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الفتح الربانی
Fath al-Rabbani
كتاب الجهادBook of Jihad
بَابُ الْكَفْ عَنْ قَصْدِ النِّسَاءِ وَالصَّبْيَانِ وارهْبَانِ وَالشَّيْخ القَانِي بِالْقَتْلِChapter on Refraining from Intentionally Targeting Women, Children, Monks, and Elderly Men for Killing
Hadith 5000
اُردوEn
عَنْ سَمُرَةَ بْنِ جُنْدُبٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ اقْتُلُوا شُيُوخَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ وَاسْتَحْيُوا شَرْخَهُمْ قَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ سَأَلْتُ أَبِي عَنْ تَفْسِيرِ هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ اقْتُلُوا شُيُوخَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ قَالَ يَقُولُ الشَّيْخُ لَا يَكَادُ أَنْ يُسْلِمَ وَالشَّابُّ أَيْ يُسْلِمُ كَأَنَّهُ أَقْرَبُ إِلَى الْإِسْلَامِ مِنَ الشَّيْخِ قَالَ الشَّرْخُ الشَّبَابُ
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Samurah bin Jundub (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Kill the brave and strong men of the polytheists who fight, and leave the minor children. Abdullah (may Allah have mercy on him) says: I asked my father, Imam Ahmad (may Allah have mercy on him), about the explanation of the hadith "Kill the elders of the polytheists," and he said: The issue with the elder is that it is unlikely that he will become a Muslim, whereas the boy is closer to accepting Islam than the elder. By "al-sharh" is meant the boys.
Brief Explanation
Benefits: … In this hadith, "shuyukh" refers to those people who have reached the age of forty years, that is, strong, battle-ready men. It does not refer to those elderly old men in whom strength and sound judgment have ceased.
