488 - الحَربُ خُدعَةٌ

488. War is a Trick

1467.الإمامُ الباقرُ عليه السلام : إنَّ علِيّاً عليه السلام كانَ يقولُ : لَأنْ يَخْطَفَني الطَّيرُ أحَبُّ إلَيَّ مِن أنْ أقولَ على‏ رسولِ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله ما لَم يَقُلْ ، سَمِعْتُ رسولَ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله يقولُ يَومَ الخَندَقِ : الحَربُ خُدْعَةٌ ، ويقولُ : تَكَلَّموا بما أرَدْتُم .¹

1467.Imam al-Baqir (AS) said, 'Ali (AS) used to say: 'I would rather be snatched away by a bird of prey than to attribute a word to the Messenger of Allah (SAWA) that he had not said. I have heard the Messenger of Allah say on the day of the Battle of the Trenches (khandaq) that war is trickery, and he used to say: 'Say whatever you wish to say.' ²