Hadith 6610

Chapter 8

باب 8

(8) باب تَحْرِيمِ قَتْلِ النِّسَاءِ وَالصِّبْيَانِ فِي الْحَرْبِ

(8) Chapter: The prohibition of killing women and children in war
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حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بِشْرٍ، وَأَبُو أُسَامَةَ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ، اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، قَالَ وُجِدَتِ امْرَأَةٌ مَقْتُولَةً فِي بَعْضِ تِلْكَ الْمَغَازِي فَنَهَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم عَنْ قَتْلِ النِّسَاءِ وَالصِّبْيَانِ .


It is narrated by Ibn 'Umar that a woman was found killed in one of these battles; so the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) forbade the killing of women and children.

Reference: Sahih Muslim 1744 b

In-book reference: Book 32, Hadith 29

USC-MSA web (English) reference(deprecated numbering scheme): Book 19, Hadith 4320