The Prophet ﷺ said regarding the captives of Badr, "Had Mutim bin Adi been alive and spoken to me on behalf of these wretched ones, I would have released them for his sake."
أن النبي ﷺ قال في أسارى بدر: لو كان المطعم بن عدي حيا ثم كلمني في هؤلاء التثنى لتركتهم له.
Bukhari related it in the Maghazi (4024), from Ishaq bin Mansur, who said, Abdul-Razzaq narrated to us, Mamar informed us, from Zuhri, from Muhammad bin Jubayr bin Mutim, from his father, who mentioned it.His saying "the natna" is the plural of natn, with a nun, and they were the captives of Badr from among the polytheists. Mutim, the father of Jubayr, was among those under whose protection the Prophet ﷺ entered when he returned from Taif. Mutim had ordered four of his sons to put on their weapons, and each one of them stood at a corner of the Kaaba. When this reached Quraysh, they said to him, "You are the man whose protection cannot be violated." Mutim was one of the most forceful in opposing the document that Quraysh had written against Banu Hashim and the Muslims who were with them, when they besieged them in the mountain pass. Mutim bin Adi died before the battle of Badr, at the age of over ninety.The hadiths of the preceding chapters indicate that the imam has discretion regarding adult captives. If he wishes, he may pardon them and release them without ransom. If he wishes, he may ransom them for a known sum. And if he wishes, he may execute them. This is the view held by Shafii and Ahmad, and it is also the opinion of Uzai, Sufyan, and others among the scholars.