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Sunan Abu DawudJihad (Kitab Al-Jihad)

Sunan Abu Dawud 2669

Chapter: Regarding Killing Women

Authentic 4 scholars’ grades Sunan Abu Dawud 2669

Narrator:رباح بن الربيع التميمي

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ الطَّيَالِسِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ الْمُرَقِّعِ بْنِ صَيْفِيِّ بْنِ رَبَاحٍ، حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي، عَنْ جَدِّهِ، رَبَاحِ بْنِ رَبِيعٍ قَالَ كُنَّا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فِي غَزْوَةٍ فَرَأَى النَّاسَ مُجْتَمِعِينَ عَلَى شَىْءٍ فَبَعَثَ رَجُلاً فَقَالَ ‏"‏ انْظُرْ عَلاَمَ اجْتَمَعَ هَؤُلاَءِ ‏"‏ فَجَاءَ فَقَالَ عَلَى امْرَأَةٍ قَتِيلٍ ‏.‏ فَقَالَ ‏"‏ مَا كَانَتْ هَذِهِ لِتُقَاتِلَ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ وَعَلَى الْمُقَدِّمَةِ خَالِدُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ فَبَعَثَ رَجُلاً فَقَالَ ‏"‏

قُلْ لِخَالِدٍ لاَ يَقْتُلَنَّ امْرَأَةً وَلاَ عَسِيفًا

Narrated Rabah ibn Rabi':

When we were with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) on an expedition, he saw some people collected together over something and sent a man and said: See, what are these people collected around? He then came and said: They are round a woman who has been killed. He said: This is not one with whom fighting should have taken place. Khalid ibn al-Walid was in charge of the van; so he sent a man and said: Tell Khalid not to kill a woman or a hired servant.

Reported by Abu Dawud (No. 2669).

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Classical commentary

Al-Azimabadi — Awn al-Ma'bud

( عَنْ جَدّه رَبَاح ) : بِفَتْحِ الرَّاء وَالْمُوَحَّدَة ( بْن رَبِيع ) : بِفَتْحِ الرَّاء وَكَسْر الْمُوَحَّدَة. وَفِي التَّقْرِيب رَبَاح بْن الرَّبِيع بِفَتْحِ أَوَّله وَالْمُوَحَّدَة أَخُو حَنْظَلَة الْكَاتِب وَيُقَال بِكَسْرِ أَوَّله وَبِالتَّحْتَانِيَّةِ صَحَابِيّ لَهُ حَدِيث ( عَلَى اِمْرَأَة قَتِيل ) : أَيْ مَقْتُولَة وَإِذَا ذُكِرَ الْمَوْصُوف يَسْتَوِي فِي الْفَعِيل بِمَعْنَى الْمَفْعُول الْمُذَكَّر وَالْمُؤَنَّث قَالَهُ الْقَارِيّ ( مَا كَانَتْ هَذِهِ لِتُقَاتِل ) : اللَّام هِيَ الدَّاخِلَة فِي خَبَر كَانَ لِتَأْكِيدِ النَّفْي , كَقَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى { وَمَا كَانَ اللَّه لِيُطْلِعَكُمْ عَلَى الْغَيْب } ( وَعَلَى الْمُقَدِّمَة ) : بِكَسْرِ الدَّال وَيُفْتَح ( وَلَا عَسِيفًا ) : بِمُهْ…

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Scholars’ grades

ScholarGradeApplies toWork
Al-Albanid. 1420 AH AuthenticHasan Sahih حسن صحيح The hadith No. 2669
Shu'ayb al-Arna'utd. 1438 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 2669
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH Authentic chainIsnaad Sahih The chain only No. 2669
Muhammad Muhyi al-Din Abd al-Hamidd. 1392 AH AuthenticHasan Sahih The hadith No. 2669

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