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Chapter: Permissibility of killing women and children in night raids, so long as it is not done deliberately

Hadith 1745 Part A

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It is reported on the authority of Sa'b b. Jaththama that the Prophet of Allah (ﷺ), when asked about the women and children of the polytheists being killed during the night raid, said

They are from them.

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Hadith 1745 Part B

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It is narrated by Sa'b b. Jaththama that he said (to the Holy Prophet)

Messenger of Allah, we kill the children of the polytheists during the night raids. He said: They are from them.

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Hadith 1745 Part C

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Sa'b b. Jaththama has narrated that the Prophet (ﷺ) asked

What about the children of polytheists killed by the cavalry during the night raid? He said: They are from them.

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