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1567. 'Ali narrated that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said that Jibrā'il had indeed descended upon him to say to him: "Tell them – meaning your Companions – to choose regarding the captives of Badr, between either killing them or ransoming them, so that the amount killed by them will correspond similarly to them." So they said: "Ransom, even though some of us may be killed." (Da'if)
There are narrations on this topic from Ibn Mas'ūd, Anas, Abū Barzah, and Jubair bin Muṭ'im.
[Abū 'Eisā said:] This Hadith is Hasan Gharib as a narration of Ath-Thawri. We do not know of it except through the report of Zā'idah.
Abū Usāmah reported similar to this from Hishām, from Ibn Sirīn, from 'Abīdah, from 'Ali, from the Prophet ﷺ.
Ibn 'Awn reported it from Ibn
Sīrīn, from 'Abidah, from 'Ali, from the Prophet ﷺ in Mursal form.
Abū Dāwūd Al-Hafrī's (a narrator in this chain) name is 'Umar bin Sa'd.
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Commentary
The Companions of the Prophet ﷺ preferred the opinion of Abū Bakr against the opinion of 'Umar. 'Umar gave the opinion to kill the prisoners of Badr, but Abū Bakr's opinion was to forgive them, and treat them with kindness as they were their relatives, and they should be released after receiving ransom from them. The money received from them as ransom could be used for religious works, and there was also possibility that in future they may accept Islam or their children may become Muslims. In the future if seventy of them were martyred, it would be their good fortune to attain the status of martyrs.
