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Hadith 1
Hadith #
1
Book
Al-Kāfi
Volume
5
Section
1
Part
The Book of Jihad (Serving in the Army)
Chapter
Virtue and Excellence of Serving in the Army
Source
Shaykh Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb al-Kulaynī
۞
1. A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from Ali ibn al-Hakam from ‘Umar ibn Aban from abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.) who has said the following
“The Messenger of Allah has said, ‘All good things are with the sword, under the shadow (protection) of sword and people cannot be improved without the sword. Swords are the key to paradise or hellfire.’”
1- عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ أَبَانٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) قَالَ
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) الْخَيْرُ كُلُّهُ فِي السَّيْفِ وَتَحْتَ ظِلِّ السَّيْفِ وَلا يُقِيمُ النَّاسَ إِلا السَّيْفُ وَالسُّيُوفُ مَقَالِيدُ الْجَنَّةِ وَالنَّارِ.
Tags Warfare/JihadProphet Muhammad

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