37. The Book of Fighting [The Prohibition of Bloodshed]

It was narrated from Anas bin Malik that:

The Prophet said: "I have been commanded to fight the idolators until they bear witness to La ilaha illallah (there is none worthy of worship except Allah) and that Muhammad is His slave and Messenger. If they bear witness to La ilaha illallah and that Muhammad is His slave and Messenger, and they …

It was narrated from Anas bin Malik that :

The Messenger of Allah , and they face our Qiblah, eat our slaughtered animals, and pray as we do, then their blood and wealth become forbidden except for a right that is due, and they will have the same rights and obligations as the Muslims."

Maimun bin Siyah asked Anas bin Malik:

"O Abu Hamzah, what makes the blood and wealth of a Muslim forbidden?" He said: "Whoever bears witness to La ilaha illallah (there is none worthy of worship except Allah) and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah , faces our Qiblah, prays as we pray, and eats our slaughtered animals, he is a Muslim, and has the same rights and obligations as the Muslims."

It was narrated that Anas bin Malik said:

"When the Messenger of Allah , I will fight them for it.' 'Umar said: 'By Allah, as soon as I realized how certain Abu Bakr was, I knew that it was the truth.'"

It was narrated that Abu Hurairah said:

"When the Messenger of Allah , I will fight them for withholding it.' 'Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, said: 'By Allah, as soon as I realized that Allah has expanded the chest of Abu Bakr for fighting, I knew that it was the truth.'"

It was narrated that Abu Hurairah said:

"The Messenger of Allah say such and such?' He said: 'By Allah, I do not separate Salah and Zakah, and I will fight whoever separates them.' So we fought alongside him, and we realized that that was the right thing."

Abu Hurairah narrated that :

The Messenger of Allah said: "I have been commanded to fight the people until they say La ilaha illallah (there is none worthy of worship but Allah). Whoever says La ilaha illallah, his wealth and his life are safe from me except for a right that is due, and his reckoning will be with Allah."

It was narrated that Abu Hurairah said:

"When the Messenger of Allah , I will fight them for withholding it.' 'Umar said: 'By Allah, as soon as I saw that Allah has expanded the chest of Abu Bakr to fighting, I knew that it was the truth.'"

Abu Hurairah narrated that :

The Messenger of Allah said: "I have been commanded to fight the people until they say La ilaha illallah, and whoever says it, his life and his wealth are safe from me, except for a right that is due, and his reckoning will be with Allah."

It was narrated that Abu Hurairah said:

"So Abu Bakr decided to fight them, then 'Umar said: 'O Abu Bakr, how can you fight the people when the Messenger of Allah , I will fight them for withholding it.' 'Umar said: 'By Allah, as soon as I realized that Allah has expanded the chest of Abu Bakr to fight them, I knew that it was the truth.'…

It was narrated that Abu Hurairah said:

"The Messenger of Allah said: 'I have been commanded to fight the people until they say La ilaha illallah. If they say it, then their blood and wealth are prohibited for me, except for a right that is due, and their reckoning will be with Allah, the Mighty and Sublime."

It was narrated that Abu Hurairah said:

"The Messenger of Allah said: 'I have been commanded to fight the people until they say La ilaha illallah. If they say it, then their blood and wealth are prohibited for me, except for a right that is due, and their reckoning will be with Allah.'"

It was narrated from Abu Hurairah that :

The Messenger of Allah said: "We will fight the people until they say La ilaha illallah. If they say La ilaha illallah then their blood and their wealth become forbidden to us, except for a right that is due, and their reckoning will be with Allah."

It was narrated that An-Nu'man bin Bashir said:

"We were with the Messenger of Allah said: 'Do not kill him, for I have been commanded to fight the people until they say La ilaha illallah, and if they say it, their blood and their wealth are safe from me, except for a right that is due, and their reckoning will be with Allah.'"

It was narrated from An-Nu'man bin Salim that:

A man said to him: "The Messenger of Allah came to us while we were in a tent inside the Masjid of Al-Al-Madinah, and he said to us: 'It has been revealed to me that I should fight the people until they say La ilaha illallah.'" A similar narration.

It was narrated that An-Nu'man bin Salim said:

"I heard Aws say: 'The Messenger of Allah came to us when we were in a tent.'" And he quoted the same Hadith.

It was narrated that An-Nu'man bin Salim said:

"I heard Aws say: 'I came to the Messenger of Allah said: Leave him alone. Then he said: I have been commanded to fight the people until they say La ilaha illallah. If they say it, then their blood and their wealth become forbidden to me, except for a right that is due. (One of the narrators) Muham…

It was narrated from An-Nu'man bin Salim that:

'Amr bin Aws told him that his father Aws said: "The Messenger of Allah said: 'I have been commanded to fight the people until they bear witness to La ilaha illallah (there is none worthy of worship except Allah), then their blood and their wealth become forbidden to me, except for a right that is due."

It was narrated that Abu Idris said:

"I heard Mu'awiyah delivering the Khutbah, and he narrated a few Hadiths from the Messenger of Allah say: Every sin may be forgiven by Allah except a man who kills a believer deliberately, or a man who dies as a disbeliever.'"

It was narrated from 'Abdullah that:

The Prophet said: "No person is killed wrongfully, but a share of responsibility for his blood will be upon the first son of Adam, because he was the first one to set the precedence, of killing."

It was narrated that 'Abdullah bin 'Amr bin Al-'As said:

"The Messenger of Allah said: 'By the One in Whose Hand is my soul, killing a believer is more grievous before Allah than the extinction of the whole world.'"

It was narrated from 'Abdullah bin 'Amr that:

The Prophet said: "The extinction of the whole world is less significant before Allah than killing a Muslim man."

It was narrated that 'Abdullah bin 'Amr said:

"Killing a believer is more grievous before Allah than the extinction of the whole world."

It was narrated that 'Abdullah bin 'Amr said:

"Killing a believer is more grievous before Allah than the extinction of the whole world."

It was narrated from 'Abdullah bin Buraidah that his father said:

"The Messenger of Allah said: 'Killing a believer is more grievous before Allah than the extinction of the whole world.'"

It was narrated that 'Abdullah said:

"The Messenger of Allah said: 'The first thing concerning which a person will be brought to account will be the Salah, and the first thing concerning which scores will be settled among the people, will be bloodshed."

It was narrated that 'Abdullah said:

"The Messenger of Allah said: 'The first matter concerning which judgment will be passed among the people will be bloodshed.'"

It was narrated from 'Abdullah that:

The Messenger of Allah said: "The first matter concerning which scores will be settled among the people on the Day of Resurrection will be bloodshed."

It was narrated that 'Abdullah said:

"The first matter concerning which scores will be settled among the people on the Day of Resurrection will be bloodshed."

It was narrated that 'Amr bin Shurahbil said:

"The Messenger of Allah said: 'The first matter concerning which scores will be settled among the people on the Day of Resurrection will be bloodshed.'"

It was narrated that 'Abdullah said:

"The first matter concerning which scores will be settled among the people will be bloodshed."

It was narrated from 'Abdullah bin Mas'ud that:

The Prophet said: "A man will come, holding another man's hand, and will say: 'O Lord, this man killed me.' Allah will say to him: 'Why did you kill him?' He will say: 'I killed him so that the glory would be to you.' He will say: 'It is to Me.' Then (another) man will come holding another man's ha…

It was narrated that Abu 'Imran Al-Jawni said:

"Jundab said: 'So and so told me that the Messenger of Allah said: The slain will bring his killer on the Day of Resurrection and will say: Ask him why he killed me. He will say: I killed him defending the kingdom of so and so.'" Jundab said: "So be careful.'"

It was narrated from Salim bin Abi Ja'd that:

Ibn 'Abbas was asked about someone who killed a believer deliberately, then he repented, believed and did righteous deeds, and followed true guidance. Ibn 'Abbas said: "There is no way the repentance could avail him! I heard the Prophet say: 'He (the victim) will come hanging onto his killer, with …

It was narrated that Sa'eed bin Jubair said:

"The people of Al-Kufah differed concerning this Verse: "And whoever kills a believer intentionally." So I went to Ibn 'Abbas and asked him, and he said: 'It was revealed among the last of what was revealed, and nothing of it was abrogated after that.'"

It was narrated that Sa'eed bin Jubair said:

"I said to Ibn 'Abbas: 'Can a person, who killed a believer intentionally, repent?' He said: 'No.' I recited the Verse from Al-Furqan to him: 'And those who invoke not any other ilah (god) along with Allah, or kill such person as Allah has forbidden, except by right,' he said: 'This Verse was reveal…

It was narrated that Sa'eed bin Jubair said:

"Abdur-Rahman bin Abi Laila told me to ask Ibn 'Abbas about two Verses: 'And whoever kills a believer intentionally, his recompense is Hell.' I asked him and he said: 'Nothing of this has been abrogated.' (And I asked him about the Verse): 'And those who invoke not any other ilah (god) along with Al…

It was narrated from Ibn 'Abbas that :

Some people used to kill, and they did a great deal of it, and they used to commit adultery and they did a great deal of it, and they committed violations. They came to the Prophet and said: "O Muhammad, what you say and call people to is good, if only you could tell us that there is any expiation …

It was narrated from Ibn 'Abbas that :

Some of the people of Shirk came to Muhammad and said: "What you say and call people to is good, if only you could tell us that there is any expiation for what we have done." Then the Verses: "And those who invoke not any other ilah (god) along with Allah, or kill such a person as Allah has forbidd…

It was narrated from Ibn 'Abbas that:

The Prophet said: "The slain will bring his killer on the Day of Resurrection with his forelock and his head in his hand, and with his jugular veins flowing with blood, and will say: 'O Lord, he killed me,' until he draws near to the Throne." They mentioned repentance to Ibn 'Abbas and he recited t…

It was narrated that Zaid bin Thabit said:

"This Verse - 'And whoever kills a believer intentionally, his recompense is Hell' - was revealed six months after the Verse which was revealed in Surat Al-Furqan."

It was narrated from Zaid with regard Allah's saying:

"And whoever kills a believer intentionally, his recompense is Hell" that he said: "This Verse was revealed eight months after the Verse that is in Tabark Al-Furqan: "And those who invoke not any other ilah (god) along with Allah, or kill such person as Allah has forbidden, except by right."

It was narrated that Mujalid bin 'Awf said:

"I heard Kharijah bin Zaid bin Thabit narrate that his father said: (The Verse) 'And whoever kills a believer intentionally, his recompense is Hell' was revealed and we became worried about it. Then the Verse in Al-Furqan 'And those who invoke not any other ilah (god) along with Allah, or kill such …

Abu Ayyub Al-Ansari narrated that:

The Messenger of Allah said: "Whoever comes worshipping Allah and not associating anything with Him, establishing Salah, paying Zakah and avoiding major sins, Paradise will be his." They asked him about major sins and he said: "Associating others with Allah, killing a Muslim soul, and fleeing (from…

It was narrated that 'Ubaidullah bin Abi Bakr said:

"I heard Anas say: 'The Messenger of Allah said: The major sins are: Associating others with Allah (Shirk), disobeying one's parents, killing a soul (murder) and speaking falsely.'"

It was narrated from 'Abdullah bin 'Amr that:

The Prophet said: "The major sins are: Associating others with Allah, disobeying parents, killing a soul (murder) and swearing a false oath knowingly."

It was narrated from 'Ubaid bin 'Umair that :

His father - who was one of the Companions of the Prophet - told him: "A man said: 'O Messenger of Allah, what are the major sins?' He said: 'They are seven; the most grievous of which are associating others with Allah, killing a soul unlawfully and fleeing (from the battlefield) on the day of the …

It was narrated that 'Abdullah said:

"I said: 'O Messenger of Allah, which sin is the most grievous?' He said: 'Setting up a rival to Allah while it is He that has created you.' I said: 'Then what?' He said: 'Killing your child for fear that he may eat with you.' I said: 'Then what?' He said: 'Committing adultery with your neighbor's wife.'"

It was narrated that 'Abdullah said:

"I said: 'O Messenger of Allah, which sin is most grievous?' He said: 'Setting up a rival to Allah while it is He that created you.' I said: 'Then what?' He said: 'Killing your child so that he will not eat with you.' I said: 'Then what?' He said: 'Committing adultery with your neighbor's wife.'"

It was narrated that 'Abdullah said:

"I asked the Messenger of Allah , which sin is most grievous?" He said: "Shirk, setting up a rival to Allah, committing adultery with your neighbor's wife, and killing your child for fear of poverty, and that he may eat with you." Then 'Abdullah recited the Verse: "And those who invoke not any other…