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Sahih Muslim 1745b

Chapter: Permissibility of killing women and children in night raids, so long as it is not done deliberately

Authentic hadith of Sahih Muslim Sahih Muslim 1745b

Narrator:As-Sa‘b ibn Jathhāma

حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ، أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ، اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُتْبَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، عَنِ الصَّعْبِ بْنِ جَثَّامَةَ، قَالَ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ

إِنَّا نُصِيبُ فِي الْبَيَاتِ مِنْ ذَرَارِيِّ الْمُشْرِكِينَ قَالَ ‏"‏ هُمْ مِنْهُمْ ‏"

It is narrated by Sa'b b. Jaththama that he said (to the Holy Prophet):

Messenger of Allah, we kill the children of the polytheists during the night raids. He said: They are from them.

Reported by Muslim (No. 1745b) and Ahmad (No. 15832, 16076).

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  • المعجم الكبير للطبراني (7317)نُصِيبُ فِي الْبَيَاتِ مِنْ ذَرَارِيِّ الْمُشْرِكِينَ ، قَالَ : هُمْ مِنْهُمْ
  • مصنف عبد الرزاق (9158)إِنَّا نُصِيبُ فِي الْبَيَاتِ مِنْ ذَرَارِي الْمُشْرِكِينَ ، قَالَ : هُمْ مِنْهُمْ

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