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Majma al-Zawaid — Hadith 9610

وَعَنِ الْأَسْوَدِ بْنِ سَرِيعٍ قَالَ : أَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - وَغَزَوْتُ مَعَهُ فَأَصَبْتُ ظَفَرًا ، وَقُتِلَ النَّاسُ يَوْمَئِذٍ ، حَتَّى قَتَلُوا الْوِلْدَانَ - وَقَالَ مَرَّةً : " الذُّرِّيَّةَ " - فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّمَا هُمْ أَبْنَاءُ الْمُشْرِكِينَ ؟ ثُمَّ قَالَ : " إِنَّ خِيَارَكُمْ أَبْنَاءُ الْمُشْرِكِينَ " . ثُمَّ قَالَ : " أَلَا لَا تَقْتُلُوا ذُرِّيَّةً ، أَلَا لَا تَقْتُلُوا ذُرِّيَّةً ، أَلَا لَا تَقْتُلُوا ذُرِّيَّةً ، فَإِنَّ كُلَّ نَسْمَةٍ تُولَدُ عَلَى الْفِطْرَةِ حَتَّى يُعْرِبَ عَنْهَا لِسَانُهَا ، فَأَبَوَاهَا يُهَوِّدَانِهَا أَوْ يُنَصِّرَانِهَا " .
رَوَاهُ أَحْمَدُ بِأَسَانِيدَ ، وَالطَّبَرَانِيُّ فِي الْكَبِيرِ وَالْأَوْسَطِ كَذَلِكَ ، إِلَّا أَنَّهُ قَالَ : فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ النَّبِيَّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - فَقَالَ : " مَا بَالُ أَقْوَامٍ جَاوَزَ بِهِمُ الْقَتْلُ حَتَّى قَتَلُوا الذُّرِّيَّةَ ؟ " . فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ ، وَالْبَاقِي بِنَحْوِهِ .
وَبَعْضُ أَسَانِيدِ أَحْمَدَ وَرِجَالِهِ رِجَالُ الصَّحِيحِ .
Sayyiduna al-Aswad bin Sari' (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: I came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and took part in a battle with him. I obtained a zafar (perhaps a knife is meant). People were killed that day, until they even killed the children (of the enemy) (here the narrator is in doubt about the Arabic word). A man said: "O Messenger of Allah, they were only the children of the polytheists!" Then he said: "The best of you are also the children of polytheists." Then he said: "Beware, do not kill children! Beware, do not kill children! Beware, do not kill children! Every soul is born upon the fitrah (natural disposition) until it is able to speak; then its parents make it a Jew or a Christian."
Ahmad recorded it with various chains. Al-Tabarani recorded it likewise in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir and al-Mu'jam al-Awsat, and he recorded: "News of this reached the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and he said: 'What is the matter with people who went beyond limits in killing, until they even killed the children?' Then a man said:" and after that the hadith is as before. The narrators of some of Ahmad's various chains are the narrators of the Sahih.
Hadith Reference مجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد / كتاب الجهاد / 9610
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