Darussalam · Volume 3
15. The Book Of JihādSunan Abi Dawud Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 2669 ¦ الجزء: 3 ¦ الصفحة: 53
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Hasan sahih
حسن صحيح
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Hasan sahih chain
(قلت: إسناد حسن صحيح، وصححه ابن حبان والحاكم والذهبي)
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2669. It was reported from Rabāh bin Rabī', who said: "We were with the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ in a battle. He saw some people gathered around something, so he sent a man, and said: 'Go and see what they have gathered for.' He came back and said: 'It was a woman who has been killed.' So he said: 'She would not have been fighting.' Khālid bin Al-Walīd was in the advanced guard, so he sent a man saying: 'Tell Khālid: "Do not kill a woman or a hired hand." (Sahih)
2669 - حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ الطَّيَالِسِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ الْمُرَقَّعِ بْنِ صَيْفِيِّ بْنِ رَبَاحٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي، عَنْ جَدِّهِ رَبَاحِ بْنِ رَبِيعٍ، قَالَ: كُنَّا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي غَزْوَةٍ فَرَأَى النَّاسَ مُجْتَمِعِينَ عَلَى شَيْءٍ فَبَعَثَ رَجُلًا، فَقَالَ: «انْظُرْ عَلَامَ اجْتَمَعَ هَؤُلَاءِ؟» فَجَاءَ فَقَالَ: عَلَى امْرَأَةٍ قَتِيلٍ. فَقَالَ: «مَا كَانَتْ هَذِهِ لِتُقَاتِلَ» قَالَ: وَعَلَى الْمُقَدِّمَةِ خَالِدُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ فَبَعَثَ رَجُلًا. فَقَالَ: «قُلْ لِخَالِدٍ لَا يَقْتُلَنَّ امْرَأَةً وَلَا عَسِيفًا»
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If a woman plays no part in fighting, then it is prohibited to kill her. The same rule holds good in the case of servants and elderly people.