Muwatta Malik #1009
Jihad
The Arabic includes the chain of narration (sanad) and the collector's commentary; the English translation shows the Prophet's words only.
حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنِ ابْنٍ لِكَعْبِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ، - قَالَ حَسِبْتُ أَنَّهُ قَالَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ كَعْبٍ، أَنَّهُ - قَالَ نَهَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم الَّذِينَ قَتَلُوا ابْنَ أَبِي الْحُقَيْقِ عَنْ قَتْلِ النِّسَاءِ وَالْوِلْدَانِ - قَالَ - فَكَانَ رَجُلٌ مِنْهُمْ يَقُولُ بَرَّحَتْ بِنَا امْرَأَةُ ابْنِ أَبِي الْحُقَيْقِ بِالصِّيَاحِ فَأَرْفَعُ السَّيْفَ عَلَيْهَا ثُمَّ أَذْكُرُ نَهْىَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَأَكُفُّ وَلَوْلاَ ذَلِكَ اسْتَرَحْنَا مِنْهَا .
Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab that a son of Kab
ibn Malik (Malik believed that ibn Shihab said it was Abd ar-Rahman
ibn Kab) said, "The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant
him peace, forbade those who fought ibn Abi Huqayq (a treacherous jew
from Madina) to kill women and children. He said that one of the men
fighting had said, 'The wife of ibn Abi Huqayq began screaming and I
repeatedly raised my sword against her. Then I would remember the
prohibition of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant
him peace, so I would stop. Had it not been for that, we would have
been rid of her.' "
About Muwatta Malik
This hadith is #1009 from Muwatta Malik, in the Book of Jihad.