Sunan Abi Dawud · Jihad (Kitab Al-Jihad)
باب فِي فِدَاءِ الأَسِيرِ بِالْمَالِ
Chapter: Regarding Ransoming Captives With Wealth.
5 hadith · references 2690–2694
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Abu Dawud · 2690حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ حَنْبَلٍ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُوحٍ ، قَالَ : أَخْبَرَنَا عِكْرِمَةُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنَا سِمَاكٌ الْحَنَفِيُّ قَالَ : حَدَّثَنِي ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ ، قَاUmar bin Al Khattab said “During the battle of Badr, the Prophet ﷺ 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 subd6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 2691حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ الْعَيْشِيُّ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ حَبِيبٍ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ ، عَنْ أَبِي العنبسْ عَنْ أَبِي الشَّعْثَاءِ ، عَنْ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ، أَنّNarrated Abdullah ibn Abbas: The Prophet ﷺ fixed the ransom of the people of pre-Islamic Arabia at four hundred dirhams per head on the day of the battle of Badr.6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 2692إِنْ رَأَيْتُمْ أَنْ تُطْلِقُوا لَهَا أَسِيرَهَا وَتَرُدُّوا عَلَيْهَا الَّذِي لَهَا ، فَقَالُوا : نَعَمْ ، وَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَخَذَ عَلَيْهِ أَوْ وَعَدَهُ أَنْ يُخَلِّيَ سَبِيلَ زNarrated 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 6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 2693مَعِي مَنْ تَرَوْنَ وَأَحَبُّ الْحَدِيثِ إِلَيَّ أَصْدَقُهُ فَاخْتَارُوا إِمَّا السَّبْيَ وَإِمَّا الْمَالَ ، فَقَالُوا : نَخْتَارُ سَبْيَنَا ، فَقَامَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَأَثْنَى عَلَى الMarwan and Al Miswar bin Makhramah told that when the deputation of the Hawazin came to the Muslims and asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ to return to them their property, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to them “with me are 8 narratorsAbu Dawud · 2694رُدُّوا عَلَيْهِمْ نِسَاءَهُمْ وَأَبْنَاءَهُمْ فَمَنْ مَسَكَ بِشَيْءٍ مِنْ هَذَا الْفَيْءِ فَإِنَّ لَهُ بِهِ عَلَيْنَا سِتَّ فَرَائِضَ مِنْ أَوَّلِ شَيْءٍ يُفِيئُهُ اللَّهُ عَلَيْنَا ، ثُمَّ دَنَا يَعْنِي النَّبِيَّ صَلّNarrated Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-As: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ then said: Return to them (Hawazin) their women and their sons. If any of you withholds anything from this booty, we have six camels for him from the first bo6 narrators