Narrated Mu'adh ibn Jabal:
The Messenger of Allah (saws) said: If anyone fights in Allah's path as long as the time between two milkings of a she-camel, Paradise will be assured for him. If anyone sincerely asks Allah for being killed and then dies or is killed, there will be a reward of a martyr for him. Ibn al-Musaffa added from here: If anyone is wounded in Allah's path, or suffers a misfortune, it will come on the Day of resurrection as copious as possible, its colour saffron, and its odour musk; and if anyone suffers from ulcers while in Allah's path, he will have on him the stamp of the martyrs.
| Grade: | Sahih (Al-Albani) | صحيح (الألباني) | حكم : |
| Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 2541 |
| In-book reference | : Book 15, Hadith 65 |
| English translation | : Book 14, Hadith 2535 |
| حسن (الألباني) | حكم : |
| Reference | : Mishkat al-Masabih 3554 |
| In-book reference | : Book 16, Hadith 100 |
Abu Umamah bin Sahl bin Hunaif narrated: I was with `Uthman (رضي الله عنه) in the house when he was under siege. We would enter through an entrance... and he narrated a similar hadeeth. And he said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say:... and he narrated a similar hadeeth,
| Grade: | Sahih (Darussalam)] Sahih (Darussalam) [] (Darussalam) |
| Reference | : Musnad Ahmad 437, 438 |
| In-book reference | : Book 4, Hadith 35 |
| Reference | : Sunan an-Nasa'i 2856 |
| In-book reference | : Book 24, Hadith 239 |
| English translation | : Vol. 3, Book 24, Hadith 2859 |
| Grade: | Sahih (Darussalam) |
| Reference | : Sunan an-Nasa'i 4833 |
| In-book reference | : Book 45, Hadith 128 |
| English translation | : Vol. 5, Book 45, Hadith 4837 |
| Reference | : Sunan an-Nasa'i 4839 |
| In-book reference | : Book 45, Hadith 134 |
| English translation | : Vol. 5, Book 45, Hadith 4843 |
Zaid b. Wahb Juhani reported and he was among the squadron which was under the command of Ali (Allah be pleased with him) and which set out (to curb the activities) of the Khawarij. 'Ali (Allah be pleased with him) said:
| Reference | : Sahih Muslim 1066f |
| In-book reference | : Book 12, Hadith 204 |
| USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Book 5, Hadith 2333 |
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Narrated Isam al-Muzani:
The Messenger of Allah (saws) sent us in a detachment and said (to us): If you see a mosque or hear a mu'adhdhin (calling to prayer), do not kill anyone.
| Grade: | Da'if (Al-Albani) | ضعيف (الألباني) | حكم : |
| Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 2635 |
| In-book reference | : Book 15, Hadith 159 |
| English translation | : Book 14, Hadith 2629 |
Narrated Anas ibn Malik:
The Prophet (saws) passed by Hamzah who was disfigured (after being killed). He did not offer prayer over any martyr except him.
| Grade: | Hasan (Al-Albani) | حسن (الألباني) | حكم : |
| Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 3137 |
| In-book reference | : Book 21, Hadith 49 |
| English translation | : Book 20, Hadith 3131 |
Narrated AbuMusa:
The Prophet (saws) said: This people of mine is one to which mercy is shown. It will have no punishment in the next world, but its punishment in this world will be trials, earthquakes and being killed.
| Grade: | Sahih (Al-Albani) | صحيح (الألباني) | حكم : |
| Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4278 |
| In-book reference | : Book 37, Hadith 39 |
| English translation | : Book 36, Hadith 4265 |
Narrated Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-'As:
The Prophet (saws) said: If the property of anyone is designed to be taken away without any right and he fights and is killed, he is a martyr.
| Grade: | Sahih (Al-Albani) | صحيح (الألباني) | حكم : |
| Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4771 |
| In-book reference | : Book 42, Hadith 176 |
| English translation | : Book 41, Hadith 4753 |
[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
((ومعنى أنه بمنزلتك أي :معصوم الدم محكوم بإسلامه، ومعنى أنك بمنزلته أي : مباح الدم بالقصاص لورثته، لا أنه بمنزلته في الكفر؛ والله أعلم)).
| Reference | : Riyad as-Salihin 392 |
| In-book reference | : Introduction, Hadith 392 |
| Grade: | Sahih (Darussalam) |
| Reference | : Sunan Ibn Majah 2660 |
| In-book reference | : Book 21, Hadith 46 |
| English translation | : Vol. 3, Book 21, Hadith 2660 |
| Grade: | Da'if (Darussalam) |
| Reference | : Sunan Ibn Majah 2623 |
| In-book reference | : Book 21, Hadith 9 |
| English translation | : Vol. 3, Book 21, Hadith 2623 |
| Grade: | Sahih (Darussalam) |
| Reference | : Sunan an-Nasa'i 3331 |
| In-book reference | : Book 26, Hadith 136 |
| English translation | : Vol. 4, Book 26, Hadith 3333 |
| Grade: | Sahih (Darussalam) |
| Reference | : Sunan an-Nasa'i 4268 |
| In-book reference | : Book 42, Hadith 6 |
| English translation | : Vol. 5, Book 42, Hadith 4273 |
| Grade: | Sahih (Darussalam) |
| Reference | : Sunan an-Nasa'i 3770 |
| In-book reference | : Book 35, Hadith 10 |
| English translation | : Vol. 4, Book 35, Hadith 3801 |
| Grade: | Sahih (Darussalam) |
| Reference | : Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2043 |
| In-book reference | : Book 28, Hadith 8 |
| English translation | : Vol. 4, Book 2, Hadith 2043 |
[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
| Reference | : Riyad as-Salihin 89 |
| In-book reference | : Introduction, Hadith 89 |
| مُتَّفَقٌ عَلَيْهِ (الألباني) | حكم : |
| Reference | : Mishkat al-Masabih 4074 |
| In-book reference | : Book 20, Hadith 11 |
| لم تتمّ دراسته (الألباني) | حكم : |
| Reference | : Mishkat al-Masabih 4102 |
| In-book reference | : Book 20, Hadith 38 |
| صَحِيحٌ (الألباني) | حكم : |
| Reference | : Mishkat al-Masabih 5414 |
| In-book reference | : Book 27, Hadith 35 |
Narrated Al-Bara:
The Prophet prayed facing Bait-ulMaqdis (i.e. Jerusalem) for sixteen or seventeen months but he wished that his Qibla would be the Ka`ba (at Mecca). (So Allah Revealed (2.144) and he offered `Asr prayers(in his Mosque facing Ka`ba at Mecca) and some people prayed with him. A man from among those who had prayed with him, went out and passed by some people offering prayer in another mosque, and they were in the state of bowing. He said, "I, (swearing by Allah,) testify that I have prayed with the Prophet facing Mecca." Hearing that, they turned their faces to the Ka`ba while they were still bowing. Some men had died before the Qibla was changed towards the Ka`ba. They had been killed and we did not know what to say about them (i.e. whether their prayers towards Jerusalem were accepted or not). So Allah revealed:-- "And Allah would never make your faith (i.e. prayer) to be lost (i.e. your prayers offered (towards Jerusalem). Truly Allah is Full of Pity, Most Merciful towards mankind." (2.143)
| Reference | : Sahih al-Bukhari 4486 |
| In-book reference | : Book 65, Hadith 13 |
| USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Vol. 6, Book 60, Hadith 13 |
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Narrated Rafi` bin Khadij:
We were with the Prophet in Dhul-Hulaifa and there the people were struck with severe hunger. Then we got camels and sheep as war booty (and slaughtered them). The Prophet was behind all the people. The people hurried and fixed the cooking pots (for cooking) but the Prophet came there and ordered that the cooking pots be turned upside down. Then he distributed the animals, regarding ten sheep as equal to one camel. One of the camels ran away and there were a few horses with the people. They chased the camel but they got tired, whereupon a man shot it with an arrow whereby Allah stopped it. The Prophet said, "Among these animals some are as wild as wild beasts, so if one of them runs away from you, treat it in this way." I said. "We hope, or we are afraid that tomorrow we will meet the enemy and we have no knives, shall we slaughter (our animals) with canes?" The Prophet said, "If the killing tool causes blood to gush out and if Allah's Name is mentioned, eat (of the slaughterer animal). But do not slaughter with a tooth or a nail. I am telling you why: A tooth is a bone, and the nail is the knife of Ethiopians."
| Reference | : Sahih al-Bukhari 5498 |
| In-book reference | : Book 72, Hadith 24 |
| USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Vol. 7, Book 67, Hadith 406 |
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| Grade: | Hasan (Darussalam) |
| Reference | : Sunan an-Nasa'i 3149 |
| In-book reference | : Book 25, Hadith 65 |
| English translation | : Vol. 1, Book 25, Hadith 3151 |
| Grade: | Hasan (Darussalam) |
| Reference | : Sunan an-Nasa'i 3132 |
| In-book reference | : Book 25, Hadith 48 |
| English translation | : Vol. 1, Book 25, Hadith 3134 |
| Grade: | Sahih (Darussalam) |
| Reference | : Sunan an-Nasa'i 3194 |
| In-book reference | : Book 25, Hadith 110 |
| English translation | : Vol. 1, Book 25, Hadith 3196 |
| Grade: | Sahih (Darussalam) |
| Reference | : Sunan Ibn Majah 2616 |
| In-book reference | : Book 21, Hadith 2 |
| English translation | : Vol. 3, Book 21, Hadith 2616 |
| Grade: | Hasan (Darussalam) |
| Reference | : Sunan Ibn Majah 2663 |
| In-book reference | : Book 21, Hadith 49 |
| English translation | : Vol. 3, Book 21, Hadith 2663 |
| Grade: | Sahih (Al-Albani) | صحيح (الألباني) | حكم : |
| Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4667 |
| In-book reference | : Book 42, Hadith 72 |
| English translation | : Book 41, Hadith 4650 |
| Grade: | Sahih (Al-Albani) | صحيح (الألباني) | حكم : |
| Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4705 |
| In-book reference | : Book 42, Hadith 110 |
| English translation | : Book 41, Hadith 4688 |
| Grade: | Sahih Maqtu' (Al-Albani) | صحيح مقطوع (الألباني) | حكم : |
| Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4517 |
| In-book reference | : Book 41, Hadith 24 |
| English translation | : Book 40, Hadith 4503 |
| Grade: | Sahih (Al-Albani) | صحيح (الألباني) | حكم : |
| Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 2253 |
| In-book reference | : Book 13, Hadith 79 |
| English translation | : Book 12, Hadith 2245 |
| Grade: | Sahih (Darussalam), al-Bukhari (6930) and Muslim (1066)] (Darussalam) |
| Reference | : Musnad Ahmad 616 |
| In-book reference | : Book 5, Hadith 53 |
Abu Huraira reported that two women of the tribe of Hudhail fought with each other and one of them flung a stone at the other, killing her and what was in her womb. The case was brought to Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) and he gave judgment that the diyat (indemnity) of her unborn child is a male or a female slave of the best quality, and he also decided that the diyat of the woman is to be paid by her relative on the father's side, and he (the Holy Prophet) made her sons and those who were with them her heirs. Hamal b. al-Nabigha al-Hudhali said:
| Reference | : Sahih Muslim 1681c |
| In-book reference | : Book 28, Hadith 50 |
| USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Book 16, Hadith 4168 |
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It has been narrated on the authority of Anas that, on the Day of Hunain. Umm Sulaim took out a dagger she had in her possession. Abiu Talha saw her and said:
| Reference | : Sahih Muslim 1809a, b |
| In-book reference | : Book 32, Hadith 163 |
| USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Book 19, Hadith 4453 |
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Narrated Ibn `Abbas:
The first event of Qasama in the pre-lslamic period of ignorance was practiced by us (i.e. Banu Hashim). A man from Banu Hashim was employed by a Quraishi man from another branch-family. The (Hashimi) laborer set out with the Quraishi driving his camels. There passed by him another man from Banu Hashim. The leather rope of the latter's bag had broken so he said to the laborer, "Will you help me by giving me a rope in order to tie the handle of my bag lest the camels should run away from me?" The laborer gave him a rope and the latter tied his bag with it. When the caravan halted, all the camels' legs were tied with their fetters except one camel. The employer asked the laborer, "Why, from among all the camels has this camel not been fettered?" He replied, "There is no fetter for it." The Quraishi asked, "Where is its fetter?" and hit the laborer with a stick that caused his death (later on Just before his death) a man from Yemen passed by him. The laborer asked (him), "Will you go for the pilgrimage?" He replied, "I do not think I will attend it, but perhaps I will attend it." The (Hashimi) laborer said, "Will you please convey a message for me once in your life?" The other man said, "yes." The laborer wrote: 'When you attend the pilgrimage, call the family of Quraish, and if they respond to you, call the family of Banu Hashim, and if they respond to you, ask about Abu Talib and tell him that so-and-so has killed me for a fetter." Then the laborer expired. When the employer reached (Mecca), Abu Talib visited him and asked, "What has happened to our companion?" He said, "He became ill and I looked after him nicely (but he died) and I buried him." Then Abu Talib said, "The deceased deserved this from you." After some time, the messenger whom the laborer has asked to convey the message, reached during the pilgrimage season. He called, "O the family of Quraish!" The people replied, "This is Quraish." Then he called, "O the family of Banu Hashim!" Again the people replied, "This is Banu Hashim." He asked, "Who is Abu Talib?" The people replied, "This is Abu Talib." He said, "'So-and-so has asked me to convey a message to you that so-and-so has killed him for a fetter (of a camel)." Then Abu Talib went to the (Quraishi) killer and said to him, "Choose one of three alternatives: (i) If you wish, give us one-hundred camels because you have murdered our companion, (ii) or if you wish, fifty of your men should take an oath that you have not murdered our companion, and if you do not accept this, (iii) we will kill you in Qisas." The killer went to his people and they said, "We will take an oath." Then a woman from Banu Hashim who was married to one of them (i.e.the Quraishis) and had given birth to a child from him, came to Abu Talib and said, "O Abu Talib! I wish that my son from among the fifty men, should be excused from this oath, and that he should not take the oath where the oathtaking is carried on." Abu Talib excused him. Then another man from them came (to Abu Talib) and said, "O Abu Talib! You want fifty persons to take an oath instead of giving a hundred camels, and that means each man has to give two camels (in case he does not take an oath). So there are two camels I would like you to accept from me and excuse me from taking an oath where the oaths are taken. Abu Talib accepted them from him. Then 48 men came and took the oath. Ibn `Abbas further said:) By Him in Whose Hand my life is, before the end of that year, none of those 48 persons remained alive.
| Reference | : Sahih al-Bukhari 3845 |
| In-book reference | : Book 63, Hadith 70 |
| USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Vol. 5, Book 58, Hadith 185 |
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| Grade: | Sahih (Darussalam) |
| Reference | : Sunan an-Nasa'i 2018 |
| In-book reference | : Book 21, Hadith 201 |
| English translation | : Vol. 3, Book 21, Hadith 2020 |
| Grade: | Sahih (Darussalam) |
| Reference | : Sunan an-Nasa'i 2011 |
| In-book reference | : Book 21, Hadith 194 |
| English translation | : Vol. 3, Book 21, Hadith 2013 |
| Grade: | Da'if (Darussalam) |
| Reference | : Sunan an-Nasa'i 4012 |
| In-book reference | : Book 37, Hadith 47 |
| English translation | : Vol. 5, Book 37, Hadith 4017 |
| Grade: | Sahih (Darussalam) |
| Reference | : Sunan an-Nasa'i 4021 |
| In-book reference | : Book 37, Hadith 56 |
| English translation | : Vol. 5, Book 37, Hadith 4026 |
| Grade: | Sahih (Darussalam) |
| Reference | : Sunan an-Nasa'i 4040 |
| In-book reference | : Book 37, Hadith 75 |
| English translation | : Vol. 5, Book 37, Hadith 4045 |
| Grade: | Hasan (Darussalam) |
| Reference | : Sunan an-Nasa'i 4076 |
| In-book reference | : Book 37, Hadith 111 |
| English translation | : Vol. 5, Book 37, Hadith 4081 |
| Grade: | Sahih (Darussalam) |
| Reference | : Sunan an-Nasa'i 4275 |
| In-book reference | : Book 42, Hadith 13 |
| English translation | : Vol. 5, Book 42, Hadith 4280 |
| Grade: | Hasan (Darussalam) |
| Reference | : Sunan an-Nasa'i 3109 |
| In-book reference | : Book 25, Hadith 25 |
| English translation | : Vol. 1, Book 25, Hadith 3111 |
Abu Dawud said: Write (you people), for me, that is, the address of the Prophet (saws).
| Grade: | Sahih (Al-Albani) | صحيح (الألباني) | حكم : |
| Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4505 |
| In-book reference | : Book 41, Hadith 12 |
| English translation | : Book 40, Hadith 4490 |
That the Prophet (saws) ransomed two men for the Muslims with a man from the idolaters.
[Abu 'Eisa said:] This Hadith is Hasan Sahih.
The paternal uncle of Abu Al-Muhallab's name is 'Abdur Rahman bin 'Amr, and they also say it was Muhawiyah bin 'Amr. And Abu Qilabah's name is 'Abdullah bin Zaid Al-Jarmi (narrator in the chain)
This is acted upon according to most of the people of knowledge among the Companions of the Prophet(saws) and others. It is for the Imam to decide to be generous with whom he wills among the captives, or to kill whom he wills among them, or to ransom whom he wills among them. Some of the people of knowledge preferred killing over ransoming.
Al-Awzai' said: "It has been conveyed to me. that this Ayah is abrogated: Thereafter (is the time) either for generosity (to free them without ranson) or ransom (47:4). It was abrogated by: Kill them wherever you find them (2:191). This was narrated to us by Hannad (who said): "Ibn Al-Mubarak narrated to us, from Al-Awza'i."
Ishaq bin Mansur said: "I said to Ahmad: 'When the captives are captured' is killing or ransoming better to you?' He said: 'If they are able to ransom' then there is no harm in it. And if they kill, then I do not know of any harm in it.'" Ishaq said: "Wiping them out is better to me, unless it is someone well-known, so that it is hoped that a large amount will be obtained for him."
| Grade: | Sahih (Darussalam) |
| Reference | : Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1568 |
| In-book reference | : Book 21, Hadith 29 |
| English translation | : Vol. 3, Book 19, Hadith 1568 |
| Grade: | Da'if (Darussalam) |
| Reference | : Musnad Ahmad 150 |
| In-book reference | : Book 2, Hadith 67 |
Yahya related to me from Malik from Yahya ibn Said from Abu Salih as-Samman from Abu Hurayra that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "Had I not been concerned for my community, I would have liked never to stay behind a raiding party going out in the way of Allah. However, I do not find the means to carry them to it, nor do they find anything on which to ride out and it is grievous for them that they should stay behind me. I would like to fight in the way of Allah and be killed, then brought to life so I could be killed and then brought to life so I could be killed."
| USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Book 21, Hadith 40 |
| Arabic reference | : Book 21, Hadith 1000 |
| Grade: | Sahih (Darussalam) |
| Reference | : Sunan an-Nasa'i 2052 |
| In-book reference | : Book 21, Hadith 235 |
| English translation | : Vol. 3, Book 21, Hadith 2054 |