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"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." 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
t four caliphs was nothing but a grand religio-political association of Arab tribes for universal plunder and conquest under the holy banner of Islam, and the watch-word, "There is no god but the Lord, and Mohammed is his apostle." On pretext of spreading the only true religion the Arabs swallowed up fair provinces lying all around, and, driving a profitable business, enriched themselves simultaneously in a worldly sense.[41] [Sidenote: Religious merit of "fighting in the ways of the Lord."] The motives which nerved the armies of Islam were a strange combination of the lower instincts of nature with 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 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.  THE LEARNED AND IMPARTIAL AUTHORITY TELLS US THE MUSSULMAN POWER UNDER THE FIRST FOLD CALIPHS WAS NOTHING BUT A GRAND RELIGIO POLITICAL ASSOCIATION OF ARAB TRIBES FOR UNIVERSAL PLUNDER AND CONQUEST UNDER THE HOLY BANNER OF HIS LAMP AND THE WATCH WORD THERE IS NO GOD BUT THE LORD AND MOHAMMADUS HIS APOSTLE ON PRETEXT OF SPREADING THE ONLY TRUE RELIGION THE ARABS WALLOWED UP FAIR PROVINCES LYING ALL AROUND AND DRIVING A PROFITABLE BUSINESS ENRICHED THEMSELVES SIMULTANEOUSLY IN A WORLDLY SENSE THE MOTIVES WHICH NERVED THE ARMIES OF HIS LAMP WERE A STRANGE COMBINATION OF THE LOWER INSTINCTS OF NATURE WITH 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
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