We went out on an expedition with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and passed by a woman who had been killed, with people gathered around her. They made way for him, and he said, "This one was not among those who fight."Then he said to one of the men, "Go to Khalid bin Walid and tell him that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ commands him, 'Do not kill any child or any hired laborer.'"Abu Bakr bin Abu Shayba narrated to us, Qutayba narrated to us, Mughira bin Abdul-Rahman narrated to us, from Abu Zinad, from Murraqqa, from his grandfather Rabah bin Rabi, from the Prophet ﷺ, a similar report.Abu Bakr bin Abu Shayba said, "Thawri makes an error in it."
حدثنا أبو بكر بن أبي شيبة حدثنا وكيع عن سفيان عن أبي الزناد عن المرقع بن عبد الله بن صيفي
غزونا مع رسول الله ﷺ فمررنا على امرأة مقتولة قد اجتمع عليها الناس فأفرجوا له فقال ما كانت هذه تقاتل فيمن يقاتل ثم قال لرجل انطلق إلى خالد بن الوليد فقل له إن رسول الله ﷺ يأمرك يقول لا تقتلن ذرية ولا عسيفا حدثنا أبو بكر بن أبي شيبة حدثنا قتيبة حدثنا المغيرة بن عبد الرحمن عن أبي الزناد عن المرقع عن جده رباح بن الربيع عن النبي ﷺ نحوه قال أبو بكر بن أبي شيبة يخطئ الثوري فيه
Takhrij (a) [sahih] Ahmad reported it, 4/178, from Waki through this route, and Busiri graded it sahih, as did Ibn Hibban (Mawarid), 1655. It has a supporting witness in Abu Dawud, 2669, with a sahih chain. See the following hadith, number (b).Takhrij (b) [sahih] Ahmad reported it, 3/488 and 4/346, from the hadith of Mughira bin Abdul-Rahman through this route, and Ibn Abu Zinad corroborated him (Musnad Ahmad, 3/488, 4/178). Ibn Hibban graded it sahih, 1656. See the preceding hadith.