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مسند احمد
Musnad Ahmad
ومن مسند بني هاشم
From the Musnad of Banu Hashim
مُسْنَدُ عَبْدِ اللّٰهِ بْنِ الْعَبَّاسِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ رَضِيَ اللّٰهُ عَنْهُمَا
Musnad of Abdullah ibn al-Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib (may Allah be pleased with them)
Musnad Ahmad 1967 — Musnad of Abdullah ibn al-Abbas ibn Abd
(حديث مرفوع) حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ ، حَدَّثَنَا الْحَجَّاجُ ، عَنْ عَطَاءٍ ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ، قَالَ : " كَتَبَ نَجْدَةُ الْحَرُورِيُّ إِلَى ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ يَسْأَلُهُ ، عَنْ قَتْلِ الصِّبْيَانِ ؟ وَعَنِ الْخُمُسِ ، لِمَنْ هُوَ ؟ وَعَنِ الصَّبِيِّ ، مَتَى يَنْقَطِعُ عَنْهُ الْيُتْمُ ؟ وَعَنِ النِّسَاءِ ، هَلْ كَانَ يَخْرُجُ بِهِنَّ أَوْ يَحْضُرْنَ الْقِتَالَ ؟ وَعَنِ الْعَبْدِ ، هَلْ لَهُ فِي الْمَغْنَمِ نَصِيبٌ ؟ قَالَ : فَكَتَبَ إِلَيْهِ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ ، أَمَّا الصِّبْيَانُ ، فَإِنْ كُنْتَ الْخَضِرَ تَعْرِفُ الْكَافِرَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِ فَاقْتُلْهُمْ ، وَأَمَّا الْخُمُسُ ، فَكُنَّا نَقُولُ إِنَّهُ لَنَا فَزَعَمَ قَوْمُنَا أَنَّهُ لَيْسَ لَنَا ، وَأَمَّا النِّسَاءُ ، فَقَدْ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَخْرُجُ مَعَهُ بِالنِّسَاءِ فَيُدَاوِينَ الْمَرْضَى وَيَقُمْنَ عَلَى الْجَرْحَى وَلَا يَحْضُرْنَ الْقِتَالَ ، وَأَمَّا الصَّبِيُّ ، فَيَنْقَطِعُ عَنْهُ الْيُتْمُ إِذَا احْتَلَمَ ، وَأَمَّا الْعَبْدُ ، فَلَيْسَ لَهُ مِنَ الْمَغْنَمِ نَصِيبٌ وَلَكِنَّهُ قَدْ كَانَ يُرْضَخُ لَهُمْ " .
Ata says that Najdah Haruri asked Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) in a letter about killing children, and inquired whose right is the khums (one-fifth share), when does the term "orphan" cease to apply to a child, can women be taken along in battle, and does a slave have any share in the spoils of war? Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) wrote in reply: As for children, if you are like Khidr (peace be upon him) and can distinguish between a believer and a disbeliever, then by all means kill them. As for the issue of khums, we used to say that it is our right, but our people think that it is not our right. As for women, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to take women along with him in battle; they would treat the sick and look after the wounded, but they did not participate in fighting. The stigma of orphanhood is removed from a child after he reaches maturity. As for the slave, he has no share in the spoils of war, but they used to be given a little something.
