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Care for the Troops’ Morale
A. Encouragement
485. al-Kāfi – narrating from Abu Sādiq: “I heard Ali (a.s.) encourage people [to war] in three places: Jamal, Siffin, and Nahrawān.
He would say: “O Servants of God! Be wary of God, cast down your eyes, lower your voices, speak little; and prepare yourselves for battle, conflict, confrontation, struggle, warfare, involvement, tough combat and steadfastness: “…and remember God greatly so that you may be felicitous. And obey God and His Apostle, and do not dispute, or you will lose heart and your power will be gone. And be patient; indeed God will be with the patient.”12
1.. al-Kāfi, vol. ۵, p. ۳۸, h. ۲, al-Irshād, vol. ۱, p. ۲۶۵, Waq`at Siffin, p. ۲۰۴, al-Mi`yār wa al-Mawāzin, p. ۱۵۸.
2.. Qur'ān, ۸:۴۵-۴۶.