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

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Jihad (Serving in the Army) Chapter: Challenging the Enemy for a Fight َيْدُ بْنُ زِيَادٍ عَنِ الْخَشَّابِ عَنِ ابْنِ بَقَّاحٍ عَنْ ٠ُعَاذِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ عَ٠َيْعٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) قَالَ سُئِلَ عَنِ الْ٠ُبَارَزَةِ بَيْنَ الصَّفَّيْنِ بَعْدَ إِذْنِ الإ٠ِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) قَالَ لا بَأْسَ وَلَكِنْ لا يُطْلَبُ إِلا بِإِذْنِ الإ٠1.

Hamid ibn Ziyad has narrated from al-Khashshab from ibn Baqqah from Mu’adh ibn Thabit from ‘Amr ibn Jumay‘ who has said the following: “Abu ‘ Abd Allah (a.s.), was asked about challenging (to fight the enemy) while standing between the two confronting armies after the permission of the Imam.

He (the Imam) said, ‘It is fine but it must not take place without the permission of the Imam.”’ ضعيف - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (18/363))