بخش 165 - در آمدن حمزه رضی الله عنه در جنگ بی زره

Whenever at the end (of his life) Hamza went into the ranks (on the battlefield), he would enter the fray (like one) intoxicated, without a coat of mail.

Advancing with open breast and naked body, he would throw himself into the sword- bearing ranks.

The people asked him, saying, “O uncle of the Prophet, O Lion that breakest the ranks (of the foemen), O prince of the champions,

Hast not thou read in the Message of God (the Qur’án) ‘Do not cast yourselves with your own hands into destruction’?

Then why art thou casting thyself thus into destruction on the field of battle?

When thou wert young and robust and strongly-knit, thou didst not go into the battle-line without a coat of mail.

Now that thou hast become old and infirm and bent, thou art knocking at the curtains (doors) of recklessness,

And with sword and spear, like one who recks of naught, thou art grappling and struggling and making trial (of thyself).

The sword hath no respect for the old: how should sword and arrow possess discernment?”

In this manner were the ignorant sympathisers giving him counsel zealously.