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When [[Imam 'Ali (a)]] decided to send Malik al-Ashtar to [[Egypt]], he introduced Malik al-Ashtar to the Egyptians in a letter: | When [[Imam 'Ali (a)]] decided to send Malik al-Ashtar to [[Egypt]], he introduced Malik al-Ashtar to the Egyptians in a letter: | ||
::"I am sending a servant of the servants of God to you. He who doesn't slumber in the days of fear and isn't afraid of enemies and is like fire to villains. He is Malik b. Harith from the ancestry of | ::"I am sending a servant of the servants of God to you. He who doesn't slumber in the days of fear and isn't afraid of enemies and is like fire to villains. He is Malik b. Harith from the ancestry of Madhhij. Listen to him and obey his commands because he is a sword of the God's swords that is strong and sharp. If he asks you to travel then travel and if he orders to stay then stay, because if he does something or avoids something, it is by my order. I am putting him in a prior position to you because he is a sincere man and I know that he is an unfailing man against your enemies."<ref>Amini, ''Tarjumat a'lam nahaj al-balagha'', p.40</ref> | ||
When Imam 'Ali (a) heard that Malik al-Ashtar was martyred, he said: | When Imam 'Ali (a) heard that Malik al-Ashtar was martyred, he said: | ||