Jihad & Military Expeditions

Sunan Abi Dawud

Jihad (Kitab Al-Jihad)

Salih bin Muhammad said “We went out on an expedition with Al Walid bin Hisham and Salim bin ‘Abd Allaah bin ‘Umat and ‘Umar bin ‘Abd Al Aziz were with us. A man had been dishonest about booty. Al Walid...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Jihad (Kitab Al-Jihad)

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), AbuBakr and Umar burned the belongings of anyone who had been dishonest about booty and beat him. Abu Dawud said: 'Ali b. Bahr added on the authority of al-Walid, and I did not hear (a...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Jihad (Kitab Al-Jihad)

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: To begin with, anyone who conceals one who has been dishonest about booty is like him.

Sunan Abi Dawud

Jihad (Kitab Al-Jihad)

Abu Qatadah said “We went out with the Apostle of Allaah(ﷺ) in the year of Hunain. And when the armies met, the Muslims suffered a reverse. I saw one of the polytheists prevailing over a Muslim, so I went round...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Jihad (Kitab Al-Jihad)

Anas reported the Apostle of Allaah(ﷺ) as saying “He who kills and infidel gets his spoil.” Abu Talhah killed twenty men that day meaning the day of Hunain and got their spoils. Abu Talhah met Umm Sulaim who had a...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Jihad (Kitab Al-Jihad)

‘Awf bin malik Al Ashja’I said “I went out with Zaid bin Harith in the battle of Mutah. For the reinforcement of the Muslim army a man from the people of Yemen accompanied me. He had only his sword with...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Jihad (Kitab Al-Jihad)

The tradition mentioned above has also been transmitted by ‘Awf bin Malik Al Ashja’I through a different chain of narrators.

Sunan Abi Dawud

Jihad (Kitab Al-Jihad)

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) gave judgement that the killer should have what was taken from the man he killed, and did not make this subject to division into fifths.

Sunan Abi Dawud

Jihad (Kitab Al-Jihad)

At the battle of Badr the Messenger of Allah gave me AbuJahl's sword, as I had killed him.

Sunan Abi Dawud

Jihad (Kitab Al-Jihad)

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) sent AbuSa'id ibn al-'As with an expedition from Medina towards Najd. Aban ibn Sa'id and his companions came to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) at Khaybar after it had been captured. The girths of their...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Jihad (Kitab Al-Jihad)

Abu Hurairah said “I came to Madeenah when the Abu Apostle of Allaah(ﷺ) was in Khaibar, after it was captured. I asked him to give me a share from the booty. A son of Sa’id bin Al ‘As spoke and...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Jihad (Kitab Al-Jihad)

Abu Nusa said “We arrived just at the moment when the Apostle of Allaah(ﷺ) conquered Khaibar and he allotted us a portion (or he said he gave us some of it). He allotted nothing to anyone who was not present...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Jihad (Kitab Al-Jihad)

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) stood up, i.e. on the day of Badr, and said: Uthman has gone off on the business of Allah and His Apostle, and I shall take the oath of allegiance on his behalf. The Messenger...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Jihad (Kitab Al-Jihad)

Yazid ibn Hurmuz said: Najdah wrote to Ibn Abbas asking him about such-and-such, and such-and-such, and he mentioned some things; he (asked) about a slave whether he would get something from the spoils; and he (asked) about women whether they...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Jihad (Kitab Al-Jihad)

Yazid bin Humruz said “Najdah Al Hururi wrote to Ibn ‘Abbas asking him whether the women participated in battle along with the Apostle of Allaah(ﷺ) and whether they were allotted a share from the spoils. I (Yazid bin Hurmuz) wrote...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Jihad (Kitab Al-Jihad)

Hashraj ibn Ziyad reported on the authority of his grandmother that she went out with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) for the battle of Khaybar. They were six in number including herself. (She said): When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Jihad (Kitab Al-Jihad)

I was present at Khaybar along with my masters who spoke about me to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). He ordered about me, and a sword was girded on me and I was trailing it. He was then informed that...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Jihad (Kitab Al-Jihad)

I supplied water to my companions on the day of Badr.

Sunan Abi Dawud

Jihad (Kitab Al-Jihad)

A’ishah said (this is the version of narrator Yahya). A man from the polytheists accompanied the Prophet (ﷺ) to fight along with him. He said “Go back. Both the narrators (Musaddad and Yahya) then agreed. The Prophet said “We do...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Jihad (Kitab Al-Jihad)

Ibn ‘Umar said “The Apostle of Allaah(ﷺ) allotted three portions for a man and his horse, one for him and two for his horse.