سنن ابي داود
Abu Dawud
كتاب الجهادJihad (Kitab Al-Jihad)
باب فِي قَتْلِ النِّسَاءِChapter: Regarding Killing Women.
Hadith 2672
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ السَّرْحِ ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ ، عَنْ الزُّهْرِيِّ ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ يَعْنِي ابْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ، عَنْ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ، عَنْ الصَّعْبِ ابْنِ جَثَّامَةَ ، أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَنِ الدَّارِ مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ يُبَيَّتُونَ فَيُصَابُ مِنْ ذَرَارِيِّهِمْ وَنِسَائِهِمْ ، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " هُمْ مِنْهُمْ ، وَكَانَ عَمْرٌو يَعْنِي ابْنَ دِينَارٍ يَقُولُ : هُمْ مِنْ آبَائِهِمْ ، قَالَ الزُّهْرِيُّ : ثُمَّ نَهَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ " عَنْ قَتْلِ النِّسَاءِ وَالْوِلْدَانِ " .
Al Sab bin Jaththamah said that he asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about the polytheists whose settlemnst were attacked at night when some of their offspring and women were smitten. The Prophet ﷺ “They are of them. Amr bin Dinar used to say “they are regarded in the same way as their parents. ” Al-Zuhri said: Thereafter the Messenger of Allah ﷺ prohibited to kill women and children.
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Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
Benefits and Issues:
➊ It is prohibited to deliberately kill women and children.
➋ In situations such as night raids, when distinguishing (between combatants and non-combatants) becomes difficult, it is excused.
➌ Or, if in order to reach the adults, it becomes necessary to kill them (women and children), then it is permissible.
➍ Shaykh al-Albani (rahimahullah) states that the words, "After this, the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) forbade the killing of women and children," are not authentic.
➊ It is prohibited to deliberately kill women and children.
➋ In situations such as night raids, when distinguishing (between combatants and non-combatants) becomes difficult, it is excused.
➌ Or, if in order to reach the adults, it becomes necessary to kill them (women and children), then it is permissible.
➍ Shaykh al-Albani (rahimahullah) states that the words, "After this, the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) forbade the killing of women and children," are not authentic.
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 2672
Shaykh Muhammad Ibrahim bin Basheer
Benefit:
It is prohibited to kill women and children in jihad. [صحيح البخاري 3015] Similarly, the killing of the elderly has also been prohibited. However, if a night raid is carried out against the people of the land of war (dar al-harb), and (without any intention) their children and offspring are killed in it, then the same ruling will apply, because at night, in the darkness, it becomes difficult to distinguish between children and women. In such a situation, if children, the elderly, or women are killed, then there is no harm in it.
It is prohibited to kill women and children in jihad. [صحيح البخاري 3015] Similarly, the killing of the elderly has also been prohibited. However, if a night raid is carried out against the people of the land of war (dar al-harb), and (without any intention) their children and offspring are killed in it, then the same ruling will apply, because at night, in the darkness, it becomes difficult to distinguish between children and women. In such a situation, if children, the elderly, or women are killed, then there is no harm in it.
Source: Musnad al-Humaydi: Commentary by Muhammad Ibrahim bin Bashir, Page: 799
