`Ali b. Ahmad b. `Abdullah b. Ahmad b. Abi `Abdillah al-Barqi narrated to us. He said: My father narrated to me from his grandfather Ahmad b. Abi `Abdillah from his father from Ahmad b. al-Nadr al-Khazzaz from `Amr b. Shimr from Jabir b. Yazid al-Ju`fi from Abi `Abdillah al-Sadiq . He said:

A man came to the Messenger of Allah (s) and said: O Messenger of Allah! I want to fight, and I am fit. He said: Then fight in the way of Allah, for surely, if you are killed, you will be alive with Allah being given sustenance, and if you die [naturally], your reward will be with Allah, and if you return, your sins will be expunged as though you were just born. So, he said: O Messenger of Allah! I have two elderly parents who say that they find harmony through me and hate for me to go out [to fight]. So, the Messenger of Allah (s) said: Stay with your parents, for by He in whose hand is my soul, giving them harmony for a day and a night is better than a year of fighting.