127 hadith
I asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about the homes of the polytheists which we raid by night, and what should be done about the children who fall under such attacks. He replied, "They are counted among them."
أحمد 16668SahihMessenger of Allah, we raid the homes of the polytheists at night, and their children and women are among them, so we end up killing them. The Prophet ﷺ replied, "They are part of them."
أحمد 16677SahihSomeone said to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, "What if a cavalry raid is launched at night and strikes the children of the polytheists?" He replied, "They are counted among their fathers."
أحمد 16424SahihI said, "Messenger of Allah, during night raids we sometimes strike the children of the polytheists." He replied, "They are from them."
أحمد 16670SahihI said, "Messenger of Allah, during night raids we sometimes strike the children of the polytheists." He replied, "They are from them."
مسلم 4550SahihSaab bin Jathama reported that the Prophet ﷺ was asked about polytheist households that are raided at night, in which women and children are killed. He replied, "They are among them."
ابن ماجه 2839SahihI said to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, "During night raids we sometimes strike the children of the polytheists." He replied, "They are among them."
أحمد 16426SahihThe Prophet ﷺ was asked about the children of the polytheists who are raided at night, when their women and children are struck along with them. He replied, "They are part of them."
مسلم 4549SahihThe Prophet ﷺ was asked, "What if cavalry raiding by night were to strike the children of the polytheists?" He replied, "They are counted among their fathers."
مسلم 4551SahihI said, "Messenger of Allah, when we raid a settlement of the polytheists at dawn, sometimes children are trampled beneath the horses' hooves without us realizing it." He replied, "They are among them."
أحمد 16686SahihThe Prophet ﷺ was asked about the polytheists whose dwellings are raided at night, resulting in harm to their women and children. He said, "They are among them."
أحمد 16669SahihI asked him about the children of the polytheists, and he replied, "Kill them along with them." The narrator added that he had forbidden killing them on the day of Khaybar.
أحمد 16681SahihHe asked the Prophet ﷺ about the dwellings of the polytheists which are raided at night, where their children and women may be struck down. The Prophet ﷺ said, "They are of them." Amr, meaning Ibn Dinar, used to say, "They belong to their…
أبو داود 2672SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent out a military expedition on the day of Hunayn. They fought the polytheists, and the killing extended to the children. When they returned, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ asked, "What drove you to kill the children?"…
أحمد 15588DaifThe Prophet ﷺ passed by me at al-Abwa or Waddan, and he was asked about the people of a dwelling among the polytheists who are raided at night, where their women and children are struck along with them. He said, "They are part of them."
الأعظمي 1082SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ was on one of his military expeditions when a man asked him, "Messenger of Allah, what do you say about the children?" He remained silent and gave him no reply. When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ had finished his…
الأعظمي 1086HasanThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ was asked about the children of the polytheists, and he replied, "Allah knows best what they would have done."
أحمد 7325SahihI came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and fought alongside him. I gained some spoils, and on that day people went so far in killing that they even killed the children. Mura said, "the offspring." Word of this reached the Messenger of Allah ﷺ,…
أحمد 15589DaifThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ was asked about the children of the polytheists who die young. He replied, "Allah knows best what they would have done."
مسلم 6764SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ was asked about the children of the polytheists, and he replied, "Allah knows best what they would have done." In another narration, "Those of them who die young."
الأعظمي 1083SahihThe Prophet ﷺ was asked about the children of the polytheists, and he replied, "Allah knows best what they would have done."
أحمد 10084SahihNajdah wrote to Ibn Abbas asking him about certain matters, and he reported a hadith similar to that of Sulayman bin Bilal, except that in Hatim's version it states, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ did not kill children, so do not kill children…
مسلم 4685SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ was asked about the children of the polytheists, and he replied, "Allah knows best what they would have done."
أحمد 7637SahihHe was a man from the tribe of Banu Saad, and he was the first to deliver storytelling sermons in this mosque, meaning the congregational mosque. He said, "I went on four military expeditions with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. Some people began…
أحمد 16303DaifI heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, "Do not kill your children secretly, for ghayl overtakes the horseman and throws him down from his horse." Ali reported from Asma bint Yazid al-Ansariyyah, who said that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said…
أحمد 27590DaifThere was a time when I used to say that the children of the Muslims would be with the Muslims and the children of the polytheists would be with the polytheists, until so-and-so reported to me from so-and-so that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ…
الأعظمي 1085SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ was asked about the children of the polytheists, and he replied, "Allah knows best what they would have done."
النسائي 1951SahihThe Prophet ﷺ used to ask his companions frequently, "Has anyone of you seen a dream?" Then one morning he said (and he mentioned the dream), and it included, "As for the tall man in the garden, he was Ibrahim [[r0]], and as for the…
الأعظمي 1090SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ was asked about the children of the polytheists, and he replied, "Allah knows best what they would have done."
أحمد 7520SahihThe Prophet ﷺ was asked about the children of the polytheists, and he replied, "Allah knows best what they would have done."
أحمد 9103SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ was asked about the children of the polytheists, and he replied, "Allah knows best what they would have done."
أحمد 10721SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ was asked about the children of the polytheists, and he replied, "Allah knows best what they would have done."
مسلم 6762SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Kill the elderly men among the polytheists, but spare their young boys." The "young boys" are those who have not yet reached the age of puberty.
الترمذي 1583DaifNajdah bin Amir wrote to Ibn Abbas asking him about several matters. I was present with Ibn Abbas when he read the letter and when he wrote his reply. He wrote back to him, "You asked me," and he mentioned the rest of the message. He said,…
أحمد 3200SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ was asked about the children of the polytheists. He replied, "Allah knows best what they would have done had He let them live."
مسلم 6765SahihI heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, "Do not kill your children secretly, for ghil overtakes the horseman and throws him from his horse."
أبو داود 3881DaifI said, "Messenger of Allah, our horses have trampled the women and children of the polytheists." He replied, "They are from their fathers."
الترمذي 1570SahihThe Prophet ﷺ was asked about the children of the polytheists. He replied, "Allah knows best what they would have done."
الأعظمي 3769SahihThe Prophet ﷺ was asked about the children of the polytheists. He replied, "Allah knows best what they would have done."
النسائي 1952SahihSomeone said, "Messenger of Allah, our horses have trampled the children of the polytheists." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ replied, "They are from their parents."
أحمد 16664SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ often used to ask his companions, "Has any of you seen a dream?" Then whoever Allah willed would relate one to him. One morning he said, "Two visitors came to me last night, they roused me, and they said to me..."…
الأعظمي 8394SahihThere was a time when I used to say that the children of the Muslims will be with the Muslims and the children of the polytheists will be with the polytheists, until so-and-so reported to me from so-and-so that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was…
أحمد 20697SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ was asked about the children of the polytheists. He replied, "Allah knows best what they would have done."
البخاري 6598SahihThe Prophet ﷺ was asked about the children of the polytheists. He said, "Allah knows best what they would have done."
البخاري 6597SahihThe Prophet ﷺ was asked about the children of the polytheists, and he replied, "Allah knows best what they would have done."
البخاري 1384SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Khidr saw a boy playing with other children, so he reached out, took hold of his head, and tore it off. Musa then said, *'Have you killed an innocent soul...'*" [Kahf 18:74] the verse.
أبو داود 4707SahihNajdah al-Haruri wrote to Ibn Abbas asking him about killing children, and whether women used to be present at battle with the Prophet ﷺ, and whether he would assign them a share of the spoils. Yazid bin Hurmuz said, "I was the one who…
أحمد 3299SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ was asked about the children of the polytheists, and he said, "Allah knows best what they would have done." In another narration, "Allah, when He created them, knew best what they would have done."
الأعظمي 1084SahihThe two sons of Qurayza related to me that they were presented to the Prophet ﷺ at the time of Qurayza. Whoever among them had reached puberty or had grown pubic hair was killed, and whoever had not was spared.
أحمد 19002SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The boy whom Khidr killed was created a disbeliever by nature, and had he lived, he would have overwhelmed his parents with rebellion and disbelief."
الأعظمي 1037SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The boy whom Khidr killed was created a disbeliever by nature, and had he lived, he would have overwhelmed his parents with rebellion and disbelief."
الأعظمي 12690SahihThe Prophet ﷺ was asked about the children of the polytheists. He replied, "Allah knows best what they would have done had He let them live."
أحمد 3034SahihThe Prophet ﷺ was asked about the children of the polytheists, and he said, "Allah knows best what they would have done."
أحمد 1845SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Every child is born in a state of fitrah, and it is his parents who make him a Jew or a Christian, just as camels are bred from animals that are whole and unblemished. Do you find any among them with cropped…
مالك 582SahihNajdah al-Haruri wrote to Ibn Abbas asking him about killing children, about whom the fifth share belongs to, about when orphanhood ends for a boy, about women and whether the Prophet used to take them out to battle or have them present at…
أحمد 1967SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Every child is born upon the natural disposition, then his parents make him a Jew or a Christian, just as camels produce offspring with intact bodies. Do you find any of them mutilated?" They asked,…
أبو داود 4714SahihAta bin Yazid reported that Abu Hurairah said that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was asked about the children of the polytheists, and he replied, "Allah knows best what they would have done."
مسلم 6763SahihNajdah wrote to Ibn Abbas asking him about killing children. Ibn Abbas wrote back to him, "You have written asking me about killing children. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ did not kill them, so you must not kill them either, unless you know…
أحمد 3264SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ was asked about the children of the polytheists. He replied, "Allah, when He created them, knew best what they would have done."
الأعظمي 3768SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Every child is born upon this fitrah. It is his parents who make him a Jew or a Christian. It is just like the camels you breed. Do you find any among them with cropped ears until you crop them yourselves?"…
أحمد 8179Sahih