سنن ابي داود
Abu Dawud
كتاب الجهادJihad (Kitab Al-Jihad)
باب الْمَكْرِ فِي الْحَرْبِChapter: Deception During War.
Hadith 2637
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ ثَوْرٍ ، عَنْ مَعْمَرٍ ، عَنْ الزُّهْرِيِّ ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ كَعْبِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، أَنّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَانَ إِذَا أَرَادَ غَزْوَةً وَرَّى غَيْرَهَا ، وَكَانَ يَقُولُ : " الْحَرْبُ خَدْعَةٌ " ، قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُد : لَمْ يَجِئْ بِهِ إِلَّا مَعْمَرٌ يُرِيدُ قَوْلَهُ الْحَرْبُ خَدْعَةٌ بِهَذَا الْإِسْنَادِ إِنَّمَا يُرْوَى مِنْ حَدِيثِ عَمْرِو بْنِ دِينَارٍ ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ ، وَمِنْ حَدِيثِ مَعْمَرٍ ، عَنْ هَمَّامِ بْنِ مُنَبِّهٍ ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ .
Narrated Kab ibn Malik: When the Prophet ﷺ intended to go on an expedition, he always pretended to be going somewhere else, and he would say: War is deception. Abu Dawud said: Only Mamar has transmitted this tradition. By this he refers to his statement "War is deception" through this chain of narrators. He narrated it from the tradition of Amr bin Dinar from Jabir, and from the tradition of Mamar from Hammam bin Munabbih on the authority of Abu Hurairah.
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
Benefits and Issues:
In war, not only do arrows and spears prove useful,
but wisdom, strategy, and tactics—all these matters are also effective.
However, it is certain that any covenant or agreement made with the enemy before or after the war must not be betrayed; deception in such matters is forbidden (haram).
In war, not only do arrows and spears prove useful,
but wisdom, strategy, and tactics—all these matters are also effective.
However, it is certain that any covenant or agreement made with the enemy before or after the war must not be betrayed; deception in such matters is forbidden (haram).
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 2637
