Hazrath Ali (A.S) often declared “A Muslim’s life is a battle-field, where he is seldom required to defend his self or his cause and country at the point of sword, which is Jehad-e-Asghar (Holy war on a minor scale), however formidaable be the forces he is to face, while in every day of his life he is to fight against evil desires, vicious cravings and inordinate wishes, which is Jehad-e-Akber (A holy war on a major scale), take care and do not suffer a defeat in this battle; remember it is lifelong struggle; a success here will be honoured with martyrdom, even if one dies in his bed surrounded by his relatives”.
Kaisa?..:rotato:
any source? very nice, though. True
Fact: there are over 100 ayahs in the quran which state jihad as fighting the enemy...the word qital means to fight...so i dont understand what point u r making.
Inpractice it looks differently.....
Let others get killed and escape.....! Re Osama bin Laden, Mullah Omar, the Great Saddam.
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Inpractice it looks differently.....
Let others get killed and escape.....! Re Osama bin Laden, Mullah Omar, the Great Saddam.
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^^^????????????
I found this phrase when I was reading this book called “Peak of Eloquence” Nahjul Balagha.
I found it online too…
http://www.al-huda.com/Nahjul%20Balagha%20FP.htm
The whole thing was like that…
*Hazrath Ali did not tolerate mere mercenaries but did not let services of volunteers go unpaid. He hated murder and blood-shed and desired his soldiers to be soldiers in the service of God and religion. His strict orders to the army were, “always keep fear of God in your mind, remember that you cannot afford to do without His Grace. Remem_ber that Islam is a mission of peace and love. Keep the Holy prophet (A.S.) before you as a model of bravery, valour and piety. Do not kill anybody unless in self defence. Take care of your mounts and your arms, they are your best guards. Work hard while you are at it and then devote some time to rest and relaxation. Rest and relaxion are as much necessary for you as hard work. Do not let one overstep the time limit of the other. Do not pursue those who run away from an encounter and do not kill fleeing persons. Do not kill those who beg for life and mercy. Do not kill civilians. Do not pursue those who run away from an encounter and do not kill fleeing persons. Do not for life and mercy. Do not kill civilians. Do not outrage modesty of women. Do not harm old people and children. Do not accept any gifts from the civil population of any place. Do not billet your soldiers or officers in the houses of civilians. Do not forget to say your daily prayer. Fear God. Remember that death will inevitably come to every one of you some time or other, even if you are thousand of miles away from a battlefield; therefore be always ready to face death.” He did not appreciate heavily armed and clad soldiers. He liked lighter swords, lighter bows and arrow, lighter coat of arms and ligh_ter chain of armours. He preferred to have an agile and a mobile army. I wish I had space at my disposal to translate parts from the books Aihgarath, Siraj-ul-Mobeen, Al_Murtaza and Kitab-e-Siffeen (as quoted by Ibne Abil Hadeed). They have discussed and narrated at some lenght his system of reorganizing the army, his principles of strategy and his tactics of war: how he divided the army into six units, beginning from van guard (Muquadamath-ul-Jaish) and ending it at the rear guards (Radah and Saqquah); how he arranged to cover every possibility of a retreat with the help of these units; how he sub_divided the cavalry into horse and camel units; and infantry into archers, swordsman and ‘Mata’een’ (soldiers armed with short lances which they threw with precision, skill and force); how he made the van guard responsible for scouting, pioneering and per_forming duties of sapper and Miners; how he used to arrange the army in a battle-field; how he never suffered a defeat in his life; how bold he was ; how he used to fight without protecting his body with armour or shield; how he never delivered more than one blow (mostly his one blow was sufficient to kill his opponent, if not he would give the oppo_nent chance to get up and run away) and how nobody ever dared stand before him for his second blow. To him war was a pious duty to be performed only for the pourpose of defence. **He often declared “A Muslim’s life is a battle-field, where he is seldom requi_red to defend his self or his cause and country at the point of sword, which is Jehad-e_Asghar (Holy war on a minor scale), however formidable be the forces he is to face, while in every day of his life he is to fight against evil desires, vicious cravings and inor_dinate wishes, which is Jehad-e-Akber (A holy war on a major scale), take care and do not suffer a defeat in this battle; remember it is life long struggle; a success here will be honoured with martyrdom, even if one dies in his bed surrounded by his relatives”. ***