Hadith on Military Expeditions

Narrated Abu Al-Bakhtari: An Army from the armies of the Muslims, whose commander was Salman Al-Farisi, besieged one of the Persian castles. They said: 'O Abu 'Abdullah! Should we charge them?' He said: 'Leave me to call them (to Islam) as I..

Narrated Ibn 'Asim Al-Muzani: From his father and he was a Companion who said: When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) dispatched any army or battalion, he would say to them: 'If you see a Masjid, or hear someone calling the Adhan, then do not kill..

Narrated Anas: When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) set out for Khaibar, he approached it at night and when he came to a people during the night, he would not attack them until morning. So when the morning came, the Jews came out with their shovels..

Narrated Abu Talhah: When the Prophet (ﷺ) overtook a people he would stay at the outskirts of their city for three nights. ..

Narrated Ibn 'Umar: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) burnt the palm trees of Bani Nadir and cut them down at Al-Buwairah. So Allah revealed: Whatever you cut down of their palm trees, or you left them standing on their trunks, then it was by the..

Narrated Abu Umamah: That the Prophet (ﷺ) said: Verily, Allah has honored me over the (other) Prophets - or he said: My nation over the nations, and He has made the spoils of war lawful for us. ..

Narrated Ibn 'Umar: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) divided the spoils as two shares for the horse and one share for the man. ..

Narrated Ibn 'Abbas: That the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: The best companions are four, the best Saraya (military unit) is four hundred, the best army is four thousand, and twelve thousand will not be beaten due to being too few. This Hadith..

Narrated Yazid bin Hurmuz: That Najdah Al-Haruri wrote to Ibn 'Abbas asking if the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) would fight along with women, and if he would fix a share of the spoils of war for them. Ibn 'Abbas wrote to him: You wrote to me asking me..

Narrated 'Umair, the freed slave of Abil-Lahm: I participated at Khaibar with my masters. They spoke about me to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and told him that I was a slave. He said: So he ordered me to take up the sword, and I found myself..

Narrated 'Aishah: That the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) advanced towards Badr till he reached Harrah Al-Wabr where he was met by a man from the idolaters, about whom it was said he was brave and courageous. The Prophet (ﷺ) said to him: Do you believe..

Narrated Abu Musa: I arrived upon the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) at Khaibar along with a group of the Ash'ari tribe. He gave us shared along with those that conquered it. This Hadith is Hasan Sahih Gharib. This is acted upon according to some of..

Narrated Abu Tha'labah Al-Khushani: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was asked about the pots of the Zorastrians. He said: 'Clean them by washing them, and then cook in them.' And he prohibited every predator and possessor of canines. This Hadith..

Narrated 'Ubadah bin As-Samit: The Prophet (ﷺ) used to confer a fourth of spoils of war in the early part of the expedition, and a third during the return. There are narrations on this topic from Ibn 'Abbas, Habib bin Maslamh, Ma'n bin Yazid,..

Narrated Abu Qatadah: That the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Whoever kills someone in battle, having a proof for that, then his goods are his. [Abu 'Eisa said:] There is a story with this Hadith. ..

Narrated Abu Sa’id Al Khudri : The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) prohibited selling the spoils of war until it has been distributed. There is something on this topic from Abu Hurairah. [Abu 'Eisa said:] This Hadith is Gharib. ..

Narrated Umm Habibah bint 'Irbad bin Sariyah: From her father who told her that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) prohibited intercourse with female prisoners, until they deliver what is in their wombs. [Abu 'Eisa said:] There is something on this..

Narrated Qabisah bin Hulb: From his father, who said: I asked the Prophet (ﷺ) about the food of the Christians. He (ﷺ) said: 'Do not allow food to put uneasiness in your chest similar to the doubts of Christianity about it. [Abu 'Eisa said:]..

Narrated Abu Ayyub: That he heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: Whoever separates between a mother and her child, then Allah will separate between him and his beloved on the Day of Judgement. [Abu 'Eisa said:] There is something on this..

Narrated 'Ali: That the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said that Jibra'il had indeed descended upon him to say to him: Tell them - meaning your Companions - to choose regarding the captives of Badr, between either killing them or ransoming the, so that..