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Message: <blockquote data-quote="sirajstc" data-source="post: 7014245" data-attributes="member: 91140">Killing of innocent civilians?!Killing of innocent civilians?!                                                                     <a href="http://www.answering-christianity.com/bassam_zawadi/did_prophet_muhammad_kill_innocents.htm" target="_blank">The Prophet  Prohibited The Killing of Women and Children!</a>                          (By Bassam Zawadi)                                                                     <a href="http://www.answering-christianity.com/karim/no_killing_of_civilians.htm" target="_blank">The Prophet prohibited                         the killing of women and children.</a>                          (By Karim) The Prophet Prohibited the Killing of Women and Children   There are so much hadith where the Prophet condemned the killing of innocent  women and children during time of war that it is impossible to deny them.     Saheeh  Bukhari  Volume 004, Book 052,  Hadith Number 257.    Narrated By 'Abdullah :  During some of the Ghazawat of the Prophet a woman was found killed. Allah's Apostle disapproved the killing of women and children.       Volume 004, Book 052,  Hadith Number 258.      Narrated By Ibn 'Umar :  During some of the Ghazawat of Allah's Apostle a woman was found killed, so Allah's Apostle forbade the killing of women and  children.          Saheeh  Muslim  Book 019, Hadith  Number 4319.    Chapter : Prohibition  of killing women and children in war.      It is narrated on the  authority of 'Abdullah that a woman was found killed in one of the battles fought by  the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him). He  disapproved of the killing of women and children.         Book 019, Hadith  Number 4320.    Chapter : Prohibition  of killing women and children in war.      It is narrated by Ibn  'Umar that a woman was found killed in one of these battles; so the Messenger of Allah (may  peace be upon him) forbade the killing of women and  children.          Sunan Abu  Dawood  Book 008, Hadith Number  2663.------------------------------Chapter : Not known.Narated By Rabah ibn Rabi' : When we were with the Apostle of Allah  (pbuh) on an expedition, he saw some people collected together over something and  sent a man and said: See, what are these people collected around? He then came and said: They  are round a woman who has been killed. He said: This is not one with whom fighting should  have taken place. Khalid ibn al-Walid was in charge of the van; so he sent a man and said:  Tell Khalid not to kill a woman or a hired servant.          Maliks Muwatta  Book 021, Hadith  Number 008.    Section : Prohibition  against Killing Women and Children in Military Expeditions.        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.'"       Book 021, Hadith  Number 009.      Section : Prohibition  against Killing Women and Children in Military Expeditions.          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.            Book 021, Hadith  Number 010.      Section : Prohibition  against Killing Women and Children in Military Expeditions.         Yahya related to me from  Malik from Yahya ibn Said that Abu Bakr as-Siddiq was sending armies to ash-Sham. He went  for a walk with Yazid ibn Abi Sufyan who was the commander of one of the battalions. It  is claimed that Yazid said to Abu Bakr, "Will you ride or shall I get down?" Abu  Bakrsaid, "I will not ride and you will not get down. I intend these steps of mine  to be in the way of Allah."      Then Abu Bakr advised  Yazid, "You will find a people who claim to have totally given themselves to Allah.  Leave them to what they claim to have given themselves. You will find a people who have  shaved the middle of their heads, strike what they have shaved with the sword.  "I advise you ten  things| 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."      The Prophet made some exceptions to the  Killing of Women and Children    Saheeh Bukhari  Volumn 004, Book 052, Hadith  Number 256. Narated By As-Sab bin Jaththama : The Prophet passed by me at a place  called Al-Abwa or Waddan, and was asked whether it was permissible to attack the pagan  warriors at night with the probability of exposing their women and children to danger. The  Prophet replied, "They (i.e. women and children) are from them (i.e. pagans)." I also  heard the Prophet saying, "The institution of Hima is invalid except for Allah and  His Apostle."    Saheeh Muslim  Book 019, Hadith Number  4321. Chapter : Permissibility of killing women and children in the night  raids, provided it is not deliberate. It is reported on the authority of Sa'b b. Jaththama that the Prophet of  Allah (may peace be upon him), when asked about the women and children of the polytheists  being killed during the night raid, said: They are from them.    There are many possible  meanings for these Hadith. I was kind of surprised when I read it at first. But we don’t  know the EXACT situation or what the Prophet truly meant. Maybe, maybe THOSE particular  women and children were planning to fight against the Muslims with the enemy.  Maybe the Muslim army  just could not have blown this chance to attack the enemy that they still had to attack them  no matter at what cost in order to stop the risk of more blood shed (do a little bad for  the greater good).  The very fact that the  companions of the Prophet asked the Prophet's permission shows that the Prophet used to be  strict regarding his prohibition on the killing of women and children. However, when a  situation arises and there is no choice, things could get ugly. The Prophet even forbade the  cutting down of palm trees in war, however during the siege of Banu Nadir the Prophet  had to make an exception. So exceptions do arise  unfortunately.   Imam Ibn Hajar Al Asaqalani  says in Fath Al- Baari that the point is not to target the women and children  intentionally but if there is absolutely no other way to kill the enemy than by injuring the  women and children because they are mixed with the men then there is no other choice. (Source: <a href="http://hadith.al-islam.com/Display/Display.asp?Doc=0&Rec=4747" target="_blank">http://hadith.al-islam.com/Display/Display.asp?Doc=0&Rec=4747</a>)  Another possibility is that the  hadith has been abrogated and that even if women and children accompany the enemy during  war then they still should not be killed. (See <a href="http://hadith.al-islam.com/Display/Display.asp?Doc=0&Rec=4747" target="_blank">http://hadith.al-islam.com/Display/Display.asp?Doc=0&Rec=4747</a>  for the evidence)  Imam Nawawi says in his tafseer  of Saheeh Muslim that women and children are only killed only if they cannot be  distinguished. But because it was so dark and they could not be distinguished, the Muslims had not  choice. (Source: <a href="http://hadith.al-islam.com/Display/Display.asp?Doc=0&Rec=4747" target="_blank">http://hadith.al-islam.com/Display/Display.asp?Doc=1&Rec=4215</a>)  The tafseer of Abu Dawud says  the same thing here (Source: <a href="http://hadith.al-islam.com/Display/Display.asp?Doc=4&Rec=3291" target="_blank">http://hadith.al-islam.com/Display/Display.asp?Doc=4&Rec=3291</a>) </blockquote>

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