Burning the lands of the enemy Sunan Ibn Majah 2844
Arabic hadith text
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رُمْحٍ، أَنْبَأَنَا اللَّيْثُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلمحَرَّقَ نَخْلَ بَنِي النَّضِيرِ وَقَطَعَ . وَهِيَ الْبُوَيْرَةُ فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ {مَا قَطَعْتُمْ مِنْ لِينَةٍ أَوْ تَرَكْتُمُوهَا قَائِمَةً } الآيَةَ
Translation
It wasnarrated from Ibn ‘Umar that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)burnedthe palm trees of Banu Nadir, and cut down Buwairah (the nameoftheir garden). Then Allah revealed the words
“What you (O Muslims)cut down of the palm trees (of the enemy), or you left themstanding...” [59:5]