Principles of Humanitarian Law in the War Biography of Imam Ali (Peace be upon Him) the Equestrian Principle and Proportionality as a Model

Abstract

The biography of Imam Ali included the most human principles and rules, and his war biography was a
mixture of justice, fairness and mercy. This brief study reached several results, which we summarize as
follows: The Imam hated war and pushed it as long as he found a way to do that. The basic principle for
him is the state of peace, and war is an exceptional and urgent case, and all his wars were self-defence, a
response to aggression and the payment of sedition and corruption. The Imam prevailed in his battles against
humanism over the necessities and requirements of war, so love, peace, compassion and mercy were the
basis of his personality, and his perseverance was forgiveness and tolerance, even if that led to the loss of
victory, as happened in the incident of the law of water in the battle of ((Safin)). The principle of chivalry
was evident in its most beautiful form in the personality of the Imam, with the qualities of honesty, courage
and arrogance he carried.