و من كلام له عليه السلام قاله لأصحابه في ساعة الحرب
وَ أَيُّ امْرِئٍ مِنْكُمْ أَحَسَّ مِنْ نَفْسِهِ رِبَاطَةَ جَأْشٍ عِنْدَ اللِّقَاءِ وَ رَأَى مِنْ أَحَدٍ مِنْ إِخْوَانِهِ فَشَلًا فَلْيَذُبَّ عَنْ أَخِيهِ بِفَضْلِ نَجْدَتِهِ الَّتِي فُضِّلَ بِهَا عَلَيْهِ كَمَا يَذُبُّ عَنْ نَفْسِهِ فَلَوْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ لَجَعَلَهُ مِثْلَهُ إِنَّ الْمَوْتَ طَالِبٌ حَثِيثٌ لَا يَفُوتُهُ الْمُقِيمُ وَ لَا يُعْجِزُهُ الْهَارِبُ إِنَّ أَكْرَمَ الْمَوْتِ الْقَتْلُ وَ الَّذِي نَفْسُ ابْنِ أَبِيطَالِبٍ بِيَدِهِ لَأَلْفُ ضَرْبَةٍ بِالسَّيْفِ أَهْوَنُ عَلَيَّ مِنْ مِيتَةٍ عَلَى الْفِرَاشِ (فِي غَيْرِ طَاعَةِ اللَّهِ)
A Sermon from Imam Ali (a.s)
Amir al-mu'minin's address to his followers on the battlefield of Siffin
About supporting the weak and the low-spirited during the fighting
Whoever among you feels spiritedness of heart during the action and finds any of his comrades feeling disheartened should ward off (the enemies) from him just as he would do from himself, because of the superiority he enjoys over the other, for if Allah had willed He would have made the former also like him. Certainly death is a quick seeker. Neither does the steadfast escape it nor can the runner-away defy it. The best death is to be killed. By Allah in Whose hand (power) lies the life of the son of Abu Talib, certainly a thousand strikings of the sword on me are easier to me than a death in bed which is not in obedience to Allah.