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239

SERMON 239

Exhorting his men to jihad and
asking them to refrain from seeking ease

Allah seeks you to
thank Him and assigns to you His affairs. He has allowed time in
the limited field (of life) so that you may vie with each other in
seeking the reward (of Paradise). Therefore, tight up your girdles
and wrap up the skirts. High courage and dinners do not go
together. Sleep causes weakness in the big affairs of the day and
(its) darkness obliterates the memories of courage.