Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab that a son of Kabibn Malik (Malik believed that ibn Shihab said it was Abd ar-Rahmanibn Kab) said, "The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and granthim peace, forbade those who fought ibn Abi Huqayq (a treacherous jewfrom Madina) to kill women and children. He said that one of the menfighting had said, 'The wife of ibn Abi Huqayq began screaming and Irepeatedly raised my sword against her. Then I would remember theprohibition of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and granthim peace, so I would stop. Had it not been for that, we would havebeen rid of her.' "
USC-MSA web (English) reference: Book 21, Hadith 8
Arabic reference: Book 21, Hadith 969