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(6). 3084. 'Amr bin Murrah narrated that Abū 'Ubaidah bin 'Abdullāh narrated from 'Abdullāh bin Mas'ūd who said: "On the Day of Badr, when the captives were brought, the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: 'What do you say about these captives?' So he mentioned the story. And the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: 'Not one of them should be released without a ransom, or a blow to the neck.'" So 'Abdullāh bin Mas'ūd said: "O Messenger of Allāh! With the exception of Suhail bin Baiḍā', for indeed I heard him mentioning Islām." He said: "So the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ was silent." He said: "I have not seen a day upon which I was more fearful of stones falling from the heavens
upon my head than that day.” [He said:] “Until the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: ‘Except for Suhail bin Al-Baiḍā’.” He said: “And the Qur'ān was revealed in accordance with the view of ‘Umar: ‘It is not (fitting) for a Prophet that he should have prisoners of war until he has fought (his enemies thoroughly) in the land....,’ until the end of the Āyāt.” (Da'if)
[Abū 'Eisā said:] This Hadīth is Hasan. Abū 'Ubaidah bin 'Abdullāh did not hear from his father.
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The incident indicated in this Hadīth and the revelation of these Verses in accordance with the opinion of Umar; the detail of the incident is that the Muslims captured seventy disbelievers in the battle of Badr. With regard to these captives, Allāh granted the Muslims two options. Either to kill all the captives or to release them by taking ransom; in case of taking ransom the same number of Muslims would be killed in the next year. Giving them the right to choose any of the two options was in fact to test the Muslims over what option they would choose.
