Cowardice

Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Cowardice is a defect.

Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Cowardice, greed, and miserliness are vile traits that come together as a result of distrust in Allah.

Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Beware of cowardice, for it is a [source of] shame and a defect.

Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Sheer cowardice ensues from the impotence of the soul and the weakness of conviction.

Imam al-Hasan (AS), when asked about cowardice, replied, ‘[It is] aggressiveness with ones friends, and flight from ones enemy.

Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘A coward is not allowed to participate in a campaign, because he would flee fast. However, he must take whatever he was going to use for the conquest [i.e. weaponry] and give it to someone else. Thus, he will have the same reward, without decrease in the reward of the other thereof.