141 - Muhammad ibn al-Husayn informed me that al-Fadl narrated to them, saying: I heard Ahmad, and it was said to him: 'Minhar is committing highway robbery, to the extent that no one can travel along it without an armed escort (bazraqa). Do you consider the escorting guards to have merit in this?' He replied: 'Subhan Allah! What merit could be greater than this? They protect them and secure them from their enemy.' It was said to him: 'Are they considered to be in the position of the Mujahid (one who strives in the cause of Allah)?' He replied: 'I hope that for them, if Allah wills.'
١٤١ - أَخْبَرَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ، أَنَّ الْفَضْلَ، حَدَّثَهُمْ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ أَحْمَدَ، وَقِيلَ لَهُ: إِنَّ مِنْحَارًا يَقْطَعُ الطَّرِيقَ، حَتَّى لَا يَقْدِرَ أَحَدٌ أَنْ يَسْلُكَهُ إِلَّا بِبَذْرَقَةٍ، فَتَرَى لِلْمُبَذْرِقِينَ فَضْلٌ فِي هَذَا؟ فَقَالَ: " سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ، وَأَيُّ فَضْلٍ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ هَذَا، يُقَوُّنَهُمْ وَيُؤَمِّنُوهُمْ مِنْ عَدُوِّهِمْ، قِيلَ لَهُ: يَكُونُ بِمَنْزِلَةِ الْمُجَاهِدِ؟ قَالَ: إِنِّي لَأَرْجُو لَهُمْ ذَاكَ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ "
