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18-03-2024 |09 Ramaḍān 1445 AH

Cowardice

Description: Imam Ali (a.s.) said, ‘Cowardice is a defect.’

الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): الجُبنُ مَنْقَصةٌ.

Reference: [Nahjul Balaghah, Saying 3]

Description: Imam Ali (a.s.) said, ‘Cowardice, greed, and miserliness are vile traits that come together as a result of distrust in Allah.

الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): الجُبنُ والحِرصُ والبُخلُ غرائزُ سُوءٍ يَجمعُها سُوءُ الظَّنِّ باللّه‏ِ سبحانَهُ.

Reference: ’[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 1837]

Description: Imam Ali (a.s.) said, ‘Beware of cowardice, for it is a [source of] shame and a defect.’

الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): احْذَروا الجُبنَ؛ فإنَّهُ عارٌ ومَنْقَصةٌ.

Reference: ’[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 2582]

Description: Imam al-Hasan (a.s.), when asked about cowardice, replied, ‘[It is] aggressiveness with one’s friends, and flight from one’s enemy.’

الإمامُ الحسنُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) ـ وقد سُئلَ عن الجُبن ـ: الجُرأةُ علي الصَّديقِ، والنُّكُولُ عَن العَدُوِّ.

Reference: [Tuhaf al-’Uqul, no. 225]

Description: The Prophet (S) said, ‘The coward has two requitals.’

رسول اللّٰهِ‏ (صَلَّيَ اللّٰهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ): مَن أحَسَّ مِن نَفسِهِ جُبناً فَلا يَغزُ .

Reference: [Kanz al-’Ummal, no. 11298]