Ilyas bin Salamah (bin Al Akwa) said on the authority of his father “We went on an expedition with Abu Bakr (Allaah be pleased with him) in the time of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and our war cry was “Put to death” “Put to death”. ”
Hadith Referenceسنن ابي داود / كتاب الجهاد / 2596
Hadith Gradingالألبانی:حسن صحيح | زبیر علی زئی:إسناده حسن, أخرجه ابن ماجه (2840 وسنده حسن) عكرمة صرح بالسماع عند ابن حبان (الإحسان: 4828)
Hadith Takhrij« سنن ابن ماجہ/ الجہاد 30 (2840)، (تحفة الأشراف: 4516)، وقد أخرجہ: مسند احمد (4/46)، سنن الدارمی/السیر 15(2495)، ویأتی ہذا الحدیث برقم (2638) (حسن صحیح) »
Narrated Salamah ibn al-Akwa: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ appointed Abu Bakr our commander and we fought with some people who were polytheists, and we attacked them at night, killing them. Our war-cry that night was "put to death; put to death. " Salamah said: I killed that night with my hand polytheists belonging to seven houses.
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
Benefits and Issues: There is no fault in launching a night raid (shab khoon) as per necessity and benefit. Nor can it be described as deception or cowardice in the commonly understood sense.
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 2638