hadith
4423
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Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Do not fight them unless they initiate the fighting, because, by the grace of Allah, you are in the right, and to leave them until they begin the fighting will be another proof for your sides right against them. If, by the will of Allah, the enemy is defeated, then do not kill the one who runs away nor strike a helpless person nor finish off the wounded nor inflict harm on women.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : لا تُقاتِلوهُم حتّى يَبْدَؤوكُم، فإنَّكُم بحَمدِ اللّهِ على حُجَّةٍ، وتَرْكُكُم إيّاهُم حتّى يَبْدَؤوكُم حُجَّةٌ اُخْرى لَكُم علَيهِم ، فإذا كانَتِ الهَزيمَةُ بإذْنِ اللّهِ فلا تَقْتُلوا مُدْبِرا ، ولا تُصيبوا مُعْوِرا، ولا تُجْهِزوا على جَريحٍ ، ولا تَهيجوا النِّساءَ بأذىً.
Tags
Warfare/Jihad
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