المطالب العالية بزوائد المسانيد الثمانية
Al-Matalib al-'Aliyah
كتاب الجهاد
Book of Jihad
بَابُ النَّهْيِ عَنْ المثلة
The prohibition of mutilation
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قَالَ ابْنُ أَبِي عُمَرَ : حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ ، ثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الشُّعَيْثِيُّ ، عَنْ خَالِدِ بْنِ مَعْدَانَ ، قَالَ : نَهَى رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَنِ الْمُثْلَةِ .
It is narrated from Khalid bin Ma'dan (may Allah have mercy on him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade "cutting off a person's limbs and disfiguring the corpse (that is, mutilation, muthlah)". This report is mursal.
قَالَ الْحَارِثُ : حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ عُمَرَ ، ثَنَا ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ ، عَنْ مَكْحُولٍ قَالَ : إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ نَهَى جُيُوشَهُ أَنْ يُمَثِّلُوا بِأَحَدٍ مِنَ الْكُفَّارِ .
It is narrated from Makhul (may Allah have mercy on him): "The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) strictly forbade his armies from mutilating the corpse of any of the (slain) disbelievers (that is, disfiguring it by cutting off its limbs)." This report is mursal (because Makhul is a Successor and narrated directly from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) without mentioning a Companion), and moreover its chain is criticised because of the presence of Ibn Lahi'ah.
