Mishkat al-Masabih
Mishkat al-Masabih 3955
وَعَن رَبَاح بن الرَّبيعِ قَالَ: كُنَّا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي غزوةٍ فَرَأى الناسَ مجتمعينَ عَلَى شَيْءٍ فَبَعَثَ رَجُلًا فَقَالَ: «انْظُرُوا عَلَى من اجْتمع هَؤُلَاءِ؟» فَقَالَ: عَلَى امْرَأَةٍ قَتِيلٍ فَقَالَ: «مَا كَانَتْ هَذِهِ لِتُقَاتِلَ» وَعَلَى الْمُقَدِّمَةِ خَالِدُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ فَبَعَثَ رَجُلًا فَقَالَ: " قُلْ لِخَالِدٍ: لَا تَقْتُلِ امْرَأَة وَلَا عسيفا ". رَوَاهُ أَبُو دَاوُد
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Rabah ibn al-Rabiʿ reported: We were with the Messenger of God (peace and blessings be upon him) on a campaign when he saw people gathered around something. He sent a man and said, ‘Find out what they have gathered around.’ He reported, ‘A slain woman.’ The Messenger of God said, ‘She was not going to fight.’ Khalid ibn al-Walid was at the vanguard, so he sent a man and said, ‘Tell Khalid: Do not kill a woman or a hired laborer.’ Narrated by Abu Dawud.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The source term ʿasif refers to a hired worker; rendered descriptively.