Hadith #78
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Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا عَتَّابُ بْنُ زِيَادٍ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ يَعْنِي ابْنَ مُبَارَكٍ أَنْبَأَنَا مَالِكُ بْنُ أَنَسٍ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ رَأَى فِي بَعْضِ مَغَازِيهِ امْرَأَةً مَقْتُولَةً فَأَنْكَرَ ذَاكَ وَنَهَى عَنْ قَتْلِ النِّسَاءِ وَالصِّبْيَانِ
English Translation
It was narrated from Ibn 'Umar (رضي الله عنهما) — via 'Attab ibn Ziyad, from 'Abdullah ibn al-Mubarak, from Malik ibn Anas, from Nafi' — that the Prophet ﷺ saw a slain woman in one of his military expeditions. He disapproved of that and forbade the killing of women and children.
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Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 13, Hadith 78
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 4516
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-40906