Sunan Abi Dawud

Sunan Abi Dawud 2672

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ السَّرْحِ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ، - يَعْنِي ابْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ - عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، عَنِ الصَّعْبِ بْنِ جَثَّامَةَ، أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم عَنِ الدَّارِ مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ يُبَيَّتُونَ فَيُصَابُ مِنْ ذَرَارِيِّهِمْ وَنِسَائِهِمْ ‏.‏ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏"‏ هُمْ مِنْهُمْ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ وَكَانَ عَمْرٌو - يَعْنِي ابْنَ دِينَارٍ - يَقُولُ هُمْ مِنْ آبَائِهِمْ ‏.‏ قَالَ الزُّهْرِيُّ ثُمَّ نَهَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ عَنْ قَتْلِ النِّسَاءِ وَالْوِلْدَانِ ‏.‏

Translation

Ahmad ibn ‘Amr ibn al-Sarh narrated to us: Sufyan narrated to us, from al-Zuhri, from ‘Ubayd Allah—meaning Ibn ‘Abd Allah—from Ibn ‘Abbas, from al-Sa‘b ibn Jaththamah, that he asked the Prophet ﷺ about an enemy settlement raided at night, when some of their offspring and women were struck. The Prophet ﷺ said: ‘They are among them.’ ‘Amr—meaning Ibn Dinar—used to say: ‘They are like their fathers.’ Al-Zuhri said: Then, after that, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ prohibited killing women and children.