Pearl of Wisdom
'Do not fight them unless they initiate the fighting, because; by the grace of Allah, you are in the right, and to leave them until they begin the fighting will be another proof for your side's right against them. If, by the will of Allah, the enemy is defeated, then do not kill the one who runs away nor strike a helpless person nor finish off the wounded nor inflict harm on women.'
Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib [as] Ibid. Letter 14
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When Amir al-mu'minin's men showed impatience on his delay in giving them permission to fight in Siffin |
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Sermon 54 When Amir al-mu'minin's men showed impatience on his delay in giving them permission to fight in Siffin , he said:
Well, as for your idea whether this (delay) is due to my unwillingness for death, then by Allah I do not care whether I proceed towards death or death advances towards me. As for your impression that it may be due to my misgivings about the people of Syria (ash-Sham) ,well by Allah, I did not put off war even for a day except in the hope that some group may join me, find guidance through me and see my light with their weak eyes. This is dearer to me than to kill them in the state of their misguidance although they would be bearing their own sins.
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