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Hadith 2
Hadith #
2
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
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2. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father, from al-Nawfaliy from al-Sakuniy who has said the following
“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said that the Messenger of Allah has said, ‘In paradise there is a door which is called ‘the door of people serving in the army’. They walk to it and it is open and they have their swords fixed on them ready and in place. The angels welcome them.’ He then said, ‘Whoever ignores joining the army, Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most Glorious, dresses him up with humiliation, poverty and his religion is destroyed. Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most Glorious, makes my followers self-sufficient through the hooves of their horses and the points of their spears.’”
2- عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ النَّوْفَلِيِّ عَنِ السَّكُونِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) قَالَ
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) لِلْجَنَّةِ بَابٌ يُقَالُ لَهُ بابُ الْمُجَاهِدِينَ يَمْضُونَ إِلَيْهِ فَإِذَا هُوَ مَفْتُوحٌ وَهُمْ مُتَقَلِّدُونَ بِسُيُوفِهِمْ وَالْجَمْعُ فِي الْمَوْقِفِ وَالْمَلائِكَةُ تُرَحِّبُ بِهِمْ ثُمَّ قَالَ فَمَنْ تَرَكَ الْجِهَادَ أَلْبَسَهُ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ ذُلا وَفَقْراً فِي مَعِيشَتِهِ وَمَحْقاً فِي دِينِهِ إِنَّ اللهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ أَغْنَى أُمَّتِي بِسَنَابِكِ خَيْلِهَا وَمَرَاكِزِ رِمَاحِهَا.
Tags Warfare/JihadParadise

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