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الفتح الربانی
Fath al-Rabbani
كتاب الجهادBook of Jihad
بَابُ الْكَفِّ عَنِ الْمُحَارِبِ إِذَا عَرَفَ بِ لا سلامِ وَوَعِيدِ قَاتِلِهِ وَعُدْرِ مَنْ أَخْطَأَ فِي قَتْلِهِ لِعَدْمِ فَهُم كَلامِهِChapter on Refraining from Attacking the Combatant Who Is Known to Be Muslim, the Threat Against Killing Him, and the Excuse for Mistakenly Killing Him Due to Misunderstanding
Hadith 4982
اُردوEn
عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا قَالَ بَعَثَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ خَالِدَ بْنَ الْوَلِيدِ إِلَى بَنِي أَحْسِبُهُ قَالَ جَذِيمَةَ فَدَعَاهُمْ إِلَى الْإِسْلَامِ فَلَمْ يُحْسِنُوا أَنْ يَقُولُوا أَسْلَمْنَا فَجَعَلُوا يَقُولُونَ صَبَأْنَا صَبَأْنَا وَجَعَلَ خَالِدٌ بِهِمْ أَسْرًا وَقَتْلًا قَالَ وَدَفَعَ إِلَى كُلِّ رَجُلٍ مِنَّا أَسِيرًا حَتَّى إِذَا أَصْبَحَ يَوْمًا أَمَرَ خَالِدٌ أَنْ يَقْتُلَ كُلُّ رَجُلٍ مِنَّا أَسِيرَهُ قَالَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ فَقُلْتُ وَاللَّهِ لَا أَقْتُلُ أَسِيرِي وَلَا يَقْتُلُ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِي أَسِيرَهُ قَالَ فَقَدِمُوا عَلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَذَكَرُوا لَهُ صَنِيعَ خَالِدٍ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَرَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَبْرَأُ إِلَيْكَ مِمَّا صَنَعَ خَالِدٌ مَرَّتَيْنِ
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) sent Sayyiduna Khalid bin Walid (may Allah be pleased with him) towards the tribe of Banu Jadhimah. He invited this tribe to Islam, but they could not say in a good manner that they had become Muslims. Instead of saying "We have accepted Islam (Aslamna)," they started saying: "We have turned away, we have turned away (Saba'na, Saba'na)." On the other side, Sayyiduna Khalid (may Allah be pleased with him) began to imprison and kill them, and each one of us was given a prisoner, until when morning came, Sayyiduna Khalid ordered that each man should kill his own prisoner. Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: By Allah! Neither will I kill my prisoner, nor will any man among my companions kill his prisoner. Then, when they came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and informed him of the action of Sayyiduna Khalid (may Allah be pleased with him), the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) raised both his hands and said: O Allah! I declare myself free before You from what Khalid has done (i.e., I have nothing to do with this action). The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said this sentence twice.
Brief Explanation
Benefits: … The polytheists, while condemning the Muslims and seeking to disgrace them, would call them "Sabi’" (apostates), the meaning of which is to leave one’s religion. The reason for giving this name was that the Muslims had left the religion of their forefathers. When these people could not bring themselves to say the words "We have submitted" (aslamna), they began to say "We have apostatized" (saba’na). Their predominant assumption was that by uttering this phrase, they would save themselves from being killed. On the other hand, when Sayyiduna Khalid ibn al-Walid estimated that at the time of entering Islam, this phrase is not uttered, rather it is a word of condemnation, he began to kill them. The Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam disapproved of what Khalid ibn al-Walid had done.
