Peak of Eloquence Nahjul Balagha By Imam Ali ibn Abu Talib - English Translation - Sermon 54

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When Amir Al-Mu’minin’s Showed Impatience on His Delay
in Giving Them Permission to Fight in Siffin, He Said:

As for your idea whether this (delay) is due to my unwillingness
for death, then by Allah I do not care whether I proceed towards death or
death advances towards me. As for your impression that it may be due to
my misgivings about the people of Syria, by Allah, it did not put off war
even for a day except in the hope that some group may join me, find
guidance through me and see my light with their weak eyes.
This is dearer to me than to kill them in the state of this misguidance
although they would be bearing their own sins.