Narrated Abu Usayd as-Saeedi: The Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم said at the battle of Badr: When they come near you shoot arrows at them; and do not draw swords at them until they come near you.
Read More..Narrated Ali ibn Abu Talib: (At the battle of Badr) Utbah ibn Rabiah came forward followed by his son and his brother and cried out: Who will be engaged in single combat? Some young men of the Helpers responded to his call. He asked: Who are you? They told him. He said: We do not want you; we, in fact, want only our cousins. The Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم said: Get up Hamzah get up Ali; get up Ubaydah ibn al-Harith. Hamzah went forward to Utbah, I went forward to Shaybah; and after two blows had been exchanged between Ubaydah and al-Walid, they wounded one another severely; so we turned against al-Walid and killed him, and we carried Ubaydah away.
Read More..Narrated Abdullah ibn Masud: The Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم said: The most merciful of the people in respect of killing are believers (in Allah).
Read More..Narrated Samurah ibn Jundub: Al-Hayyaj ibn Imran ibn Husayn reported that a slave of Imran ran away. He took a vow to Allah that if he overpowers him, he will cut off his head. He then sent me (to Samurah ibn Jundub) to ask him about this question for him. I came to Samurah ibn Jundub and asked him. He said: The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم used to exhort us to give alms (sadaqah) and forbid us to mutilate (a slain). I then came to Imran ibn Husayn and asked him. He said: The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم used to exhort us to give alms (sadaqah) and forbid us to mutilate (a slain).
Read More..Abd Allaah bin (Masud) said “A woman was found slain in one of the battles of the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم. The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم forbade to kill women and children.
Read More..Narrated Rabah ibn Rabi: When we were with the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم 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.
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