سنن أبي داود

Hadith 2644

Book 15: Jihad (Kitab Al-Jihad)

كِتَاب الْجِهَادِ

Chapter 104

Chapter: What The Idolates Are To Be Fought For.

باب عَلَى مَا يُقَاتَلُ الْمُشْرِكُونَ

English narration

Narrated by المقداد بن الأسود الكندي

Al Miqdad bin Al Aswad reported that he said “Messenger of Allah ﷺ tell me if I meet a man who is a disbeliever and he fights with me and cuts off one hand of mine with the sword and then takes refuge by a tree and says “I embraced Islam for Allah’s sake. Should I kill him, Messenger of Allah ﷺ after he uttered it (the credo of Islam)? The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said “Do not kill him”. I said “Messenger of Allah ﷺ, he cut off my hand. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, Do not kill him. I f you kill him, he will become like you before you kill him and you will become like him before he uttered his credo which he has uttered now.

النص العربي

حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ ، عَنِ اللَّيْثِ ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ ، عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ اللَّيْثِيِّ ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَدِيِّ بْنِ الْخِيَارِ ، عَنْ الْمِقْدَادِ بْنِ الْأَسْوَدِ ، أَنَّهُ أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّهُ قَالَ : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَرَأَيْتَ إِنْ لَقِيتُ رَجُلًا مِنَ الْكُفَّارِ فَقَاتَلَنِي ، فَضَرَبَ إِحْدَى يَدَيَّ بِالسَّيْفِ ثُمَّ لَاذَ مِنِّي بِشَجَرَةٍ ، فَقَالَ : أَسْلَمْتُ لِلَّهِ أَفَأَقْتُلُهُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ بَعْدَ أَنْ قَالَهَا ؟ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : "

لَا تَقْتُلْهُ ، فَقُلْتُ : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّهُ قَطَعَ يَدِي ، قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : لَا تَقْتُلْهُ فَإِنْ قَتَلْتَهُ فَإِنَّهُ بِمَنْزِلَتِكَ قَبْلَ أَنْ تَقْتُلَهُ وَأَنْتَ بِمَنْزِلَتِهِ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَقُولَ كَلِمَتَهُ الَّتِي قَالَ

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Reference: Sunan Abi Dawud 2644In-book: Book 15, Hadith 2644

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