مشكوة المصابيح
Mishkat al-Masabih
كتاب الجهاد
The Book of Jihad
(بَيَانُ الشَّبْخُونِ أَيْ الْحَرْبِ فَجْأَةً فِي اللَّيْلِ)
(Statement on night raids, i.e., sudden warfare at night)
Hadith 3950
وَعَنْ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ الْأَكْوَعِ قَالَ: غَزَوْنَا مَعَ أبي بكر زمن النَّبِي صلى الله عَلَيْهِ وَسلم فبيَّتْناهُم نَقْتُلُهُمْ وَكَانَ شِعَارُنَا تِلْكَ اللَّيْلَةَ: أَمِتْ أَمِتْ. رَوَاهُ أَبُو دَاوُد
Salama b. al-Akwa‘ said:We went on an expedition with Abu Bakr in the time of the Prophet. We attacked the enemy by night and killed them, and our war-cry that night was “Put to death; put to death.” Abu Dawud transmitted it.
