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The Islamic Verdict On Killing Women and Children
From Jihad Unspun, an article by Sheikh Omar Bakri Muhammad.... Killing children never was and nor will be part of Islam. It is considered a great aggression and elsewhere in the Qur'an .... Having said this, one must distinguish between killing women and children and the Mujahideen fighting the Kuffar enemies wherever they find them, whether that be in a school or hospital or elsewhere. .... the Messenger Muhammad (saw) rejected that women and children be killed and he forbade it categorically and unequivocally. ... the Messenger Muhammad (saw) said, when he was preparing an army for Jihad: 'Fight for the sake of Allah (SWT), in the way of Allah (SWT) and fight the kaafir who do not believe in Allah (SWT) and do not steal the booty and do not betray the Covenant of Security and do not mutilate and do not kill the mothers or any children'. ... .... I came to visit the Messenger Muhammad (saw) when we went on an expedition and we killed a lot of people and even some Zuriyyah (i.e. women and children) had been killed. When it reached Rasoul Allah (the Messenger of Allah (SWT)), he said: 'Dare those people who exceed the limit on killing until they kill women and children' to which one man said 'They are nothing but the children of the Mushrikeen (i.e. idolaters)' and the Messenger Muhammad (saw) said: 'The best among you were sons of Mushriks' then the Messenger Muhammad (saw) said (three times thus confirming its decisiveness) 'Don't kill the children!' .... wherever Rasoul Allah (saw) sent an army he would say 'Do not kill women and do not kill children — go in the way of Allah (SWT)' and this is summarises the aforementioned quotes. Posted by: Mike Sylwester 2004-09-11 |
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