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Chapter 134 of 1482 min read
سيرة علي بن أبي طالب — الجزء 134
their women and children captive, because the Prophet (g) said: "It is not permissible to take the wealth of a Muslim unless he gives it willingly.""' It was narrated that 'Ali (&) said on the day of the Camel: "Whoever recognises anything of this wealth that belongs to him, let him take it.""' This was one of the reasons why the Kharijites opposed him. They said: "He fought and did not take his opponents' 'Ali's attitude towards the Kharijites and Shia womenfolk captive or take any booty. If they are disbelievers, we should be allowed to take their womenfolk captive; if they are believers, it is not permissible to take their womenfolk captive or to fight them." Ibn 'Abbh (&) said to them in his discussion with them: "With regard to your saying that he fought and did not take the women captive or take any booty, would you take your mother 'kisbah (%) captive and regard (intimacy with) her as permissible other woman, when she is your mother? If you say, 'We regard (intimacy with) her as permissible like any other woman,' then you have become disbelievers, and if you say, 'She is not our mother,' you have become disbeiievers." "3 Ibn Qudbah commented: "The reason for fighting the transgressors is to keep them at bay and bring them back to the truth, not because they are regarded as disbelievers. Nothing is permissible with regard to them except what is necessary for self defence, as in the case of an attacker or a bandit. The ruling on his property and his womenfolk and children remains the same, namely that they are protected in har ria.""^ From the reports narrated from 'Ali (&), it seems that it is permissible to make use of their weapons. Ibn Abi Shaybah narrated that Abu al-Bakhtari said: "When the people of the Camel were defeated, 'Ali (&) said: 'Do not pursue anyone who is leaving the battlefield, but whatever is left of mounts or weapons, you can have it."'"5 According to another report, he said: "Do not take anything of their property except what you find in their camp."116