Hadith 523
Amīr al-mu’minīn collected the people and exhorted them [1] to jihād but they observed long silence. Then he said: “What is the matter with you. Have you become dumb?” A group of them replied. “O Amīr al-mu’minīn if you go forth we shall be with you.” Whereupon Amīr al-mu’minīn said :
ومن كلام له (عليه السلام) وقد جمع الناس وحضّهم على الجهاد، فسكتوا ملياً، فقال (عليه السلام) مَا بَالُكُمْ أَمُخْرَسُونَ أَنْتُمْ؟ فقال قوم منهم: يا أميرالمؤمنين، إن سرتَ سرنا معك. فقال (عليه السلام):
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