Yahya related to me from Malik from Yahya ibn Said that Abu Bakr
as-Siddiq was sending armies to ash-Sham. He went for a walk with
Yazid ibn Abi Sufyan who was the commander of one of the battalions.
It is claimed that Yazid said to Abu Bakr, "Will you ride or shall I
get down?" Abu Bakrsaid, "I will not ride and you will not get down. I
intend these steps of mine to be in the way of Allah."
Then
Abu Bakr advised Yazid, "You will find a people who claim to have
totally given themselves to Allah. Leave them to what they claim to
have given themselves. You will find a people who have shaved the
middle of their heads, strike what they have shaved with the sword.
"I advise you ten things: Do not kill women or children or an
aged, infirm person. Do not cut down fruit-bearing trees. Do not
destroy an inhabited place. Do not slaughter sheep or camels except
for food. Do not burn bees and do not scatter them. Do not steal from
the booty, and do not be cowardly."
Narrated by Yahya related to me from Malik from Yahya ibn Said that Abu Bakr
as-Siddiq was sending armies to ash-Sham. He went for a walk with
Yazid ibn Abi Sufyan who was the commander of one of the battalions.
It is claimed that Yazid said to Abu Bakr, "Will you ride or shall I
get down?" Abu Bakrsaid, "I will not ride and you will not get down. I
intend these steps of mine to be in the way of Allah."
Then
Abu Bakr advised Yazid, "You will find a people who claim to have
totally given themselves to Allah. Leave them to what they claim to
have given themselves. You will find a people who have shaved the
middle of their heads, strike what they have shaved with the sword.
"I advise you ten things:
This hadith is #1011 from Muwatta Malik, in the Book of Jihad and narrated by Yahya related to me from Malik from Yahya ibn Said that Abu Bakr
as-Siddiq was sending armies to ash-Sham. He went for a walk with
Yazid ibn Abi Sufyan who was the commander of one of the battalions.
It is claimed that Yazid said to Abu Bakr, "Will you ride or shall I
get down?" Abu Bakrsaid, "I will not ride and you will not get down. I
intend these steps of mine to be in the way of Allah."
Then
Abu Bakr advised Yazid, "You will find a people who claim to have
totally given themselves to Allah. Leave them to what they claim to
have given themselves. You will find a people who have shaved the
middle of their heads, strike what they have shaved with the sword.
"I advise you ten things:. Muwatta Malik contains 1,985 hadiths across 61 books.
