hadith
8126
۞
Imam Ali (AS) said, Verily the most honourable of deaths is martyrdom. By He in whose hand my soul is, one thousand strikes with the sword are indeed easier [for me] than dying on the bed.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنَّ أكْرَمَ المَوتِ القَتْلُ وَ الَّذي نَفْسي بِيَدِهِ لألْفُ ضَرْبَة بِالسَّيْفِ أهْوَنُ (عَلَيَّ) مِنْ ميتَة عَلَى الفِراشِ
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