Al-Kāfi - The Book of Jihad (Serving in the Army)

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Jihad (Serving in the Army) Chapter: Virtue and Excellence of Serving in the Army َّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدٍ عَنِ الْحَجَّالِ عَنْ ثَعْلَبَةَ عَنْ ٠َرٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) قَالَ الْخَيْرُ كُلُّهُ فِي السَّيْفِ وَتَحْتَ السَّيْفِ وَفِي ظِلِّ السَّيْفِ قَالَ وَسَ٠ِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ إِنَّ الْخَيْرَ كُلَّ الْخَيْرِ ٠َعْقُودٌ فِي نَوَاصِي الْخَيْلِ إِلَى يَوْ٠15.

“Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn al-Hajjal from Tha’labah from Mu’ammar form abu Ja‘far (a.s.), who has said the following: “All goodness is in the sword, under the sword and under the shadow of the sword.” “I heard him saying, ‘Goodness, all of it, is tied to the forehead of the horses (and it remains so) up to the Day of Judgment (horses of the fighters for the cause of Allah).”’ صحيح - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (8/331))