Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 4-2378b
"عَن ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ: نِعْمَ النِّساءُ يأتِينَ بِمِثْلِ أَميرِ الْمُؤمِنينَ عَلِىِّ بْنِ أَبِى طَالِبٍ، وَالله مَا رَأَيْتُ وَلَا سَمِعْتُ رَئِيسًا يُوزَنُ بِهِ لَرَأَيْتُهُ يَوْمَ صِفِّينَ وَعَلَى رَأسِهِ عِمَامَةٌ بَيْضَاءُ قَد أَرْخَى طَرَفَهَا كَأَنَّ عَيْنَيْهِ سِرَاجَا سَلِيطٍ وَهُوَ يَقِفُ عَلَى شِرْذِمَةٍ يَحَضُّهُمْ حَتَّى انْتَهَى إِلىَّ وَأَنَا فِى كَثْفٍ مِنَ النَّاسِ فَقَالَ: مَعَاشِرَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ اسْتَشْعِرُوا الْخَشْيَةَ، وَغُضُّوا الأَصْوَاتَ، وَتَجَلَّبُوا السَّكِينَةَ، وَأَعْمِلُوا الأَسِنَّةَ، وَاقْلِعُوا السُّيوفَ فِى الأَغْمَادِ قَبْلَ الشِّكَّةِ وَأَبَلِغُوا الْوَخْزَ وَنَافِحُوا الظُّبَا، وَصِلُوا السُّيُوفَ بالْخُطَا والنِّبَالَ بِالرِّمَاحِ فَإِنَكُمْ بِعَيْنِ الله وَمَعَ ابْنِ عَمِ نَبِيهِ ﷺ عَاوِدُوا الْكَرَّ واسْتَحْيُوا مِنَ الْفَرِّ فإِنَّهُ عَارٌ بَاقٍ فِى الأَعْقَابِ والأعْنَاقِ، وَنَارٌ يَوْمَ الْحِسَابِ وَطَيِّبُوا عَنْ أَنْفُسِكُمْ أَنْفُسًا، وامْشُوا إِلَى الْمَوْتِ سُجُحًا وَعَليْكُمْ بِهَذَا السَّوَادِ الأَعْظَمِ والرَّوَاقِ الْمُطَنَّبِ فَاضْرِبُوا ثَبَجهُ فَإِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ رَاكِبٌ ضَبْعَيْهِ وَمُفْتَرِشٌ ذِرَاعَيْهِ قَدْ قَدَّمَ لِلْوَثْبَةِ يَدًا وَأَخَّرَ لِلنُّكُوصِ رِجْلًا فَصمْدًا صَمْدًا حَتَىَ يَنْجَلِىَ لَكُم عَمُودُ الدِّينِ وَأَنْتُمُ الأَعْلَوْنَ والله مَعَكُمْ وَلَنْ يَتِرَكُم أَعْمَالَكُمْ".
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Ibn ʿAbbās
- Niʿm al-Nisāʾ Yʾtīn Bimithl Amyr al-Muʾminyn ʿAli b. Abiá Ṭālib and al-Lh Mā Raʾayt Walā
- Raʾīs Yūzan Bih Laraʾaytuh Yawm Ṣiffīn Waʿalá Raʾsih ʿImāmah Bayḍāʾ
Machine translation, not reviewed
"From Ibn 'Abbas, who said: 'What excellent women, who can bring forth the likes of the Commander of the Believers 'Ali ibn Abi Talib. By Allah, I have neither seen nor heard of a leader who can be compared to him. I saw him on the day of Siffin, wearing a white turban whose end he had let hang down, as though his eyes were two lamps of oil, and he was standing over a small group, urging them on, until he reached me while I was amid a crowd of people. He said: 'O assembly of Muslims, feel awe of Allah, lower your voices, take on tranquility, lower your spears, and draw your swords from their scabbards before the clash. Thrust hard with the spearheads, and strike with the sword edges. Join swords with steps and arrows with spears, for you are under the eye of Allah and with the cousin of His Prophet ﷺ. Attack again and again, and be ashamed of fleeing, for it is a lasting shame passed down through generations and a fire on the Day of Reckoning. Be content with your souls, walk to death calmly, and hold to this great multitude and the pitched tent. Strike its middle, for Satan rides its two shoulders and spreads out its two arms, having put forward one hand for the leap and drawn back one foot for retreat. Advance steadily, steadily, until the pillar of religion becomes clear to you. You are the superior ones, Allah is with you, and He will not deprive you of your deeds.'"
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Notes
[كر] ابن عساكر في تاريخه
machine translation[Kar] Ibn ʿAsākir, in his Tārīkh.
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