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tabarani:2305Aḥmad b. ʿAmr al-Bazzār > Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Raḥīm Abū Yaḥyá Ṣāʿiqah > ʿAlī b. Thābit al-Dahhān > Abū Maryam ʿAbd al-Ghaffār b. al-Qāsim > Salamah b. Kuhayl > Shaqīq > Jarīr

[Machine] "When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ would send out his armies, he would say, 'In the name of Allah, and in the cause of Allah, and upon the religion of the Messenger of Allah, do not exceed the limits, do not betray, do not kill infants.'"  

الطبراني:٢٣٠٥حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو الْبَزَّارُ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحِيمِ أَبُو يَحْيَى صَاعِقَةَ ثنا عَلِيُّ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ الدَّهَّانُ ثنا أَبُو مَرْيَمَ عَبْدُ الْغَفَّارِ بْنُ الْقَاسِمِ عَنْ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ كُهَيْلٍ عَنْ شَقِيقٍ عَنْ جَرِيرٍ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا بَعَثَ جُيُوشَهُ قَالَ «بِسْمِ اللهِ وَفِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ وَعَلَى مِلَّةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ لَا تَغُلُّوا وَلَا تُمَثِّلُوا وَلَا تَقْتُلُوا وَلِيدًا»  


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abudawud:2613Abū Ṣāliḥ al-Anṭākī Maḥbūb b. Mūsá > Abū Isḥāq al-Fazārī > Sufyān > ʿAlqamah b. Marthad > Sulaymān b. Buraydah from his father

Sulaiman bin Buraidah reported on his father’s authority The Prophet ﷺ said “Fight in the name of Allaah and in the path of Allaah and with him who disbelieves in Allaah fight and do not be treacherous and do not be dishonest about boot yand do not deface (in killing) and do not kill a child.”  

أبو داود:٢٦١٣حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو صَالِحٍ الأَنْطَاكِيُّ مَحْبُوبُ بْنُ مُوسَى أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو إِسْحَاقَ الْفَزَارِيُّ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ بْنِ مَرْثَدٍ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ بُرَيْدَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ اغْزُوا بِاسْمِ اللَّهِ وَفِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ وَقَاتِلُوا مَنْ كَفَرَ بِاللَّهِ اغْزُوا وَلاَ تَغْدِرُوا وَلاَ تَغُلُّوا وَلاَ تُمَثِّلُوا وَلاَ تَقْتُلُوا وَلِيدًا  

ibnmajah:2857al-Ḥasan b. ʿAlī al-Khalāal > Abū Usāmah > ʿAṭiyyah b. al-Ḥārith Abū Rawq al-Hamdānī > Abū al-Gharīf ʿUbaydullāh b. Khalīfah > Ṣafwān b. ʿAssāl

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent us in a military detachment and said: ‘Go in the Name of Allah, and in the cause of Allah. Fight those who disbelieve in Allah. Do not mutilate, do not be treacherous, do not steal from the spoils of war, and do not kill children.’”  

ابن ماجة:٢٨٥٧حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْخَلاَّلُ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ حَدَّثَنِي عَطِيَّةُ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ أَبُو رَوْقٍ الْهَمْدَانِيُّ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو الْغَرِيفِ عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ خَلِيفَةَ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ بْنِ عَسَّالٍ قَالَ

بَعَثَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي سَرِيَّةٍ فَقَالَ سِيرُوا بِاسْمِ اللَّهِ وَفِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ قَاتِلُوا مَنْ كَفَرَ بِاللَّهِ وَلاَ تُمَثِّلُوا وَلاَ تَغْدِرُوا وَلاَ تَغُلُّوا وَلاَ تَقْتُلُوا وَلِيدًا  

malik:21-11Mālik > Balaghah > ʿUmar b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz Katab > ʿĀmil Min ʿUmmālih > Balaghanā

Yahya related to me from Malik that he had heard that Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz wrote to one of his governors, "It has been passed down to us that when the Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent out a raiding party, he would say to them, 'Make your raids in the name of Allah in the way of Allah. Fight whoever denies Allah. Do not steal from the booty, and do not act treacherously. Do not mutilate and do not kill children.' Say the same to your armies and raiding parties, Allah willing. Peace be upon you."  

مالك:٢١-١١وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ أَنَّهُ بَلَغَهُ أَنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ كَتَبَ إِلَى عَامِلٍ مِنْ عُمَّالِهِ أَنَّهُ بَلَغَنَا

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَانَ إِذَا بَعَثَ سَرِيَّةً يَقُولُ لَهُمُ اغْزُوا بِاسْمِ اللَّهِ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ تُقَاتِلُونَ مَنْ كَفَرَ بِاللَّهِ لاَ تَغُلُّوا وَلاَ تَغْدِرُوا وَلاَ تُمَثِّلُوا وَلاَ تَقْتُلُوا وَلِيدًا وَقُلْ ذَلِكَ لِجِيُوشِكَ وَسَرَايَاكَ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ وَالسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ  

ahmad:2728Abū al-Qāsim b. Abū al-Zinād > Ibn Abū Ḥabībah > Dāwud b. al-Ḥuṣayn > ʿIkrimah > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ would send out his armies, he would say, "Go forth in the name of Allah, and fight in the way of Allah. Those who disbelieve in Allah, do not betray them, do not deceive them, do not mutilate the dead bodies, do not kill children, and do not harm the people in monasteries."  

أحمد:٢٧٢٨حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْقَاسِمِ بْنُ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي ابْنُ أَبِي حَبِيبَةَ عَنْ دَاوُدَ بْنِ الْحُصَيْنِ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا بَعَثَ جُيُوشَهُ قَالَ اخْرُجُوا بِسْمِ اللهِ تُقَاتِلُونَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ مَنْ كَفَرَ بِاللهِ لَا تَغْدِرُوا وَلا تَغُلُّوا وَلا تُمَثِّلُوا وَلا تَقْتُلُوا الْوِلْدَانَ وَلا أَصْحَابَ الصَّوَامِعِ  

ahmad:18097Yūnus And ʿAffān > ʿAbd al-Wāḥid b. Ziyād > Abū Rawq ʿAṭiyyah b. al-Ḥārith > Abū al-Gharīf > ʿAffān Abū al-Gharīf ʿUbaydullāh b. Khalīfah > Ṣafwān b. ʿAssāl al-Murādī

[Machine] We sent the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , on a military expedition, and he said, "Attack in the name of Allah, in the path of Allah, and do not cheat, betray, pretend, or kill a child of the traveler. For the traveler, there are three wipes on the shoes, and for the resident, it is a day and a night." A'ffan said in his narration, "The Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , sent me."  

أحمد:١٨٠٩٧حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ وَعَفَّانُ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ بْنُ زِيَادٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو رَوْقٍ عَطِيَّةُ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْغَرِيفِ قَالَ عَفَّانُ أَبُو الْغَرِيفِ عُبَيْدُ اللهِ بْنُ خَلِيفَةَ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ بْنِ عَسَّالٍ الْمُرَادِيِّ قَالَ

بَعَثَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِي سَرِيَّةٍ فَقَالَ اغْزُوا بِسْمِ اللهِ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ وَلَا تَغُلُّوا وَلَاتَغْدِرُوا وَلَا تُمَثِّلُوا وَلَا تَقْتُلُوا وَلِيدًا لِلْمُسَافِرِ ثَلَاثٌ مَسْحٌ عَلَى الْخُفَّيْنِ وَلِلْمُقِيمِ يَوْمٌ وَلَيْلَةٌ قَالَ عَفَّانُ فِي حَدِيثِهِ بَعَثَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ  

أَبُو غَرِيفٍ عُبَيْدُ اللهِ بْنُ خَلِيفَةَ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ

tabarani:7397ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Raqāshī > ʿAbd al-Wāḥid b. Ziyād > Abū Rawq ʿAṭiyyah b. al-Ḥārith > Abū al-Gharīf ʿUbaydullāh b. Khalīfah > Ṣafwān b. ʿAssāl > Baʿathanī Rasūl Allāh

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah, may ﷺ , sent me on a military expedition and said, "Attack in the name of Allah, in the cause of Allah. Do not exceed the limits, do not betray, do not kill a child, and for the traveler, allow him three days and nights, and for the resident, one day and night to wipe over their sandals."  

الطبراني:٧٣٩٧حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الرَّقَاشِيُّ ثنا عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ بْنُ زِيَادٍ ثنا أَبُو رَوْقٍ عَطِيَّةُ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ ثنا أَبُو الْغَرِيفِ عُبَيْدُ اللهِ بْنُ خَلِيفَةَ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ بْنِ عَسَّالٍ قَالَ

بَعَثَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِي سَرِيَّةٍ فَقَالَ «اغْزُوا بِسْمِ اللهِ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ لَا تَغْلُوا وَلَا تَغْدِرُوا وَلَا تَقْتُلُوا وَلِيدًا وَلِلْمُسَافِرِ ثَلَاثَةُ أَيَّامٍ وَلَيَالِيهِنَّ وَلِلْمُقِيمِ يَوْمٌ وَلَيْلَةٌ يَمْسَحُ عَلَى الْخُفَّيْنِ»  

tabarani:11562ʿAlī b. al-Mubārak al-Ṣanʿānī > Ismāʿīl b. Abū Ūways > Ibrāhīm b. Ismāʿīl b. Abū Ḥabībah > Dāwud b. al-Ḥuṣayn > ʿIkrimah > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] About the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , it has been narrated that when he would send out his armies, he would say, "Go out in the name of Allah, fight for the cause of Allah. Do not commit excesses, do not mutilate, do not kill children, and do not kill those who are in places of worship."  

الطبراني:١١٥٦٢حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ الصَّنْعَانِيُّ ثنا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ أَبِي أُوَيْسٍ ثنا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ أَبِي حَبِيبَةَ عَنْ دَاوُدَ بْنِ الْحُصَيْنِ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَنَّهُ كَانَ إِذَا بَعَثَ جُيُوشَهُ قَالَ «اخْرُجُوا بِسْمِ اللهِ تُقَاتِلُوا فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ مَنْ كَفَرَ بِاللهِ لَا تَعْتْدُوا وَلَا تُمَثِّلُوا وَلَا تَقْتُلُوا الْوِلْدَانَ وَلَا أَصْحَابَ الصَّوَامِعِ»  

tabarani:2304Muḥammad b. ʿAmr b. Khālid al-Ḥarrānī from my father > Ibn Lahīʿah > ʿAbd Rabbih b. Saʿīd > Salamah > Shaqīq > Jarīr

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ used to say, "In the name of Allah, and for the sake of Allah, and on the path of the Messenger of Allah, do not cheat, betray, imitate, or kill children."  

الطبراني:٢٣٠٤حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ خَالِدٍ الْحَرَّانِيُّ ثنا أَبِي ثنا ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ رَبِّهِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ شَقِيقٍ عَنْ جَرِيرٍ قَالَ

كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِذَا بَعَثَ سَرِيَّةً قَالَ «بِسْمِ اللهِ وَفِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ وَعَلَى مِلَّةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ لَا تَغُلُّوا وَلَا تَغْدِرُوا وَلَا تُمَثِّلُوا وَلَا تَقْتُلُوا الْوِلْدَانَ»