حَدِيثِ مَالِكِ بْنِ أَعْيَنَ قَالَ حَرَّضَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ( صلوات الله عليه ) النَّاسَ بِصِفِّينَ فَقَالَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ دَلَّكُمْ عَلى تِجارَةٍ تُنْجِيكُمْ مِنْ عَذابٍ أَلِيمٍ وَ تُشْفِي بِكُمْ عَلَى الْخَيْرِ الْإِيمَانِ بِاللَّهِ وَ الْجِهَادِ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ وَ جَعَلَ ثَوَابَهُ مَغْفِرَةً لِلذَّنْبِ وَ مَساكِنَ طَيِّبَةً فِي جَنَّاتِ عَدْنٍ وَ قَالَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ إِنَّ اللَّهَ يُحِبُّ الَّذِينَ يُقاتِلُونَ فِي سَبِيلِهِ صَفًّا كَأَنَّهُمْ بُنْيانٌ مَرْصُوصٌ فَسَوُّوا صُفُوفَكُمْ كَالْبُنْيَانِ الْمَرْصُوصِ فَقَدِّمُوا الدَّارِعَ وَ أَخِّرُوا الْحَاسِرَ وَ عَضُّوا عَلَى النَّوَاجِدِ فَإِنَّهُ أَنْبَأُ لِلسُّيُوفِ عَلَى الْهَامِ وَ الْتَوُوا عَلَى أَطْرَافِ الرِّمَاحِ فَإِنَّهُ أَمْوَرُ لِلْأَسِنَّةِ وَ غُضُّوا الْأَبْصَارَ فَإِنَّهُ أَرْبَطُ لِلْجَأْشِ وَ أَسْكَنُ لِلْقُلُوبِ وَ أَمِيتُوا الْأَصْوَاتَ فَإِنَّهُ أَطْرَدُ لِلْفَشَلِ وَ أَوْلَى بِالْوَقَارِ وَ لَا تَمِيلُوا بِرَايَاتِكُمْ وَ لَا تُزِيلُوهَا وَ لَا تَجْعَلُوهَا إِلَّا مَعَ شُجْعَانِكُمْ فَإِنَّ الْمَانِعَ لِلذِّمَارِ وَ الصَّابِرَ عِنْدَ نُزُولِ الْحَقَائِقِ هُمْ أَهْلُ الْحِفَاظِ وَ لَا تُمَثِّلُوا بِقَتِيلٍ وَ إِذَا وَصَلْتُمْ إِلَى رِجَالِ الْقَوْمِ فَلَا تَهْتِكُوا سِتْراً وَ لَا تَدْخُلُوا دَاراً وَ لَا تَأْخُذُوا شَيْئاً مِنْ أَمْوَالِهِمْ إِلَّا مَا وَجَدْتُمْ فِي عَسْكَرِهِمْ وَ لَا تُهَيِّجُوا امْرَأَةً بِأَذًى وَ إِنْ شَتَمْنَ أَعْرَاضَكُمْ وَ سَبَبْنَ أُمَرَاءَكُمْ وَ صُلَحَاءَكُمْ فَإِنَّهُنَّ ضِعَافُ الْقُوَى وَ الْأَنْفُسِ وَ الْعُقُولِ وَ قَدْ كُنَّا نُؤْمَرُ بِالْكَفِّ عَنْهُنَّ وَ هُنَّ مُشْرِكَاتٌ وَ إِنْ كَانَ الرَّجُلُ لَيَتَنَاوَلُ الْمَرْأَةَ فَيُعَيَّرُ بِهَا وَ عَقِبُهُ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ وَ اعْلَمُوا أَنَّ أَهْلَ الْحِفَاظِ هُمُ الَّذِينَ يَحُفُّونَ بِرَايَاتِهِمْ وَ يَكْتَنِفُونَهَا وَ يَصِيرُونَ حِفَافَيْهَا وَ وَرَاءَهَا وَ أَمَامَهَا وَ لَا يُضَيِّعُونَهَا لَا يَتَأَخَّرُونَ عَنْهَا فَيُسَلِّمُوهَا وَ لَا يَتَقَدَّمُونَ عَلَيْهَا فَيُفْرِدُوهَا رَحِمَ اللَّهُ امْرَأً وَاسَى أَخَاهُ بِنَفْسِهِ وَ لَمْ يَكِلْ قِرْنَهُ إِلَى أَخِيهِ فَيَجْتَمِعَ قِرْنُهُ وَ قِرْنُ أَخِيهِ فَيَكْتَسِبَ بِذَلِكَ اللَّائِمَةَ وَ يَأْتِيَ بِدَنَاءَةٍ وَ كَيْفَ لَا يَكُونُ كَذَلِكَ وَ هُوَ يُقَاتِلُ الِاثْنَيْنِ وَ هَذَا مُمْسِكٌ يَدَهُ قَدْ خَلَّى قِرْنَهُ عَلَى أَخِيهِ هَارِباً مِنْهُ يَنْظُرُ إِلَيْهِ وَ هَذَا فَمَنْ يَفْعَلْهُ يَمْقُتْهُ اللَّهُ فَلَا تَعَرَّضُوا لِمَقْتِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ فَإِنَّمَا مَمَرُّكُمْ إِلَى اللَّهِ وَ قَدْ قَالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ لَنْ يَنْفَعَكُمُ الْفِرارُ إِنْ فَرَرْتُمْ مِنَ الْمَوْتِ أَوِ الْقَتْلِ وَ إِذاً لا تُمَتَّعُونَ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا وَ ايْمُ اللَّهِ لَئِنْ فَرَرْتُمْ مِنْ سُيُوفِ الْعَاجِلَةِ لَا تَسْلَمُونَ مِنْ سُيُوفِ الْآجِلَةِ فَاسْتَعِينُوا بِالصَّبْرِ وَ الصِّدْقِ فَإِنَّمَا يَنْزِلُ النَّصْرُ بَعْدَ الصَّبْرِ فَجَاهِدُوا فِي اللَّهِ حَقَّ جِهَادِهِ وَ لَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ وَ قَالَ ( عليه السلام ) حِينَ مَرَّ بِرَايَةٍ لِأَهْلِ الشَّامِ أَصْحَابُهَا لَا يَزُولُونَ عَنْ مَوَاضِعِهِمْ فَقَالَ ( عليه السلام ) إِنَّهُمْ لَنْ يَزُولُوا عَنْ مَوَاقِفِهِمْ دُونَ طَعْنٍ دِرَاكٍ يَخْرُجُ مِنْهُ النَّسِيمُ وَ ضَرْبٍ يَفْلِقُ الْهَامَ وَ يُطِيحُ الْعِظَامَ وَ يَسْقُطُ مِنْهُ الْمَعَاصِمُ وَ الْأَكُفُّ حَتَّى تَصَدَّعَ جِبَاهُهُمْ بِعَمْدِ الْحَدِيدِ وَ تَنَثَّرَ حَوَاجِبُهُمْ عَلَى الصُّدُورِ وَ الْأَذْقَانِ أَيْنَ أَهْلُ الصَّبْرِ وَ طُلَّابُ الْأَجْرِ فَسَارَتْ إِلَيْهِ عِصَابَةٌ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ فَعَادَتْ مَيْمَنَتُهُ إِلَى مَوْقِفِهَا وَ مَصَافِّهَا وَ كَشَفَتْ مَنْ بِإِزَائِهَا فَأَقْبَلَ حَتَّى انْتَهَى إِلَيْهِمْ وَ قَالَ ( عليه السلام ) إِنِّي قَدْ رَأَيْتُ جَوْلَتَكُمْ وَ انْحِيَازَكُمْ عَنْ صُفُوفِكُمْ تَحُوزُكُمُ الْجُفَاةُ وَ الطُّغَاةُ وَ أَعْرَابُ أَهْلِ الشَّامِ وَ أَنْتُمْ لَهَامِيمُ الْعَرَبِ وَ السَّنَامُ الْأَعْظَمُ وَ عُمَّارُ اللَّيْلِ بِتِلَاوَةِ الْقُرْآنِ وَ دَعْوَةِ أَهْلِ الْحَقِّ إِذْ ضَلَّ الْخَاطِئُونَ فَلَوْ لَا إِقْبَالُكُمْ بَعْدَ إِدْبَارِكُمْ وَ كَرُّكُمْ بَعْدَ انْحِيَازِكُمْ لَوَجَبَ عَلَيْكُمْ مَا يَجِبُ عَلَى الْمُوَلِّي يَوْمَ الزَّحْفِ دُبُرَهُ وَ كُنْتُمْ فِيمَا أَرَى مِنَ الْهَالِكِينَ وَ لَقَدْ هَوَّنَ عَلَيَّ بَعْضَ وَجْدِي وَ شَفَى بَعْضَ حَاجِ صَدْرِي إِذَا رَأَيْتُكُمْ حُزْتُمُوهُمْ كَمَا حَازُوكُمْ فَأَزَلْتُمُوهُمْ عَنْ مَصَافِّهِمْ كَمَا أَزَالُوكُمْ وَ أَنْتُمْ تَضْرِبُونَهُمْ بِالسُّيُوفِ حَتَّى رَكِبَ أَوَّلُهُمْ آخِرَهُمْ كَالْإِبِلِ الْمَطْرُودَةِ الْهِيمِ الْآنِّ فَاصْبِرُوا نَزَلَتْ عَلَيْكُمُ السَّكِينَةُ وَ ثَبَّتَكُمُ اللَّهُ بِالْيَقِينِ وَ لْيَعْلَمِ الْمُنْهَزِمُ بِأَنَّهُ مُسْخِطُ رَبِّهِ وَ مُوبِقُ نَفْسِهِ إِنَّ فِي الْفِرَارِ مَوْجِدَةَ اللَّهِ وَ الذُّلَّ اللَّازِمَ وَ الْعَارَ الْبَاقِيَ وَ فَسَادَ الْعَيْشِ عَلَيْهِ وَ إِنَّ الْفَارَّ لَغَيْرُ مَزِيدٍ فِي عُمُرِهِ وَ لَا مَحْجُوزٍ بَيْنَهُ وَ بَيْنَ يَوْمِهِ وَ لَا يَرْضَى رَبُّهُ وَ لَمَوْتُ الرَّجُلِ مَحْقاً قَبْلَ إِتْيَانِ هَذِهِ الْخِصَالِ خَيْرٌ مِنَ الرِّضَا بِالتَّلْبِيسِ بِهَا وَ الْإِقْرَارِ عَلَيْهَا وَ فِي كَلَامٍ لَهُ آخَرَ وَ إِذَا لَقِيتُمْ هَؤُلَاءِ الْقَوْمَ غَداً فَلَا تُقَاتِلُوهُمْ حَتَّى يُقَاتِلُوكُمْ فَإِذَا بَدَءُوا بِكُمْ فَانْهُدُوا إِلَيْهِمْ وَ عَلَيْكُمُ السَّكِينَةَ وَ الْوَقَارَ وَ عَضُّوا عَلَى الْأَضْرَاسِ فَإِنَّهُ أَنْبَأُ لِلسُّيُوفِ عَنِ الْهَامِ وَ غُضُّوا الْأَبْصَارَ وَ مُدُّوا جِبَاهَ الْخُيُولِ وَ وُجُوهَ الرِّجَالِ وَ أَقِلُّوا الْكَلَامَ فَإِنَّهُ أَطْرَدُ لِلْفَشَلِ وَ أَذْهَبُ بِالْوَهَلِ وَ وَطِّنُوا أَنْفُسَكُمْ عَلَى الْمُبَارَزَةِ وَ الْمُنَازَلَةِ وَ الْمُجَادَلَةِ وَ اثْبُتُوا وَ اذْكُرُوا اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ كَثِيراً فَإِنَّ الْمَانِعَ لِلذِّمَارِ عِنْدَ نُزُولِ الْحَقَائِقِ هُمْ أَهْلُ الْحِفَاظِ الَّذِينَ يَحُفُّونَ بِرَايَاتِهِمْ وَ يَضْرِبُونَ حَافَتَيْهَا وَ أَمَامَهَا وَ إِذَا حَمَلْتُمْ فَافْعَلُوا فِعْلَ رَجُلٍ وَاحِدٍ وَ عَلَيْكُمْ بِالتَّحَامِي فَإِنَّ الْحَرْبَ سِجَالٌ لَا يَشُدُّونَ عَلَيْكُمْ كَرَّةً بَعْدَ فَرَّةٍ وَ لَا حَمْلَةً بَعْدَ جَوْلَةٍ وَ مَنْ أَلْقَى إِلَيْكُمُ السَّلَمَ فَاقْبَلُوا مِنْهُ وَ اسْتَعِينُوا بِالصَّبْرِ فَإِنَّ بَعْدَ الصَّبْرِ النَّصْرَ مِنَ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ إِنَّ الْأَرْضَ لِلَّهِ يُورِثُها مَنْ يَشاءُ مِنْ عِبادِهِ وَ الْعاقِبَةُ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ .
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And in a Hadeeth of Maalik Bin Ayn who said, ‘Amir Al-Momineen<sup>asws</sup> called the people at (the battle of) Siffeen, so he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Mighty and Majestic Pointed you all to be upon a trade which would salvage you from the Painful Punishment, and Heal you to be upon the goodness of the belief in Allah<sup>azwj</sup> and the Jihad in the Way of Allah<sup>azwj</sup>, and Made its Rewards to be Forgiveness of the sins, and goodly dwellings in the Gardens of Eden’. And the Mighty and Majestic Said <span class="ibTxt"><a href="/#/books/quran:61#h4"><a href="/books/quran:61#h4">[61:4]</a></a> Surely Allah loves those who fight in His way in rows as if they were a solid structure</span>. Therefore, even out your rows to be like a solid structure. So place the armoured ones in front and the unarmoured to be next, and grit your teeth for it is stronger for the swords upon the heads (of the enemies), and be quick in launching the sides of the spears for it is more violent for the spikes, and lower your eyes for it is linked to the composure and a tranquillity for the hearts, and deaden your voices for it drives out the failure and closer with the dignity. Neither incline your flags nor let them fall, and do not make these to be with any except for your bravest ones, for the defenders of the honour and the patient during the descent of the realities, they are the protecting people. And do not mutilate the killed ones, and whenever you arrive to the men of the people, so do not tear down a veil, nor enter a house, and do not take anything from their wealth except what you find among their soldiers, and do not agitate a woman with harm. And if they (women) insult your honour and swear at your leaders and your righteous ones, so (it is because) they are weak of strength, and soul, and intellect. And we have been ordered with the restraining from them, and they were Polytheist women, and if the man had grabbed the woman, so he would be reproached for it, and his posterity (descendants) from after him. And know, that the defenders, they are those who are holding firmly their flags, and they are surrounding it, and going by its sides, and behind it, and in front of it, and they are not losing it nor are they staying back from it. So they are safeguarding it and are not moving ahead of it nor are they getting separated from it. May Allah<sup>azwj</sup> have Mercy on a man who consoles his brother by himself and does not get weary of being paired to his brother. So his head meets the head of his brother, and he acquires the blame and becomes lowly. And how can he not become like that, and he was fighting as two, and this one restrains his hand, so he has isolated his pair upon his brother, fleeing from him looking on at him and this. So the one who does it, Allah<sup>azwj</sup> would Abhor him. Therefore, do not expose yourselves to the Loathing of Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Mighty and Majestic. But rather, you all would be making your way to Allah<sup>azwj</sup>, and Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Mighty and Majestic has Said <span class="ibTxt"><a href="/#/books/quran:33#h16"><a href="/books/quran:33#h16">[33:16]</a></a> Say: Fleeing shall not benefit you if you flee from death or killing, and (if you do) you will not be enjoying except for a little while</span>. And I<sup>asws</sup> swear by Allah<sup>azwj</sup>, if you were to flee from the swords of the present, you would not be safe from the swords of the future. Therefore, seek assistance with the patient and the truthfulness, for rather the victory would descend upon who are the patience. So fight for Allah<sup>azwj</sup> which a deserving Jihad, and there is no strength except with Allah<sup>azwj</sup>’. And he<sup>asws</sup> said when he<sup>asws</sup> passed by a flag of the people of Syria whose owners were not moving from their places, so he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘They would not be moving from their places without the stabbing of your armour which would extract the soul, and a strike which splits the head and breaks the bones, and the wrists and the palms fall off, until their foreheads are cracked with the force of the iron, and their eyelids scatter upon their chests and the chins. Where are the people and the seekers of the Recompense?’ So a band of Muslims marched, and its right wing returned back to its place and its centre wing, and exposed those facing them. So he<sup>asws</sup> returned until he<sup>asws</sup> ended up to them, and said: ‘I<sup>asws</sup> had seen your visitation and your retreating from your ranks giving an opportunity to the unjust and the tyrants, and the Bedouins of the people of Syria, and you are the top ones of the Arabs, and the great peak, and enduring ones of the night by the recitation of the Quran and the callers from the people of the Truth when the erroneous go astray. Had it not been for your facing them after your turning your backs on them, and your regrouping after your retreating, there would have Obligated upon you what gets Obligated upon the turner of his back on the day of the battle, and you would be in what I<sup>asws</sup> view as the destroyed ones. And it is comforting upon me<sup>asws</sup> part of what I<sup>asws</sup> find, and a healing for part of the concerns of my<sup>asws</sup> chest, when I<sup>asws</sup> saw you defeating them just as they had defeated you (beforehand), and you dislodged them from their rows just as they had dislodged you (beforehand), and you were striking them with the swords to the extent that their first ones rode upon their last ones like the camel driven away. As for now, so be patient and tranquillity would descend upon you, and Allah<sup>azwj</sup> will Affirm you with the conviction, and the defeated one would know that he has Angered his Lord<sup>azwj</sup> and would rebuke himself. In the fleeing is the Fury of Allah<sup>azwj</sup>, and the humiliation is necessitated, and the remaining stigma, and spoiling of the life over it. And the fleer is without an increase in his age, and there is no barrier between him and between his day (of death), nor would his Lord<sup>azwj</sup> be Pleased with him, and for a death to come to the man before he indulges in such characteristics is better than the pleasure of being clothed by these (characteristics) and agreeing over it’. And in another speech of his<sup>asws</sup>: ‘And when you meet these people (in battle) tomorrow, so do not fight them until they fight you. So when they initiate (the fighting) with you, then break them down and upon you would be tranquillity and the dignity. And grit your teeth for it is strength for the swords on the heads (of the enemies), and lower your eyes, and keep your eyes upon the foreheads of the cavalry horses and the forces of the men. And minimise your speech for it drives away the failure, and resign yourselves upon the duelling, and the confrontation, and the argumentation, and be steadfast and mention Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Mighty and Majestic frequently. So the defenders of the honour during the descent of the realities, they are the protecting people whom are surrounding their flag, and the they are striking around it, and in front of it, and when you are carrying it, so do the deed of one man (in unison), and upon you is being protective (of each other), for the war is a competition. Do not let yourselves be pulled by an attack after the fleeing, nor an advance after a retreat. And the one who throws (down the weapons) to you for the peace, so accept it from him, and seek Assistance by the patience, for after the patience is the Consideration from Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Mighty and Majestic. <span class="ibTxt"><a href="/#/books/quran:7#h128"><a href="/books/quran:7#h128">[7:128]</a></a> surely the earth is Allah's; He Causes such of His servants to inherit it as He so Desires, and the end is for those who are pious</span>’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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