Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah

Hazrat Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with both of them) narrates that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) cut down and burned the date palm trees of Banu Nadir.

Hazrat Usama (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) sent me to a region called Abni. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Go there in the morning and then burn it.

Hazrat Sufyan says that it has reached me that Hazrat Umar bin Abdul Aziz gave the order to burn or said: that they should be burned.

Hazrat Suwaid bin Ghaflah (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates that Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) burned the heretics in the marketplace. When fire was thrown upon them, he (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Allah and His Messenger have spoken the truth." Then he (may Allah be pleased with him) turned back, and I followed behind him. He (may Allah be pleased with him) turned towards me and asked: "Are you Suwaid?" I said: "Yes!" I submitted: "O Commander of the Faithful! I heard that you were saying something?" He (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "O Suwaid! Indeed, I am with ignorant people. When you hear that I am saying something, then know that it is what the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) has said, and it is absolutely true."

Hazrat Abdur Rahman bin Ubaid, may Allah have mercy on him, narrates that his father, Hazrat Ubaid, may Allah have mercy on him, said: There were some people who used to take gifts and salaries and would pray with the people, but in secret, they would worship idols. These people were brought before Hazrat Ali, may Allah be pleased with him, bin Abi Talib, so he, may Allah be pleased with him, imprisoned them in the mosque or in jail. Then he said: O people! What is your opinion regarding those who take gifts and salaries with you and worship these idols? The people said: You, may Allah be pleased with him, should kill them. He, may Allah be pleased with him, said: No! Rather, I will deal with them in the same way as our ancestor Hazrat Ibrahim, peace be upon him, was dealt with. Thus, he, may Allah be pleased with him, burned them in the fire.

Hazrat Jarir (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Will you not relieve me from Dhi al-Khalasah?" This was the house of Khath'am, which was worshipped in the time of ignorance, and its name was the Yemeni Ka'bah. He (may Allah be pleased with him) says: I set out with one hundred and fifty horsemen, and we burned it until we made it like a mangy camel. Then Hazrat Jarir (may Allah be pleased with him) sent a man to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) to give him the good news of this. When he came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), he said: "By the One Who sent you with the truth, I did not come to you until we left that place like a mangy camel." So the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) prayed for blessings five times for Ahmas, his horse, and his men.

Hazrat Ibn Abdullah bin Hasan (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates that his father, Hazrat Abdullah bin Hasan (may Allah have mercy on him), did not consider there to be any harm in burning or cutting down trees in the enemy’s land.

Dawud (may Allah have mercy on him) says that ‘Ikrimah (may Allah have mercy on him) regarding this blessed verse { مَا قَطَعْتُمْ مِنْ لِینَۃٍ } Translation: Whatever tree you cut down. About this, he (may Allah have mercy on him) said: It refers to the date palm tree.

Hazrat Habib bin Abu Amrah (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates that Hazrat Saeed bin Jubair (may Allah have mercy on him) said: In this verse { مَا قَطَعْتُمْ مِنْ لِینَۃٍ }, by "Linat" is meant the date palm tree.

Hazrat Ikrimah (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates that Hazrat Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: In the verse { مَا قَطَعْتُمْ مِنْ لِینَۃٍ }, "leenah" refers to the date palm tree.