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Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi from Ibn Umar that the
Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, saw the
corpse of a woman who had been slain in one of the raids, and he
disapproved of it and forbade the killing of women and children.
Muwatta Malik Book 21, Hadith 9
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Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab that a son of Kab
ibn Malik (Malik believed that ibn Shihab said it was Abd ar-Rahman
ibn Kab) said, "The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant
him peace, forbade those who fought ibn Abi Huqayq (a treacherous jew
from Madina) to kill women and children. He said that one of the men
fighting had said, 'The wife of ibn Abi Huqayq began screaming and I
repeatedly raised my sword against her. Then I would remember the
prohibition of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant
him peace, so I would stop. Had it not been for that, we would have
been rid of her.' "
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Do not kill women or children or an
aged, infirm person. Do not cut down fruit-bearing trees. Do not
destroy an inhabited place. Do not slaughter sheep or camels except
for food. Do not burn bees and do not scatter them. Do not steal from
the booty, and do not be cowardly."