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الفتح الربانی
Fath al-Rabbani
كتاب الجهادBook of Jihad
بَابُ جَوَازِ تَبِيْتِ الْكُفَّارِ وَإِنْ أَدَّى إِلَى قَتْلِ ذُرَارِيهِمْ تَبَعًاChapter on the Permissibility of Attacking the Disbelievers at Night Even if It Leads to Killing Their Women and Children Incidentally
Hadith 4988
اُردوEn
عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا أَنَّ الصَّعْبَ بْنَ جَثَّامَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ الدَّارُ مِنْ دُورِ الْمُشْرِكِينَ نُصَبِّحُهَا لِلْغَارَةِ فَنُصِيبُ الْوِلْدَانَ تَحْتَ بُطُونِ الْخَيْلِ وَلَا نَشْعُرُ فَقَالَ إِنَّهُمْ مِنْهُمْ
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that Sayyiduna Sa'b bin Jathamah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: O Messenger of Allah! (Suppose) there is a settlement of polytheists and we launch a sudden attack on it in the morning, and their children are killed under the horses, while we do not realize (who is being killed), then (what will be the ruling regarding the killing of those children)? The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Indeed, their children are also from among them.
Brief Explanation
Benefits: … In such a situation, it is permissible for children to be killed; this does not mean that it is permissible to deliberately kill the children of the polytheists. What is meant by this is that if, while reaching the polytheists, children are trampled in between, or in the case of a night raid their presence is not known and they are killed in the process, then there is no harm in it.
