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Regarding The Prohibition of Plundering When Food Is Scarce In The Land of the Enemy

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Darussalam · Volume 3

15. The Book Of Jihād

Sunan Abi Dawud Darussalam English translation

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الحديث: 2705 ¦ الجزء: 3 ¦ الصفحة: 66

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2705. It was reported from 'Āsim, meaning Ibn Kulaib, from his father, from a man among the Anṣār: "We went out on a journey with the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ. The people endured extreme hardship and struggled. They acquired some spoils which they plundered. While our pots were boiling, the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ came with his bow touching the ground. He turned down our pots over with his bow, and started to smear the meat with dust, and then said: 'Plundering is not more lawful than Maitah,' or he said: 'Maitah is not more lawful then plundering.”The doubt is from Hannād (one of the narrators). (Sāḥih)

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2705 - حَدَّثَنَا هَنَّادُ بْنُ السَّرِيِّ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْأَحْوَصِ، عَنْ عَاصِمٍ يَعْنِي ابْنَ كُلَيْبٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ رَجُلٍ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ قَالَ: خَرَجْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي سَفَرٍ فَأَصَابَ النَّاسَ حَاجَةٌ شَدِيدَةٌ وَجَهْدٌ، وَأَصَابُوا غَنَمًا فَانْتَهَبُوهَا، فَإِنَّ قُدُورَنَا لَتَغْلِي إِذْ جَاءَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَمْشِي عَلَى قَوْسِهِ، فَأَكْفَأَ قُدُورَنَا بِقَوْسِهِ، ثُمَّ جَعَلَ يُرَمِّلُ اللَّحْمَ بِالتُّرَابِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: «إِنَّ النُّهْبَةَ لَيْسَتْ بِأَحَلَّ مِنَ الْمَيْتَةِ» أَوْ «إِنَّ الْمَيْتَةَ لَيْسَتْ بِأَحَلَّ مِنَ النُّهْبَةِ» الشَّكُّ مِنْ هَنَّادٍ

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