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Mishkat al-Masabih 3973

Chapter: The Ordinance about Prisoners - Section 2

Not graded Mishkat al-Masabih 3973

Narrator:Ali

وَعَنْ عَلِيٍّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ:

" أَنَّ جِبْرِيلَ هَبَطَ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ لَهُ: خَيِّرْهُمْ يَعْنِي أَصْحَابَكَ فِي أُسارى بدر: القتلَ والفداءَ عَلَى أَنْ يُقْتَلَ مِنْهُمْ قَابِلًا مِثْلُهُمْ "

‘Ali reported God's Messenger as saying that Gabriel came down to him and said to him, “Give them (i.e. your companions) their choice regarding the prisoners at Badr whether they should be killed or ransomed on condition that a like number of them should be killed the following year.” They replied, “We shall accept ransom and have some of us killed.” Tirmidhi transmitted it, saying this is a gharib tradition.

Reported by At-Tirmidhi (No. 1567). Cited in Mishkat al-Masabih (No. 3973).

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Grades of other versions (4)
  • AuthenticAl-Albani صحيح — صحيح الترمذي (1567)
  • Good (hasan)Al-Albani حسن غريب — هداية الرواة (3900)
  • Good (hasan)At-Tirmidhi حسن غريب — سنن الترمذي (1567)
  • Al-Shawkani روي] نحوه مرسلا — نيل الأوطار (8/144)

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Differing grades Jami' at-Tirmidhi 1567

That the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said that Jibra'il had indeed descended upon him to say to him: "Tell them - meaning your Companions - to choose regarding the captives of Badr, between either killing them or ransoming the, so that the amount killed by them will correspond similarly to them." So…

جِبْرَائِيلَ هَبَطَ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ لَهُ خَيِّرْهُمْ يَعْنِي أَصْحَابَكَ فِي أُسَارَى بَدْرٍ الْقَتْلَ أَوِ الْفِدَاءَ عَلَى أَنْ يُقْتَلَ مِنْهُمْ قَابِلاً مِثْلُهُمْ ‏.‏ قَالُوا الْفِدَاءَ وَيُقْتَلَ مِنَّا ‏"

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  • مختصر الأحكام المستخرج على جامع الترمذي (1208)خَيِّرْهُمْ , يَعْنِي : أَصْحَابَهُ , فِي أُسَارَى بَدْرٍ : الْقَتْلُ ، أَوِ الْفِدَاءُ ، عَلَى أَنْ يُقْتَلَ مِنْكُمْ قَابِلا مِثْلُهُمْ . قَالُوا : الْفِدَاءُ وَيُقْتَلُ مِنَّا

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Authentic Sunan Abu Dawud 2690

‘Umar bin Al Khattab said “During the battle of Badr, the Prophet (ﷺ) took ransom”. Thereupon Allaah Most High sent down “It is not fitting for an Apostle that he should have prisoners of war until he hath thoroughly subdued the land. You look on the temporal goods of this world, but Allaah looketh…

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