The Book of Fighting [The Prohibition of Bloodshed]

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 ...

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...

"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 w...

"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 th...

"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 tha...

"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 fo...

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)....

"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...

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 wealt...

"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 wit...

"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 wealt...

"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 wealt...

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 wea...

"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 t...

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 rev...

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

"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 ...

'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 L...

"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...

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...

"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...

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

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

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

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

"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...

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

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....

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

"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...

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

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 ...

"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 w...

Ibn 'Abbas was asked about someone who killed a believer deliberately, then he repented, believed and did righteous deeds, and followed true guidance....

"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 sa...

"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 tho...

"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 ...

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 violat...

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 expiatio...

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 ...

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

"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 Ta...

"I heard Kharijah bin Zaid bin Thabit narrate that his father said: (The Verse) 'And whoever kills a believer intentionally, his recompense is Hell' w...

The Messenger of Allah said: "Whoever comes worshipping Allah and not associating anything with Him, establishing Salah, paying Zakah and avoiding ma...

"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 ...

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

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 ar...

"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: '...

"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 wha...

"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 ...

"The Messenger of Allah said: 'By the One besides Whom there is no other god, it is not permissible to shed the blood of a Muslim who bears witness t...

"Aishah said: 'Do you not know that the Messenger of Allah said: It is not permissible to shed the blood of a Muslim, except a man who committed adul...

"Aishah said: 'O 'Ammar! Do you not know that it is not permissible to shed the blood of a Muslim except in three cases: a life for a life, a man who ...

"We were with 'Uthman when he was under siege and we could hear what was said from Al-Balat. 'Uthman came in one day, then he came out, and said: 'The...

"I saw the Prophet , then kill him, for the Hand of Allah is with the Jama'ah, and the Shaitan is with the one who splits away from the Ummah, running...

"The Prophet when they are all united, kill him, no matter who he is among the people.'"

"I heard the Messenger of Allah ) when they are all united, strike him with the sword.'"

"The Messenger of Allah said: 'Any man who goes out and tries to create division among my Ummah, strike his neck (kill him).'"

A group of eighty people from 'Ukl came to the Prophet , so he sent (men after them) and they caught them and brought them back. He had their hands an...

Some people from 'Ukl came to the Prophet sent (men) after them, and they were brought to him. He had their hands and feet cut off, and their eyes go...

"Eighty men from 'Ukl came to the Messenger of Allah " and he (the narrator) mentioned a similar report up to the words: "And he did not have (their w...

"A group of men from 'Ukl, or 'Uraynah, came to the Prophet , and when the climate of Al-Madinah did not suit them, he told them to go to some camels ...

Some people from 'Uraynah came to the Messenger of Allah sent (men) after them, and they were caught. He had their hands and feet cut off, their eyes...

"Some people from 'Uraynah came to the Messenger of Allah . He sent (men) after them, and they were brought to him. He had their hands and feet cut of...

"Some people from 'Uraynah came to the Messenger of Allah , and left as those at war. He sent (men) after them and they were caught. Then he had their...

"Some people from 'Uraynah became Muslim, but the climate of Al-Madinah did not suit them. The Messenger of Allah sent someone to bring them and they...

Some people or some men from 'Ukl, or 'Uraynah came to the Messenger of Allah and drove off the camels. He sent (men) after them and they were brough...

A similar report was narrated from 'Abdul-A'la.

Some people from 'Uraynah camped in Al-Harrah and came to the Messenger of Allah sent (men) after them, who brought them, then he had their hands and...

"Some Bedouin from 'Uraynah came to the Prophet of Allah and accepted Islam, but the climate of Al-Madinah did not suit them; their skin turned yello...

"Some 'Arab people came to the Messenger of Allah sent (men) after them, and they were caught. Then he had their hands and feet cut off, and their ey...

"Some people raided the milk camels of the Messenger of Allah . He caught them and had their hands and feet cut off and their eyes gouged out."

"Some people raided the milk camels of the Messenger of Allah had their hands and feet cut off and their eyes gouged out." This is the wording of Ibn...

Some people raided the camels of the Messenger of Allah . He had their hands and feet cut off and their eyes gouged out.

"Some people from 'Uraynah raided the milk camels of the Messenger of Allah sent (men) after them, and they were caught, and he had their hands and f...

From the Messenger of Allah : "The Verse about Al-Muharabah was revealed concerning them."

The Messenger of Allah had the (hands and feet) of those who drove off his camels cut off, and their eyes gouged out with fire. Allah rebuked him for...

"The Prophet only had the eyes of those people gouged out, because they had gouged out the eyes of the herdsmen."

A Jewish man killed an Ansari girl for her jewelry, and threw her in an empty well, and crushed her head with a rock. He was caught and the Messenger ...

A man killed an Ansari girl for her jewelry, then he threw her in an empty well, and crushed her head with a rock. The Prophet ordered that he be sto...

Concerning the statement of Allah, the Most High: The recompense of those who wage war against Allah and His Messenger. "This Verse was revealed conce...

"The Messenger of Allah used to stress charity in his sermons, and prohibit mutilation."

The Messenger of Allah said: "It is not permissible to shed the blood of a Muslim except in three cases: An adulterer who had been married, who shoul...

"The Messenger of Allah said: 'If a slave runs away, no Salah will be accepted from him until he goes back to his masters.'"

"If a slave runs away, no Salah will be accepted from him, and if he dies he will die a disbeliever." A slave of Jarir's ran away, and he caught him a...

"If a slave runs away to the land of Shirk, there is no protection (or immunity) for him."

"The Messenger of Allah said: 'If a slave runs away to the land of Shirk, it becomes permissible to shed his blood.'"

The Prophet said: "If a slave runs away to the land of Shirk, it becomes permissible to shed his blood."

"Any slave who runs away to the land of Shirk, it becomes permissible to shed his blood."

"Any slave who runs away to the land of Shirk, it becomes permissible to shed his blood."

"Any slave who runs away from his masters and joins the enemy, he has made it permissible to shed his blood."

'Uthman said: "I heard the Messenger of Allah say: 'It is not permissible to shed the blood of a Muslim except in three cases: A man who commits adul...

"I heard the Messenger of Allah say: 'It is not permissible to shed the blood of a Muslim except in three cases: A man who commits adultery after hav...

"The Messenger of Allah said: 'Whoever changes his religion, kill him.'"

"Some people apostatized after accepting Islam, and 'Ali burned them with fire. Ibn 'Abbas said: 'If it had been me, I would not have burned them; the...

"The Messenger of Allah said: 'Whoever changes his religion, kill him.'"

"The Messenger of Allah said: 'Whoever changes his religion, kill him.'"

"The Messenger of Allah said: 'Whoever changes his religion, kill him.'"

Ibn 'Abbas said: "The Messenger of Allah said: 'Whoever changes his religion, kill him.'"

'Ali came to some people of Az-Zutt, who worshipped idols, and burned them. Ibn 'Abbas said: "But the Messenger of Allah said: 'Whoever changes his r...

"That the Prophet to you.' Abu Musa gave him a cushion to sit down, then a man was brought who had been a Jew, then he became a Muslim, then he rever...

"On the day of the Conquest of Makkah, the Messenger of Allah . He ('Uthman) said: 'O Messenger of Allah! Accept the allegiance of 'Abdullah.' He rais...

"A man from among the Ansar accepted Islam, then he apostatized and went back to Shirk. Then he regretted that, and sent word to his people (saying): ...

"Whoever disbelieved in Allah after his belief, except him who is forced thereto and whose heart is at rest with Faith; but such as open their breasts...

There was a blind man during the time of the Messenger of Allah said: "I bear witness that her blood is permissible."

"A man spoke harshly to Abu Bakr As-Siddiq, and I said: 'Shall I kill him?' He told me off, and said: 'That is not for anyone after the Messenger of A...

"Abu Bakr got infuriated with a man, and I said: 'Who is he, O Khalifah of the Messenger of Allah?' He said: 'Why?' I said: 'So that I might strike hi...

"I passed by Abu Bakr and he was furious with one of his companions. I said: 'O Khalifah of the Messenger of Allah, who is the one with whom you are f...

"Abu Bakr became infuriated with a man." He said: "If you tell me to, I will do it." He said: "By Allah, that is not for any human being after Muhamma...

"Abu Bakr got very angry with a man, so much so that his color changed. I said: 'O Khalifah of the Messenger of Allah, if you tell me to, I will strik...

"I came to Abu Bakr when he had spoken harshly to a man who had answered back. I said: 'Shall I not strike his neck (kill him)?' He rebuked me, and sa...

"We were with Abu Bakr As-Siddiq, and he got angry with a man from among the Muslims, and became very angry indeed. When I saw that, I said: 'O Khalif...

"A Jew said to his companion: 'Let us go to this Prophet.' His companion said to him: 'Do not say Prophet; if he hears you, he will become big-headed....

"The Messenger of Allah said: 'Whoever ties a know and blows on it, he has practiced magic; and whoever practices magic, he has committed Shirk; and ...

"A Jewish man cast a spell on the Prophet got up as if he had been released from some bonds. No mention of that was made to that Jew, and he did not ...

"I heard Sufyan Ath-Thawri narrating this Hadith. He said: 'A man came to the Prophet and said: "What if a man comes to me and wants to take my wealt...

"A man came to the Messenger of Allah and said: 'O Messenger of Allah, what do you think if someone comes to steal my wealth?' He said: 'Urge him by ...

A man came to the Messenger of Allah and said: "O Messenger of Allah, what do you think if someone comes to steal my wealth?" He said: "Urge him by A...

"I heard the Messenger of Allah say: 'Whoever fights to protect his wealth and is killed, he is a martyr.'"

"I heard the Messenger of Allah say: 'Whoever fights to protect his wealth and is killed, he is a martyr.'"

The Messenger of Allah said: "Whoever is killed defending his wealth and is killed unjustly, Paradise will be his."

"The Messenger of Allah said: 'Whoever is killed defending his wealth, he is a martyr.'"

From the Prophet , that he said: "If a person's wealth is sought without right, and he fights (to protect it) and is killed, he is a martyr."

"The Messenger of Allah said: 'Whoever is killed defending his wealth, he is a martyr.'"

The Prophet said: "Whoever is killed defending his wealth, he is a martyr." This is an abridgement of it.

The Prophet said: "Whoever is killed defending his wealth, he is a martyr."

"The Messenger of Allah said: 'Whoever is killed defending his wealth, he is a martyr.'"

"The Messenger of Allah said: 'Whoever is killed defending his wealth and is killed unjustly, he is a martyr.'"

The Prophet said: "Whoever fights to protect his wealth and is killed, he is a martyr. Whoever fights to protect himself, he is a martyr. Whoever fig...

"The Messenger of Allah said: 'Whoever is killed protecting his wealth, he is a martyr. Whoever is killed protecting his family, he is a martyr. Whoe...

"I was sitting with Suwaid bin Muqarrin, and he said: The Messenger of Allah said: "Whoever is killed defending himself against injustice, he is a ma...

The Messenger of Allah said: "Whoever unsheathes his sword and starts to strike the people with it, it is permissible to shed his blood."

'Abdur-Razzaq narrated a similar report with the same chain, but he did not attribute it to the Prophet

"Whoever wields a weapon and starts to strike (the people) with it, it is permissible to shed his blood."

The Prophet said: "Whoever bears weapons against us, he is not one of us."

"When 'Ali was in Yemen, he sent some gold that was still enclosed in rock to the Prophet ) said: 'Among the offspring of this man there will be peopl...

"I heard the Messenger of Allah say: 'At the end of time there will appear young people with foolish minds. Their faith will not pass through their t...

"I used to wish that I could meet a man among the Companions of the Prophet became very angry and said: "By Allah! You will not find a man after me w...

The Messenger of Allah said: "Fighting a Muslim is Kufr and defaming him is evildoing."

"Defaming a Muslim is evildoing and fighting him is Kufr." (Sahih Mawquf)

"I heard Abu Al-Ahwas (narrate) that 'Abdullah said: 'Defaming a Muslim is evildoing and fighting him is Kufr.'" So Aban said to him: "O Abu Ishaq! Yo...

"Defaming a Muslim is evildoing and fighting him is Kufr." (Sahih Mawquf)

The Messenger of Allah said: "Defaming a Muslim is evildoing and fighting him is Kufr."

"I said to Hammad: 'I heard Mansur, and Sulaiman, and Zubaid narrating from Abu Wa'il, from 'Abdullah, that the Messenger of Allah said: "Defaming a ...

"The Messenger of Allah said: 'Defaming a Muslim is evildoing and fighting him is Kufr.'" I said to Abu Wa'il: "Did you hear it from 'Abdullah?" He s...

"The Messenger of Allah said: 'Defaming a Muslim is evildoing and fighting him is Kufr.'"

"'Abdullah said: 'Defaming a Muslim is evildoing and fighting him is Kufr.'"

"Fighting a believer is Kufr and defaming him is evildoing."

"The Messenger of Allah said: 'Whoever parts from obedience, and splits away from the Jama'ah and dies, then he has died a death of Jahiliyyah. Whoev...

"The Messenger of Allah said: 'Whoever fights for a cause that is not clear, advocating tribalism, getting angry for the sake of tribalism, then he h...

"The Messenger of Allah said: 'If a Muslim points a weapon at his fellow Muslim, then they are on the brink of Hell, and if he kills him, then they w...

"If two Muslim men bear weapons against each other, then they are both on the brink of Hell. And if one of them kills the other, they will both be in ...

The Prophet said: "If two Muslims confront each other with swords, and one kills the other, they will both be in Hell." It was said: "O Messenger of ...

The Prophet said: "If two Muslims confront each other with swords and one of them kills the other, they will both be in Hell."

The Prophet said: "If two Muslims confront each other with swords, each of them wanting to kill the other, they will both be in Hell." It was said to...

"The Messenger said: 'If two Muslims meet (and fight) with their swords and one of them kills the other, the killer and the slain will both be in Hel...

"I heard the Messenger of Allah say: 'If two Muslims confront each other with their swords and one of them kills the other, both the killer and the s...

"The Messenger of Allah said: 'If two Muslims fight with swords, and one of them kills the other, then the killer and the slain will both be in Hell....

The Messenger of Allah said: "If two Muslims confront each other with swords and one of them kills the other, then the killer and the slain will both...

The Prophet said: "Do not revert to disbelievers after I am gone, striking the necks of one another (killing one another)."

"The Messenger of Allah said: 'Do not revert to disbelievers after I am gone, striking the necks of one another (killing one another). No man is to b...

"The Messenger of Allah said: 'Do not revert to disbelievers after I am gone, striking the necks of one another (killing one another). No man is to b...

"The Messenger of Allah said: 'I do not want to see you after I am gone reverting to disbelievers, striking the necks of one another (killing one ano...

The Messenger of Allah said: "Do not revert to disbelievers after I am gone." It is Mursal.

The Prophet said: "Do not revert to misguidance after I am gone, striking the necks of one another (killing one another)."

During the Farewell Pilgrimage, the Messenger of Allah asked the people to be quiet and listen, and said: "Do not revert to disbelievers after I am g...

"The Messenger of Allah said to me: 'Ask the people to be quiet and listen.' Then he said: 'I do not want to see you after I am gone reverting to dis...