Chapter 161
Remembrance 4 from Chapter 161
The desirability of reciting poetry during combat
Arabic
Romanisation
‘ala l-Islāmi . . .
Context
We relate in the Ṣaḥīḥ of al-Bukhārī that Anas 
reported: “The Muhājirūn and the Anṣār were digging the Trench and carrying the earth on their backs, saying: ‘We are the ones who made a pledge with Muḥammad [to stay true to] Islam . . ..’ [3].
References
[3] Al-Bukhārī (4100), Muslim (1805), and at-Tirmidhī (3856).