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What The Idolators Are To Be Fought For

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Darussalam · Volume 3

15. The Book Of Jihād

Sunan Abi Dawud Darussalam English translation

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الحديث: 2644 ¦ الجزء: 3 ¦ الصفحة: 45

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2644. It was reported from 'Ubaidullāh bin 'Adī bin Al-Khiyār, from Al-Miqdād bin Al-Aswad, who informed him that he said: "O Messenger of Allāh! Tell me, if I meet a disbeliever and he fights me and strikes one of my hands with the sword, and then takes refuge by a tree, and says: 'I submit to Allāh.' Can I kill him O Messenger of Allāh after what he said?" The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: "Do not kill him." I said: "O Messenger of Allāh! But he cut off my hand!" The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: "Do not kill him. If you kill him, he will be in your position before you killed him, and you will be in his position before the words which he uttered.” (Sahīh)

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2644 - حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، عَنِ اللَّيْثِ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ اللَّيْثِيِّ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَدِيِّ بْنِ الْخِيَارِ، عَنِ الْمِقْدَادِ بْنِ الْأَسْوَدِ، أَنَّهُ أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّهُ قَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَرَأَيْتَ إِنْ لَقِيتُ رَجُلًا مِنَ الْكُفَّارِ، فَقَاتَلَنِي فَضَرَبَ إِحْدَى يَدَيَّ بِالسَّيْفِ، ثُمَّ لَاذَ مِنِّي بِشَجَرَةٍ، فَقَالَ: أَسْلَمْتُ لِلَّهِ أَفَأَقْتُلُهُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ بَعْدَ أَنْ قَالَهَا؟ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «لَا تَقْتُلْهُ». فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّهُ قَطَعَ يَدِي. قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «لَا تَقْتُلْهُ، فَإِنْ قَتَلْتَهُ فَإِنَّهُ بِمَنْزِلَتِكَ قَبْلَ أَنْ تَقْتُلَهُ، وَأَنْتَ بِمَنْزِلَتِهِ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَقُولَ كَلِمَتَهُ الَّتِي قَالَ»

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These texts inform of the gravity of killing someone who has professed Islam in such circumstances.