Those who disliked ransom with dirhams and other things

It is narrated from al-Hakam (may Allah have mercy on him) and Mujahid (may Allah have mercy on him) that Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) said: If you capture any of the idolaters and you are offered two mudds of dinars for him, do not accept the ransom.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Khalid bin Zayd (may Allah be pleased with him), whose eye had been lost in jihad in the region of al-Sus, who said: We besieged its city and faced great hardship. Our commander at that time was Sayyiduna Abu Musa (may Allah be pleased with him). A dihqan took a covenant of safety for himself and for his companions. Sayyiduna Abu Musa said: "Set them apart." The dihqan began setting them apart, and Sayyiduna Abu Musa (may Allah be pleased with him) said to his companions: "I hope that Allah will cause him to be deceived about himself." When he had set them apart, that enemy of Allah himself was left over. Sayyiduna Abu Musa (may Allah be pleased with him) gave orders concerning him. He offered a great deal of wealth as ransom, but he refused and struck his neck.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that on the day of al-Khandaq one of the disbelievers was killed, and the Muslims gained control of his corpse. The idolaters said to the Muslims: "Hand his corpse over to us, and in exchange we will give you 10,000 dirhams." This was mentioned to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "We have no need of his corpse (the carrion corpse) or of his blood money; this is foul blood money and a foul corpse."

It is narrated from al-Hakam (may Allah have mercy on him) that a man of the idolaters was killed at the Battle of al-Khandaq. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was offered money in exchange for his corpse, until they reached the amount of the blood money, but he (peace and blessings be upon him) refused to take it.

The same is also narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both).

It is narrated from Mujahid (may Allah have mercy on him) that "And slay them wherever you find them" [Al-Nisa: 89] abrogated the earlier ruling of releasing them for a ransom or as a favour.

Mujahid said concerning the Qur'anic verse "then either a favour afterwards or a ransom" [Muhammad: 4]: There is now no favour and no ransom.

It is narrated from Mujahid (may Allah have mercy on him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) sought counsel regarding the captives of the Battle of Badr. Sayyiduna Abu Bakr al-Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), these are your people, your kinsfolk and your cousins; take ransom from them and release them." Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Kill them all." Then this verse of the Noble Qur'an was revealed concerning this: "It is not for a prophet to have captives until he has inflicted slaughter in the land." [Al-Anfal: 67]

Mujahid said: Ithkhan (inflicting slaughter) means killing.