“Whenever he
appointed a man to lead a military detachment, the Messenger of Allah
(ﷺ) would advise him especially to fear Allah and treat the Muslims
with him well. He (ﷺ) said: ‘Fight in the Name of Allah and in
the
cause of Allah. Fight those how disbelieve in Allah. Fight but do
not
be treacherous, do not steal from the spoils of war, do not
mutilate
and do not kill children. When you meet your enemy from
among the
polytheists, call them to one of three things. Whichever of
them they
respond to, accept it from them and refrain from fighting
them. Invite
them to accept Islam, and if they respond then accept it
from them and
refrain from fighting them. Then invite them to leave
their land and
move to the land of the polytheists. Tell them that if
they do that,
then they will have the same rights and duties as the
polytheists. If
they refuse, then tell them that they will be like
the Muslim Bedouins
(who live in the desert), subject to the same
rulings of Allah as the
believers. But they will have no share of
Fay’* or war spoils, unless
they fight alongside the Muslims. If
they refuse to enter Islam, then
ask them to pay the Poll-tax. If
they do that, then accept it from
them and refrain from fighting
them. But if they refuse, then seek the
help of Allah against them
and fight them. If you lay siege to them
and they want you to give
them the protection of Allah and your
Prophet, do not give them the
protection of Allah and your Prophet,
rather give them your
protection and the protection of your father and
your Companions, for
if you violate your protection and the protection
of your fathers,
that is easier than violating the protection of Allah
and the
protection of His Messenger. If you lay siege to them and they
want
you to let them come out with a promise of the judgement of Allah
and
His Messenger (ﷺ), do not offer them a promise of the judgement
of
Allah and His Messenger (ﷺ), rather offer them your judgement,
because you do not know if you will actually pass (the same as)
Allah’s judgement regarding them or not.’”
Another chain reports a similar hadith. - Hadith Ibn Majah 2858 (islam)
Chapter: Burning the lands of the enemy
It was narrated from Ibn ‘Umar that the Prophet (ﷺ) burned the palm trees of Banu Nadir and cut them down. Concerning that, their poet said:
“It is easy for the elite of Banu Luai –
To burn Al-Buwairah in a Frightening manner.” - Hadith Ibn Majah 2845 (islam)
Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass. - Bible 1 Samuel 15:3 (bible)
[12]And they entered into a covenant to seek the LORD God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul;
[13]That whosoever would not seek the LORD God of Israel should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman. - Bible 2 Chronicles 15:12-13 (bible)
[6]And we utterly destroyed them, as we did unto Sihon king of Heshbon, utterly destroying the men, women, and children, of every city.
[7]But all the cattle, and the spoil of the cities, we took for a prey to ourselves. - Bible Deuteronomy 3:6-7 (bible torah)
Bible Deuteronomy 7:1-2 (en) Crusades (11) God brings you into this land you must destroy all the habitants, show them no mercy
[1]When the LORD thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou goest to possess it, and hath cast out many nations before thee, the Hittites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, seven nations greater and mightier than thou;
[2]And when the LORD thy God shall deliver them before thee; thou shalt smite them, and utterly destroy them; thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor shew mercy unto them: - Bible Deuteronomy 7:1-2 (bible torah)
Bible Deuteronomy 20:10-16 (en) Crusades (11) When you attack a city, make its people an offer of peace but if they refuse, etc.
[10]When thou comest nigh unto a city to fight against it, then proclaim peace unto it.
[11]And it shall be, if it make thee answer of peace, and open unto thee, then it shall be, that all the people that is found therein shall be tributaries unto thee, and they shall serve thee.
[12]And if it will make no peace with thee, but will make war against thee, then thou shalt besiege it:
[13]And when the LORD thy God hath delivered it into thine hands, thou shalt smite every male thereof with the edge of the sword:
[14]But the women, and the little ones, and the cattle, and all that is in the city, even all the spoil thereof, shalt thou take unto thyself; and thou shalt eat the spoil of thine enemies, which the LORD thy God hath given thee.
[15]Thus shalt thou do unto all the cities which are very far off from thee, which are not of the cities of these nations.
[16]But of the cities of these people, which the LORD thy God doth give thee for an inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth: - Bible Deuteronomy 20:10-16 (bible torah)
Bible Deuteronomy 20:17 (en) Crusades (11) Destroy the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites
But thou shalt utterly destroy them; namely, the Hittites, and the Amorites, the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee: - Bible Deuteronomy 20:17 (bible torah)
Bible Jeremiah 50:21 (en) Crusades (11) Attack the land of Merathaim and Pekod. Pursue, kill and completely destroy them
Go up against the land of Merathaim, even against it, and against the inhabitants of Pekod: waste and utterly destroy after them, saith the LORD, and do according to all that I have commanded thee. - Bible Jeremiah 50:21 (bible)
Bible Joshua 6:20-21 (en) Crusades (11) They devoted Jerico to the Lord, killing every living thing, men, infants, etc.
[20]So the people shouted when the priests blew with the trumpets: and it came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, and the people shouted with a great shout, that the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took the city.
[21]And they utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman, young and old, and ox, and sheep, and ass, with the edge of the sword. - Bible Joshua 6:20-21 (bible)
Bible Numbers 16:32 (en) Crusades (11) The earth opened its mouth and swallowed them and their households
And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their houses, and all the men that appertained unto Korah, and all their goods. - Bible Numbers 16:32 (bible torah)
[9]And the children of Israel took all the women of Midian captives, and their little ones, and took the spoil of all their cattle, and all their flocks, and all their goods.
[10]And they burnt all their cities wherein they dwelt, and all their goodly castles, with fire.
[11]And they took all the spoil, and all the prey, both of men and of beasts.
[12]And they brought the captives, and the prey, and the spoil, unto Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and unto the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the camp at the plains of Moab, which are by Jordan near Jericho.
[13]And Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and all the princes of the congregation, went forth to meet them without the camp.
[14]And Moses was wroth with the officers of the host, with the captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, which came from the battle.
[15]And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the women alive?
[16]Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against the LORD in the matter of Peor, and there was a plague among the congregation of the LORD.
[17]Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him.
[18]But all the women children, that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves. - Bible Numbers 31:9-18 (bible torah)
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