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مصنف ابن ابي شيبه
Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah
كتاب السير
Book of Military Conduct
من كان لا يقتل الأسير وكره ذلك
Those who did not kill a captive and disliked doing so
Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 35494 — Those who did not kill a captive
٣٥٤٩٤ - [حدثنا وكيع قال: ثنا أصحابنا عن حماد عن إبراهيم قال: الإمام في الأسارى بالخيار إن شاء فادى، وإن شاء مَنَّ وإن شاء قتل] (١).
Ibrahim said: The Imam has full choice concerning captives: if he wishes he may release them for a ransom, or release them as a favour, or else kill them.
