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Mu'jam Kabir Tabarani 822 — the Prophet ﷺ sent out a detachment

حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ مُوسَى، ثنا يَعْلَى بْنُ عَبَّادِ بْنِ يَعْلَى، حَدَّثَنَا مُبَارَكُ بْنُ فَضَالَةَ، عَنِ الْحَسَنِ، عَنِ الْأَسْوَدِ بْنِ سَرِيعٍ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بَعَثَ سَرِيَّةً، فَبَلَغَ مِنْ قَتْلِهِمْ أَنْ قَتَلُوا الذُّرِّيَّةَ مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ، فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَقَالَ: «مَا بَالُ أَقْوَامٍ بَلَغَ مِنْ قَتْلِهِمْ أَنْ قَتَلُوا الذُّرِّيَّةَ مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ» فَقَالُوا: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ - وَذَكَرَ كَلِمَةً بَعْدَهَا - فَقَالَ: «أَوَلَيْسَ خِيَارُكُمْ أَوْلَادَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ، وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ مَا مَوْلُودٌ يُولَدُ إِلَّا عَلَى الْفِطْرَةِ حَتَّى يَكُونَ أَبَوَاهُ يُهَوِّدَانِهِ وَيُنَصِّرَانِهِ»
It is narrated from Sayyiduna al-Aswad bin Sari' (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) sent out a detachment, and at their hands even the children of the polytheists were killed. This reached the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "What is the matter with people that they have killed even the children of the polytheists?" They said: "O Messenger of Allah", and after that they said something else. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Are not the best of you from the very children of the polytheists? By the One in whose hand is my soul, every child is born upon the fitrah (natural disposition) until his parents make him a Jew or a Christian."
Hadith Reference المعجم الكبير للطبراني / باب الألف / 822
Hadith Takhrij المعجم الكبير للطبراني (مطبوعہ): جلد 1، صفحہ 283، حدیث 826