The Chapters on Jihad

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Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Numayr narrated to us: Yūnus ibn Bukayr narrated to us, from Muḥammad ibn Isḥāq, from Yazīd ibn Rūmān, from ʿUrwah, from ʿĀʾishah, that the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: “War is deception.”

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Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Numayr narrated to us: Yūnus ibn Bukayr narrated to us, from Maṭar ibn Maymūn, from ʿIkrimah, from Ibn ʿAbbās, that the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: “War is deception.”

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Yaḥyā ibn Ḥakīm and Ḥafṣ ibn ʿAmr narrated to us, both saying: ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Mahdī narrated to us. Ḥ Muḥammad ibn Ismāʿīl informed us: Wakīʿ narrated to us. Both said: Sufyān narrated to us, from Abū Hāshim al-Rummānī—Abū ʿAbd Allāh said: he is Yaḥyā ibn al-Aswad—from Abū Mijlaz, from Qays ibn ʿAbbād, who said: I heard Abū Dharr swear that these verses were revealed about these six men on the day of Badr: “These are two adversaries who have disputed concerning their Lord,” through His words, “Indeed, God does whatever He wills.” They refer to Ḥamzah ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib, ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib, ʿUbaydah ibn al-Ḥārith, ʿUtbah ibn Rabīʿah, Shaybah ibn Rabīʿah, and al-Walīd ibn ʿUtbah; they disputed over the claims on the day of Badr.

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ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad narrated to us: Wakīʿ narrated to us: Abū al-ʿUmays and ʿIkrimah ibn ʿAmmār narrated to us, from Iyās ibn Salamah ibn al-Akwaʿ, from his father, who said: I fought a man in single combat and killed him, so the Messenger of God, peace and blessings be upon him, granted me his belongings as a share.

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Muḥammad ibn al-Ṣabbāḥ narrated to us: Sufyān ibn ʿUyaynah informed us, from Yaḥyā ibn Saʿīd, from ʿUmar ibn Kathīr ibn Aflah, from Abū Muḥammad, the client of Abū Qatādah, from Abū Qatādah, that the Messenger of God, peace and blessings be upon him, granted him the belongings of a man he had killed on the day of Ḥunayn.

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ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad narrated to us: Abū Muʿāwiyah narrated to us: Abū Mālik al-Ashjaʿī narrated to us, from Nuʿaym ibn Abī Hind, from Ibn Samurah ibn Jundub, from his father, who said: The Messenger of God, peace and blessings be upon him, said: “Whoever kills an enemy is entitled to his belongings.”

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Abū Bakr ibn Abī Shaybah narrated to us: Sufyān ibn ʿUyaynah narrated to us, from al-Zuhrī, from ʿUbayd Allāh ibn ʿAbd Allāh, from Ibn ʿAbbās, who said: al-Ṣaʿb ibn Jaththāmah narrated to us: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, was asked about the people of a polytheist land who are attacked at night, when women and children are struck. He said: “They are among them.”

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Muḥammad ibn Ismāʿīl narrated to us: Wakīʿ narrated to us, from ʿIkrimah ibn ʿAmmār, from Iyās ibn Salamah ibn al-Akwaʿ, from his father, who said: We campaigned with Abū Bakr against Hawāzin during the time of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him. We came to a watering place belonging to Banū Fazārah and camped there. At dawn we launched a raid against them. We came upon a settlement at a watering place, attacked them by night, and killed people in nine or seven tents.

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Yaḥyā ibn Ḥakīm narrated to us: ʿUthmān ibn ʿUmar informed us: Mālik ibn Anas narrated to us, from Nāfiʿ, from Ibn ʿUmar, that the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, saw a woman killed along a road and forbade killing women and children.

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Abū Bakr ibn Abī Shaybah narrated to us: Wakīʿ narrated to us, from Sufyān, from Abū al-Zinād, from al-Muraqqiʿ ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Ṣayfī, from Ḥanẓalah the scribe, who said: We campaigned with the Messenger of God, peace and blessings be upon him, and passed by a slain woman with people gathered around her. They moved aside for him, and he said: “She was not one of those who were fighting.” Then he said to a man: “Go to Khālid ibn al-Walīd and tell him: The Messenger of God commands you: Do not kill any children or hired laborers.” Abū Bakr ibn Abī Shaybah narrated to us: Qutaybah narrated to us: al-Mughīrah ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān narrated to us, from Abū al-Zinād, from al-Muraqqiʿ, from his grandfather Rabāḥ ibn al-Rabīʿ, from the Prophet, a similar report. Abū Bakr ibn Abī Shaybah said: al-Thawrī makes an error in this report.

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Muḥammad ibn Ismāʿīl ibn Samurah narrated to us: Wakīʿ narrated to us, from Ṣāliḥ ibn Abī al-Akhḍar, from al-Zuhrī, from ʿUrwah ibn al-Zubayr, from Usāmah ibn Zayd, who said: The Messenger of God, peace and blessings be upon him, sent me to a village called Ubna and said: “Go to Ubna in the morning, then burn it.”

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Muḥammad ibn Rumḥ informed us: al-Layth ibn Saʿd informed us, from Nāfiʿ, from Ibn ʿUmar, that the Messenger of God, peace and blessings be upon him, burned the date palms of Banū al-Naḍīr and cut them down. They were at al-Buwayrah, and God, Mighty and Majestic, revealed: “Whatever palm trees you cut down or left standing...” through the end of the verse.

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ʿAbd Allāh ibn Saʿīd narrated to us: ʿUqbah ibn Khālid narrated to us, from ʿUbayd Allāh, from Nāfiʿ, from Ibn ʿUmar, that the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, burned the date palms of Banū al-Naḍīr and cut them down. In connection with this, their poet said: “It was easy for the chiefs of Banū Luʾayy that a spreading fire blaze at al-Buwayrah.”

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ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad and Muḥammad ibn Ismāʿīl narrated to us, both saying: Wakīʿ narrated to us, from ʿIkrimah ibn ʿAmmār, from Iyās ibn Salamah ibn al-Akwaʿ, from his father, who said: We campaigned against Hawāzin with Abū Bakr during the time of the Messenger of God, peace and blessings be upon him. He granted me a captive woman from Banū Fazārah, among the most beautiful of the Arabs, wrapped in a covering. I did not uncover any of her clothing until I came to Medina. The Prophet met me in the marketplace and said: “May your father be blessed; give her to me.” I gave her to him, and he sent her to ransom some of the Muslim captives held in Mecca.

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ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad narrated to us: ʿAbd Allāh ibn Numayr narrated to us, from ʿUbayd Allāh, from Nāfiʿ, from Ibn ʿUmar, who said: One of his horses ran away and was taken by the enemy. The Muslims overcame them during the time of the Messenger of God, peace and blessings be upon him, and the horse was returned to him. He said: One of his slaves also fled and joined the Byzantines. The Muslims overcame them, and Khālid ibn al-Walīd returned the slave to him after the Messenger of God had died.

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Muḥammad ibn Rumḥ informed us: al-Layth ibn Saʿd informed us, from Yaḥyā ibn Saʿīd, from Muḥammad ibn Yaḥyā ibn Ḥibbān, from Abū ʿAmrah, from Zayd ibn Khālid al-Juhanī, who said: A man from Ashjaʿ died at Khaybar, and the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: “Pray over your companion.” The people objected, and their faces changed. When he saw this, he said: “Your companion committed misappropriation in the path of God.” Zayd said: They searched through his belongings and found some Jewish beads worth less than two dirhams.

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Hishām ibn ʿAmmār narrated to us: Sufyān ibn ʿUyaynah narrated to us, from ʿAmr ibn Dīnār, from Sālim ibn Abī al-Jaʿd, from ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAmr, who said: A man called Kirkirah was in charge of the Prophet belongings. He died, and the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: “He is in the Fire.” They went to look and found on him a cloak or mantle that he had misappropriated.

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ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad narrated to us: Abū Usāmah narrated to us, from Abū Sinān ʿĪsā ibn Sinān, from Yaʿlā ibn Shaddād, from ʿUbādah ibn al-Ṣāmit, who said: The Messenger of God, peace and blessings be upon him, led us in prayer on the day of Ḥunayn beside a camel from the spoils. Then he reached toward the camel and took a piece of its hair, meaning a tuft of wool, and held it between his fingers. He said: “People, this is part of your spoils. Return everything, from a thread and a needle to anything above or below that, for misappropriation is a disgrace for its perpetrator on the Day of Resurrection, bringing shame and fire.”

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Abū Bakr ibn Abī Shaybah and ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad narrated to us, both saying: Wakīʿ narrated to us, from Sufyān, from Yazīd ibn Yazīd ibn Jābir, from Makḥūl, from Zayd ibn Jāriyah, from Ḥabīb ibn Maslamah, that the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, granted a fifth share after the initial fifth had been set aside.

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ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad narrated to us: Wakīʿ narrated to us, from Sufyān, from ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn al-Ḥārith al-Zuraqī, from Sulaymān ibn Mūsā, from Makḥūl, from Abū Sallām al-Aʿraj, from Abū Umāmah, from ʿUbādah ibn al-Ṣāmit, that the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, granted a quarter share on the initial expedition and a third on the return.