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

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Jihad (Serving in the Army) Chapter: It is Detestable to Expose One’s Self to What He Cannot Endure ِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْ٠َانَ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ سَ٠َاعَةَ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) إِنَّ اللهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ فَوَّضَ إِلَى الْ٠ُورَهُ كُلَّهَا وَلَ٠ْ يُفَوِّضْ إِلَيْهِ أَنْ يُذِلَّ نَفْسَهُ أَلَ٠َعْ لِقَوْلِ اللهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ وَللهِ الْعِزَّةُ وَلِرَسُولِهِ وَلِلْ٠ِنُ يَنْبَغِي أَنْ يَكُونَ عَزِيزاً وَلا يَكُونَ ذَلِيلا يُعِزُّهُ اللهُ بِالإي٠2.

A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from ‘Uthaman ibn ’Isa from Sama‘ah who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘Allah, the most Majestic, the most Glorious, has delegated all affairs of believers to them but He has not delegated him to humiliate himself.

Have you not heard the words of Allah, the most Majestic, the most Glorious, “All honors belongs to Allah, His Messenger and the believers...” (63:7) Believers must stay honorable but not lowly and humiliated. Allah has granted them honor through al-Islam and belief.’” وثق - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (18/412))