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tabarani:4620Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥaḍramī > Saʿīd b. ʿAbd al-Jabbār al-Karābīsī > al-Mughīrah b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Abū al-Zinād

[Machine] We were with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in a battle, and Khalid ibn al-Walid was leading the people. Suddenly, they came across a dead woman on the road, and they were amazed by her appearance. The vanguard was the one who had caused her death. So, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ came and stood over her, then he said to a man, "Catch up with Khalid ibn al-Walid and tell him not to kill any offspring or captive."  

الطبراني:٤٦٢٠حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَضْرَمِيُّ ثنا سَعِيدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ الْكَرَابِيسِيُّ ثنا الْمُغِيرَةُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ عَنْ مُرَقَّعِ بْنِ صَيْفِيٍّ عَنْ جَدِّهِ رَبَاحِ بْنِ الرَّبِيعِ قَالَ

كُنَّا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فِي غَزْوَةٍ وَعَلَى مُقَدِّمَةِ النَّاسِ خَالِدُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ فَإِذَا امْرَأَةٌ مَقْتُولَةٌ عَلَى الطَّرِيقِ يَتَعَجَّبُونَ مِنْ خَلْقِهَا قَدْ أَصَابَتْهَا الْمُقَدِّمَةُ فَأَتَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَوَقَفَ عَلَيْهَا ثُمَّ قَالَ لِرَجُلٍ «أَدْرِكْ خَالِدَ بْنَ الْوَلِيدِ فَقُلْ لَا يَقْتُلَنَّ ذُرِّيَّةً وَلَا عَسِيفًا»  


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Collected by Ibn Ḥibbān, Ṭabarānī

ذِكْرُ الْخَبَرِ الدَّالِّ عَلَى أَنَّ النِّسَاءَ وَالصِّبْيَانَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْحَرْبِ إِذَا قَاتَلُوا قُوتِلُوا

ibnhibban:4789Abū Yaʿlá > Saʿīd b. ʿAbd al-Jabbār > al-Mughīrah b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Ḥizāmī > Abū al-Zinād

[Machine] "We were with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in a battle, and at the forefront of the people was Khalid bin Al-Walid. Suddenly, they came across a dead woman on the road and they were amazed by her physical appearance, as she had been struck by the attack at the forefront. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ approached her and stood over her, saying, 'Look, she was not fighting.' Then he said, 'Catch up with Khalid and do not kill any offspring or a captured person.'"  

ابن حبّان:٤٧٨٩أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو يَعْلَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْمُغِيرَةُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْحِزَامِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الزِّنَادِ عَنِ الْمُرَقَّعِ بْنِ صَيْفِيٍّ عَنْ جَدِّهِ رِيَاحِ بْنِ الرَّبِيعِ قَالَ

«كُنَّا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي غَزَاةٍ وَعَلَى مُقَدِّمَةِ النَّاسِ خَالِدُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ فَإِذَا امْرَأَةٌ مَقْتُولَةٌ عَلَى الطَّرِيقِ فَجَعَلُوا يَتَعَجَّبُونَ مِنْ خَلْقِهَا قَدْ أَصَابَتْهَا الْمُقَدِّمَةُ فَأَتَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَوَقَفَ عَلَيْهَا فَقَالَ » هَاهْ مَا كَانَتْ هَذِهِ تُقَاتِلُ « ثُمَّ قَالَ » أَدْرِكْ خَالِدًا فَلَا تَقْتُلُوا ذُرِّيَّةً وَلَا عَسِيفًا «  

tabarani:4622Sulaymān b. al-Ḥasan al-ʿAṭṭār > Abū Kāmil al-Jaḥdarī > al-Faḍl b. Sulaymān > Mūsá b. ʿUqbah > al-Muraqqaʿ > Shahid from his grandfather Rabāḥ b. al-Rabīʿ al-Ḥanẓalī

[Machine] "He informed him that he had gone out with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in a battle, and Khalid ibn Al-Walid was in the forefront. Then, Rabaah and the companions of the Prophet ﷺ passed by a woman who had been killed by the forefront. They gathered around her, observing her and her features, and were amazed by her. Until the Messenger of Allah ﷺ came and they moved back, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ looked at her, and said: 'She was not a combatant.' He looked at the faces of the people, then said to one of them: 'Catch up with Khalid ibn Al-Walid and tell him not to kill any offspring or a suckling.'"  

الطبراني:٤٦٢٢حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ الْعَطَّارُ ثنا أَبُو كَامِلٍ الْجَحْدَرِيُّ ثنا الْفَضْلُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ ثنا مُوسَى بْنُ عُقْبَةَ حَدَّثَنِي الْمُرَقَّعُ أَنَّهُ شَهِدَ عَلَى جَدِّهِ رَبَاحِ بْنِ الرَّبِيعِ الْحَنْظَلِيِّ

أَنَّهُ أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّهُ خَرَجَ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فِي غَزْوَةٍ وَكَانَ الْمُقَدِّمَةُ خَالِدَ بْنَ الْوَلِيدِ فَمَرَّ رَبَاحُ وَأَصْحَابُ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ عَلَى امْرَأَةٍ قُتَيْلَةٍ قَتَلَتْهَا الْمُقَدِّمَةُ فَاجْتَمَعُوا عَلَيْهَا يَنْظُرُونَ إِلَيْهَا وَإِلَى خَلْقِهَا وَيَتَعَجَّبُونَ مِنْهَا حَتَّى جَاءَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وتَفَرَّجُوا فَنَظَرَ إِلَيْهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ «مَا كَانَتْ هَذِهِ تُقَاتِلُ» فَنَظَرَ فِي وُجُوهِ الْقَوْمِ ثُمَّ قَالَ لِأَحَدِهِمْ «أَدْرِكْ خَالِدَ بْنَ الْوَلِيدِ فَقُلْ لَا تَقْتُلَنَّ ذُرِّيَّةً وَلَا عَسِيفًا»