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سنن ابي داود
Abu Dawud
كتاب الجهادJihad (Kitab Al-Jihad)
باب فِي الْبَيَاتِChapter: Attacking The Enemy During The Night.
Hadith 2638
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ ، وَأَبُو عَامِرٍ ، عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ بْنِ عَمَّارٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا إِيَاسُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، قَالَ : أَمَّرَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَلَيْنَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ فَغَزَوْنَا نَاسًا مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ ، فَبَيَّتْنَاهُمْ نَقْتُلُهُمْ وَكَانَ شِعَارُنَا تِلْكَ اللَّيْلَةَ أَمِتْ أَمِتْ ، قَالَ سَلَمَةُ : فَقَتَلْتُ بِيَدِي تِلْكَ اللَّيْلَةَ سَبْعَةَ أَهْلِ أَبْيَاتٍ مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ .
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.
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Brief Explanation
1؎: That is, O Helper, annihilate the enemy.
2؎: From this hadith, the permissibility of launching a night attack against disbelievers is established, provided that the call to Islam has already reached them.
2؎: From this hadith, the permissibility of launching a night attack against disbelievers is established, provided that the call to Islam has already reached them.
Explanation & Benefits
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.
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
