Narrated Ibn Ti'li: We fought along with Abdur Rahman ibn Khalid ibn al-Walid. Four infidels from the enemy were brought to him. He commanded about them and they were killed in confinement. Abu Dawud said: The narrators other than Saeed reported from Ibn Wahb in this tradition: (killed him) with arrows in confinement. When Abu Ayyub al-Ansari was informed about it, he said: I heard the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم prohibiting to kill in confinement. By Him in Whose hands my soul is, if there were a hen, I would not kill it in confinement. Abdur-Rahman bin Khalid bin al-Walid was informed about it (the Prophet's prohibition). He set four slaves free.
Read More..Anas said “Eighty Makkahns came down from the mountain of Al Tan’im against the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم and his Companions at the (time of the) dawn prayer to kill them. The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم took them captive without fighting and the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم set them free. Thereupon Allaah Most High sent down “He it is Who averted their hands from you and your hands from them in the valley of Makkah, ” till the end of the verse.
Read More..Jubair bin Mutim reported the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم as saying about the prisoners taken at Badr. If Mutim bin Adi had been alive and spoken to me about these filthy ones, I would have left them for him.
Read More..Umar bin Al Khattab said “During the battle of Badr, the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم took ransom”. Thereupon Allaah Most High sent down “It is not fitting for an Messenger 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 to the Hereafter”. And Allaah is exalted in might and Wise. Had it not been for a previous ordainment from Allaah, a severe penalty would have reached you for the (ransom) that you took. Allaah then made the spoils of war lawful. Abu Dawud said “I heard that Ahmad bin Hanbal was asked about the name of Abu Nuh”. He said “What will you do with his name? His name is a bad one. Abu Dawud said “the name of Abu Nuh is Qurad. What is correct is that his name is Abd Al Rahman bin Ghazwan.
Read More..Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas: The Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم fixed the ransom of the people of pre-Islamic Arabia at four hundred dirhams per head on the day of the battle of Badr.
Read More..Narrated Aishah, Ummul Muminin: When the people of Makkah sent about ransoming their prisoners Zaynab sent some property to ransom Abul As, sending among it a necklace of hers which Khadijah had had, and (which she) had given to her when she married Abul As. When the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم saw it, he felt great tenderness about it and said: If you consider that you should free her prisoner for her and return to her what belongs to her, (it will be well). They said: Yes. The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم made an agreement with him that he should let Zaynab come to him, and the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم sent Zayd ibn Harithah and a man of the Ansar (the Helpers) and said: Wait in the valley of Yajij till Zaynab passes you, then you should accompany her and bring her back.
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