Hadiths Of Being on the Look out for the Enemy

الإمام علي (عليه السَّلام):

لَا تَأْمَنْ عَدُوّاً وَ إِنْ شَكَرَ

Imam Ali (as):

Do not ever feel safe from an enemy even if he expresses gratitude to you.

Source: Ghurar al-Ḥikam Vol1 P6699

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رسول الله (صلی الله علیه و آله):

عَيْنانِ لا تَمَسُّهُما النّارُ: عَينٌ بَكَتْ مِن خَشْيَةِ اللّهِ، وعَينٌ باتَتْ تَحْرُسُ في سبيلِ اللّهِ.

The Prophet Muhammad (S):

The eyes of two categories of people will never be even touched by the fire: the one who cried out of fear of Allah, and the one who spent the night awake standing guard in Allah s way.

Source: Mizan al-Hikmah Vol1 P268

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رسول الله (صلی الله علیه و آله):

حَرَسُ لَيلةٍ في سبيلِ اللّهِ عزّوجلّ أفْضَلُ مِن ألفِ لَيلةٍ يُقامُ لَيلُها ويُصامُ نَهارُها.

The Prophet Muhammad (S):

Standing guard for a single night in Allah s way is better than a thousand nights spent in worship followed by fasting during the day.

Source: Kanz al-'Ummāl fī Sunan al-Aqwāl wal-Af'āl No10730 Mizan al-Hikmah Vol1 P268

ID: 2764

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الإمام علي (عليه السَّلام):

للأشْتَرِ لَمّا وَلّاهُ مِصرَ: فالجُنودُ بإذْنِ اللّهِ حُصونُ الرَّعِيَّةِ، و زَينُ الوُلاةِ، و عِزُّ الدِّينِ، و سُبُلُ الأمْنِ، و ليسَ تَقومُ الرَّعِيَّةُ إلّا بِهِم.

Imam Ali (as):

Imam Ali (as), in his letter to Malik al-Ashtar when he appointed him governor of Egypt, said, Now the army is, by the will of Allah, the fortress of the subjects, the adornment of the rulers, the strength of the religion and the means of peace and the subjects cannot exist without it.

Source: Nahj al-Balāgha Vol1 P150

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