موطا امام مالك رواية يحييٰ
Muwatta Imam Malik (Riwayat Yahya)
كتاب الجهادBook: On the Explanation of Jihad
بَابُ مَا جَاءَ فِي الْوَفَاءِ بِالْأَمَانِWhat is reported about fulfilling trusts
Hadith 970B2
وَسُئِلَ مَالِك، عَنِ الْإِشَارَةِ بِالْأَمَانِ، أَهِيَ بِمَنْزِلَةِ الْكَلَامِ ؟ فَقَالَ : نَعَمْ وَإِنِّي أَرَى أَنْ يُتَقَدَّمَ إِلَى الْجُيُوشِ، أَنْ لَا تَقْتُلُوا أَحَدًا أَشَارُوا إِلَيْهِ بِالْأَمَانِ، لِأَنَّ الْإِشَارَةَ عِنْدِي بِمَنْزِلَةِ الْكَلَامِ، وَإِنَّهُ بَلَغَنِي، أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عَبَّاسٍ، قَالَ : " مَا خَتَرَ قَوْمٌ بِالْعَهْدِ إِلَّا سَلَّطَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِمُ الْعَدُوَّ "
Imam Malik, may Allah have mercy on him, was asked whether granting amnesty by gesture also holds the ruling of granting amnesty. He said: Yes, and in my opinion, it should be said to the people of the army that whomever you grant amnesty by gesture, then do not kill him, because gesture, in my view, is like saying it with the tongue. And it has reached me that Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas, may Allah be pleased with them both, said: No people ever broke a covenant except that Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, imposed an enemy over them.
