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To Kill A Captive With An Arrow

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Darussalam · Volume 3

15. The Book Of Jihād

Sunan Abi Dawud Darussalam English translation

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الحديث: 2687 ¦ الجزء: 3 ¦ الصفحة: 60

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2687. It was reported from Ibn Ti'lā, who said: "We fought along with 'Abdur-Raḥmān bin Khālid bin Al-Walīd. Four who were strong among the enemies were brought. He ordered them to be killed in confinement." (Da'if) Abū Dāwūd said: Others, aside from Sa'eed, said to us, in this Hadīth; from Ibn Wahb: "With arrows in confinement. So when that reached Abū Ayyūb Al-Anṣārī, he said: 'I heard the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ prohibit killing a person in confinement. By the One in whose Hand my soul is! Even if it is a chicken I will not kill it in confinement.'" So this reached 'Abdur-Raḥmān bin Khālid bin Al-Walīd, so he freed the four slaves."

Arabic text

2687 - حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ وَهْبٍ، قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنِي عَمْرُو بْنُ الْحَارِثِ، عَنْ بُكَيْرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْأَشَجِّ، عَنِ ابْنِ تِعْلَى، قَالَ: غَزَوْنَا مَعَ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ خَالِدِ بْنِ الْوَلِيدِ، «فَأُتِيَ بِأَرْبِعَةِ أَعْلَاجٍ مِنَ الْعَدُوِّ فَأَمَرَ بِهِمْ فَقُتِلُوا صَبْرًا» قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ: قَالَ لَنَا غَيْرُ سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ ابْنِ وَهْبٍ، فِي هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ قَالَ: «بِالنَّبْلِ صَبْرًا»، فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ أَبَا أَيُّوبَ الْأَنْصَارِيَّ فَقَالَ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ «يَنْهَى عَنْ قَتْلِ الصَّبْرِ»، فَوَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَوْ كَانَتْ دَجَاجَةٌ مَا صَبَرْتُهَا، فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنَ خَالِدِ بْنِ الْوَلِيدِ فَأَعْتَقَ أَرْبَعَ رِقَابٍ

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