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No terror afflicteth them, neither are they grieved. NO TERROR AFFLICTED THEM NEITHER ARE THEY GRIEVED
 engage in the Holy War was the rarest and most blessed of all religious virtues, and conferred on the combatant a special merit; and side by side with it lay the bright prospect of spoil and female slaves, conquest and glory. "Mount thy horse," said Osama ibn Zeid to Abu Bekr as he accompanied the Syrian army a little way on its march, out of Medina. "Nay," replied the caliph, "I will not ride, but I will walk and soil my feet a little space in the ways of the Lord. Verily, every footstep in the ways of the Lord is equal in merit to manifold good works, and wipeth away a multitude of sins."[42] And of the "martyrs," those who fell in these crusading campaigns, Mohammed thus described the blessed state: Think not, in any wise, of those killed in the ways of the Lord, as if they were dead. Yea, they are alive, and are nourished with their Lord, exulting in that which God hath given them of his favor, and rejoicing in behalf of those who have not yet joined them, but are following after. H THE HIGHER ASPIRATIONS OF THE SPIRIT TO ENGAGE IN THE HOLY WAR WAS THE RAREST AND MOST BLESSED OF ALL RELIGIOUS VIRTUES AND CONFERRED ON THE COMBATANT A SPECIAL MERIT AND SIDE BY SIDE WITH IT LAY THE BRIGHT PROSPECT OF SPOIL AND FEMALE SLAVES CONQUEST AND CLOTHING MOUNT THY HEART SAID USAMA IBSAITH TO A BUBAKER AS HE HAD COMPANIONED THE SYRIAN ARMY A LITTLE WAY ON ITS MARCH OUT OF MEDINA NAY REPLIED THE CALIPH I WILL NOT RIDE BUT I WILL WAR AND SOIL MY FEET A LITTLE SPACE IN THE WAYS OF THE LORD VERILY EVERY FOOTSTEP IN THE WAYS OF THE LORD IS EQUAL IN MERIT TO MANIFOLD GOOD WORKS AND WIPE THE WAY MULTITUDE OF SINS AND OF THE MARTYRS THOSE WHO FELL IN THESE CRUSADING CAMPAIGNS MOHAMMED THUS DESCRIBED THE BLESSED STATE THINK NOT IN ANY WISE OF THOSE KILLED IN THE WAYS OF THE LORD AS IF THEY WERE DEAD YEA THEY ARE ALIVE AND UNURNISHED WITH THEIR LORD EXULTING IN THAT WHICH GOD HATH GIVEN THEM OF HIS FAVOR AND REJOICING IN BEHALF OF THOSE WHO HAVE NOT YET JOINED THEM ARE FOLLOWING AFTER
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