not give it to clean the self by it, hoping by it from the price what is better than it, so he is ignorant of the Sunnah, and would have cheated himself of the Recompense, having strayed in the affairs, and be of intense regret, by neglecting the Command of Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Mighty and Majestic, and the turning away from what the righteous servants of Allah<sup>azwj</sup> are upon. Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Mighty and Majestic is Saying <span class="ibTxt"><a href="/#/books/quran:4#h115"><a href="/books/quran:4#h115">[4:115]</a></a> And whoever (is hostile to the Rasool after the Guidance has become manifest to him), and follows other than the way of the Believers, We will Turn him to that to which he has (himself) turned </span>away from the safety, so he has incurred loss, the one is not rightful of it, and his deeds would be lost. It (Wilayah) was presented upon the clear skies and the flat land and the entrenched mountains. Thus, there was nothing longer, nor flatter, nor higher, nor greater. Had there been for the entrustment anything longer, or flatter, or greater, or stronger, or more honourable, they would have been entrusted, but they were concerned about the Punishment. Then the Jihad is the noblest of the deeds after Al-Islam, and it is a foundation of the Religion, and the Recompense regarding it is great, along with the honour, and the Strength, and it is the campaign where are the Rewards and the good news of the Paradise after the martyrdom and with the sustenance tomorrow in the Presence of the Lord<sup>azwj</sup> and the Prestige. Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Mighty and Majestic is Saying <span class="ibTxt"><a href="/#/books/quran:3#h169"><a href="/books/quran:3#h169">[3:169]</a></a> And reckon not those who are killed in Allah's Way (as dead; but, they are alive (and) are being provided sustenance from their Lord)</span>. The awe and the fear from the Jihad which is due to the Jihad, and being harmonious upon the straying, is straying in the Religion, and the spoilage for the world along with the humiliation and the lowliness, and in it is being Obligated the Fire due to the fleeing from the army during the inception of the fighting. Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Mighty and Majestic is Saying <span class="ibTxt"><a href="/#/books/quran:8#h15"><a href="/books/quran:8#h15">[8:15]</a></a> O you who believe! When you meet those who disbelieve marching for war, then turn not your backs to them</span>. Therefore be maintained upon the Command of Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Mighty and Majestic in these places which the observance of the patience upon it is an honour, and a happiness, and a salvation in the world and in the Hereafter from terrible horrors and the fears, for Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Mighty and Majestic does not Care with what the servants are committing during their nights and their days, (although) being Knowledgeable of its subtleties (sensitivities), and all of that is in a Book. My Lord<sup>azwj</sup> neither gets confused nor does He<sup>azwj</sup> forget. Therefore, be patient and endure, and ask for the victory and resign yourselves for the fighting, and fear Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Mighty and Majestic, for Allah<sup>azwj</sup> is with those who fear and those who are doing good deeds’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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