Hadith 28

(The book) ‘Saheefa Al-Reza-asws, may the greeting be upon him-asws, from Al-Reza-asws, from his-asws forefathers-asws, from Ali-asws Bin Al-Husayn-asws having said: ‘While Amir Al-Momineen Ali-asws Bin Abu Talib-asws was addressing the people and urging them upon the Jihad, when a youth stood up to him-asws. He said, ‘O Amir Al-Momineen-asws! Inform me about merits of the battling in the Way of Allah-azwj’. Ali-asws said: ‘I-asws was riding behind Rasool-Allah-saww upon his-saww she-camel (called) Al-Azba’a and we were a caravan from the military expedition of Zat Al-Salasil. I-asws asked him‑saww about what you asked me-asws about. He-saww said: ‘The fighters, when they think of the battle, Allah-azwj Writes for them freedom from the Hellfire. When they prepare for their battle, Allah-azwj the Exalted Boasts with them to the Angels. When their families bid farewell to them, the walls and the houses weep upon them, and they exit from their sins just as the snake comes out from its skin, and Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic will Allocate with them, with every man from them, forty thousand Angels protecting him from his front, and from behind him, and on his right and on his left, and he does not do a good deed except it is multiplied for him, and it is written for him every day worship of a thousand men worshipping Allah-azwj for a thousand years every year, three hundred and sixty days, and the day is like age of the world. And when they come to be in the presence of their enemies, the knowledge of the people of the world falls short of comprehending the Reward that Allah has Prepared for them. When they advance toward their enemy, and the spears are pointed, and the arrows are set, and one man confronts another, the Angels surround them with their wings and pray to Allah-azwj for their victory and the steadfastness. Then a caller calls out: ‘The Paradise is beneath the shades of the swords! ’ So, the stabs and the strikes upon the martyr becomes easier than drinking the cool water during the scorching day, and when the martyr falls from his horse due to a stab or a strike, he does not fall to the ground until Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic Dispatches his wife from the maiden Houries, so she indicates to him with what prestige Allah-azwj has Prepared for him. When he arrive