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Sahih al-Bukhari 7189 (Book 93, Hadith 51) #6906
Encouraging Mercy

SUMMARY: The Prophet ﷺ disapproved of Khalid bin Al-Walid's actions of killing and taking captives from the tribe of Bani Jadhima, and instead encouraged mercy.

Narrated Ibn 'Umar: The Prophet sent (an army unit under the command of) Khalid bin Al-Walid to fight against the tribe of Bani Jadhima and those people could not express themselves by saying, "Aslamna," but they said, "Saba'na! Saba'na! " Khalid kept on killing some of them and taking some others as captives, and he gave a captive to everyone of us and ordered everyone of us to kill his captive. I said, "By Allah, I shall not kill my captive and none of my companions shall kill his captive!" Then we mentioned that to the Prophet and he said, "O Allah! I am free from what Khalid bin Al-Walid has done," and repeated it twice.
حَدَّثَنَا مَحْمُودٌ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ، أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ سَالِمٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، بَعَثَ النَّبِيُّ خَالِدًا ح وَحَدَّثَنِي نُعَيْمٌ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ سَالِمٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ بَعَثَ النَّبِيُّ خَالِدَ بْنَ الْوَلِيدِ إِلَى بَنِي جَذِيمَةَ فَلَمْ يُحْسِنُوا أَنْ يَقُولُوا أَسْلَمْنَا‏.‏ فَقَالُوا صَبَأْنَا صَبَأْنَا، فَجَعَلَ خَالِدٌ يَقْتُلُ وَيَأْسِرُ، وَدَفَعَ إِلَى كُلِّ رَجُلٌ مِنَّا أَسِيرَهُ، فَأَمَرَ كُلَّ رَجُلٍ مِنَّا أَنْ يَقْتُلَ أَسِيرَهُ، فَقُلْتُ وَاللَّهِ لاَ أَقْتُلُ أَسِيرِي وَلاَ يَقْتُلُ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِي أَسِيرَهُ‏.‏ فَذَكَرْنَا ذَلِكَ لِلنَّبِيِّ فَقَالَ ‏ "‏ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَبْرَأُ إِلَيْكَ مِمَّا صَنَعَ خَالِدُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ ‏"‏، مَرَّتَيْنِ‏.‏

TOPICS
mercy  *  killing  *  captives

QUICK LESSONS:
Show kindness and compassion towards others even in times of war or conflict; Strive to do what is right even if it goes against popular opinion or practice at the time; Be merciful to others; Follow God’s commands; Respect other people’s rights; Do not take advantage of your power over others.

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith is about the Prophet's disapproval of Khalid bin Al-Walid's actions against the tribe of Bani Jadhima. Instead, he encouraged mercy towards them. He said "O Allah! I am free from what Khalid bin Al-Walid has done," twice to emphasize his point. This hadith teaches us that we should be merciful to others, even in times of war or conflict. We should not take advantage of our power over others and instead show kindness and compassion towards them. It also teaches us that we should always strive to do what is right, even if it goes against popular opinion or practice at the time.

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