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الكافي- ط الاسلامية

The Book of Jihad (Serving in the Army)/Challenging the Enemy for a Fight#2

No. ٢chapter #2vol. 5 · pages 34-35
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عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ الْأَشْعَرِيِّ عَنِ ابْنِ الْقَدَّاحِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ:

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دَعَا رَجُلٌ بَعْضَ بَنِي هَاشِمٍ إِلَى الْبِرَازِ فَأَبَى أَنْ يُبَارِزَهُ فَقَالَ لَهُ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع مَا مَنَعَكَ أَنْ تُبَارِزَهُ قَالَ كَانَ فَارِسَ الْعَرَبِ وَ خَشِيتُ أَنْ يَغْلِبَنِي‌ فَقَالَ لَهُ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ص فَإِنَّهُ بَغَى عَلَيْكَ وَ لَوْ بَارَزْتَهُ لَغَلَبْتَهُ وَ لَوْ بَغَى جَبَلٌ عَلَى جَبَلٍ لَهُدَّ الْبَاغِي‌ وَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع إِنَّ الْحُسَيْنَ بْنَ عَلِيٍّ ع دَعَا رَجُلًا إِلَى الْمُبَارَزَةِ فَعَلِمَ بِهِ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع فَقَالَ لَئِنْ عُدْتَ إِلَى مِثْلِ هَذَا لَأُعَاقِبَنَّكَ وَ لَئِنْ دَعَاكَ أَحَدٌ إِلَى مِثْلِهَا فَلَمْ تُجِبْهُ لَأُعَاقِبَنَّكَ أَ مَا عَلِمْتَ أَنَّهُ بَغْيٌ‌.

Read English translationMuhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn

2. A number of our people have narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad from Ja’far ibn Muhammad al-Ash’ariyfrom ibn al-Qaddah who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said that a man challenged a certain person from Banu Hashim to fight. He refused to fight. Amir al-Mu’minin (a.s.), asked, ‘What has made you to refuse?’ He replied, ‘He is an Arab knight and I feared that he may defeat me.’ Amir al-Mu’minin (a.s.), said to him, ‘He has transgressed against you. Were you to fight him, you would have defeated him. If a mountain transgresses against a mountain the transgressor is crushed.’ Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), said, ‘al-Husayn ibn Ali (a.s.), challenged a man to fight and Amir al-Mu’minin noticed it and said, “If you do such a thing again I will reprimand you. If you are challenged and you refuse to fight I will also reprimand you. Do you not know that he is a transgressor?'"

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

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  • ضعيفAllamah Baqir al-MajlisiMirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (18/363)
الهوامش · 4

[3]في بعض النسخ‌[ يقتلنى‌].ص 34

[4]في بعض النسخ‌[ لقتلته‌].ص 34

[1]الهد: الهدم الشديد و الكسر.( القاموس)ص 35

[2]قيل: قوله:« دعا رجلا» كان ترك أولى و يحتمل أن يكون تأديبه عليه السلام لتعليم غيره.ص 35

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الكافي- ط الاسلامية Volume 5, Page 34

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