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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."
Muwatta Malik Book 21, Hadith 10
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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.
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Yahya related to me from Malik that he had heard that Umar ibn
Abd al-Aziz wrote to one of his governors, "It has been passed down to
us that when the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him
peace, sent out a raiding party, he would say to them, 'Make your
raids in the name of Allah in the way of Allah. Fight whoever denies
Allah. Do not steal from the booty, and do not act treacherously. Do
not mutilate and do not kill children.' Say the same to your armies
and raiding parties, Allah willing. Peace be upon you."