Sermon (121): He Said to His Companions in the Battlefield:
Whoever among you feels courage and bravery in his heart at the time of battle and sees signs of weakness in any of his brothers should keep away (the enemies) from him with the superiority of his bravery, by which he has superiority over him, just as he keeps them away from himself. For if Allah wills, He will make him do the same. Certainly, death is a swift seeker. Neither can the one who stays escape from it, nor can the one who flees make it helpless. Certainly, being killed is a death of honor. By that Being in whose grasp of power is the life of Ibn Abi Talib, a thousand strikes of the sword are easier for me than dying my death on the bed. A part of this sermon is: It is as if I see you making such sounds (at the time of defeat and rout) as the sound of the rubbing of bodies when a hundred snakes' dragons come. You neither take your right, nor can you prevent insulting injustices. You have been left open on the path. Salvation is for the one who throws himself into battle, and for the one who just keeps thinking, there is destruction and ruin.
