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المعجم الأوسط
Al-Mu'jam al-Awsat (Tabarani)
باب الألف
Names Beginning with the Letter Alif
مَنِ اسْمُهُ أَحْمَدُ
Those Named Ahmad
Al-Mu'jam al-Awsat 1997 — the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was on one
وَعَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ : كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ -صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ- فِي بَعْضِ مَغَازِيهِ ، فَسَأَلَهُ رَجُلٌ ، فَقَالَ : يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ، مَا تَقُولُ فِي اللَّاهِينَ ؟ فَسَكَتَ عَنْهُ ، وَلَمْ يَرُدَّ عَلَيْهِ كَلِمَةً ، فَلَمَّا فَرَغَ رَسُولُ اللهِ -صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ- مِنْ غَزْوِهِ وَظَهَرَ عَلَيْهِمْ ، إِذَا هُوَ بِصَبِيٍّ قَدْ وَقَعَ مِنْ مِنَصٍّ لَهُ ، فَإِذَا هُوَ يَبْحَثُ فِي الْأَرْضِ ، فَنَادَى مُنَادٍ : أَيْنَ السَّائِلُ ؟ فَأَقْبَلَ الرَّجُلُ حَتَّى أَتَى النَّبِيَّ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ سَلِمَ - ، فَنَهَى رَسُولُ اللهِ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ- ، عَنْ قَتْلِ الْأَطْفَالِ ، ثُمَّ ، قَالَ : اللهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا كَانُوا عَامِلِينَ .
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was on one of his military expeditions, and a man asked him (peace and blessings be upon him): "O Messenger of Allah! What do you say about the children (of the polytheists)?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) remained silent towards him and did not answer him a single word. Then when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) had finished his expedition and gained victory over them, suddenly his (peace and blessings be upon him) eyes fell upon a child who had fallen from his (cradle-like) resting place and was scratching at the ground. Then a caller called out: "Where is the questioner?" So the man came forward until he came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade the killing of children, then said: "Allah knows best what they would have done."
