حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ وَهْبٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي عَمْرُو بْنُ الْحَارِثِ عَنْ بُکَيْرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْأَشَجِّ عَنْ ابْنِ تِعْلَی قَالَ غَزَوْنَا مَعَ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ خَالِدِ بْنِ الْوَلِيدِ فَأُتِيَ بِأَرْبِعَةِ أَعْلَاجٍ مِنْ الْعَدُوِّ فَأَمَرَ بِهِمْ فَقُتِلُوا صَبْرًا قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُد قَالَ لَنَا غَيْرُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ ابْنِ وَهْبٍ فِي هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ قَالَ بِالنَّبْلِ صَبْرًا فَبَلَغَ ذَلِکَ أَبَا أَيُّوبَ الْأَنْصَارِيَّ فَقَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَنْهَی عَنْ قَتْلِ الصَّبْرِ فَوَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَوْ کَانَتْ دَجَاجَةٌ مَا صَبَرْتُهَا فَبَلَغَ ذَلِکَ عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنَ خَالِدِ بْنِ الْوَلِيدِ فَأَعْتَقَ أَرْبَعَ رِقَابٍ
سنن ابودوٗد · Hadith 2687
Narrated Ibn Ti'li: We fought along with Abdur Rahman ibn Khalid ibn al-Walid. Four infidels from the enemy were brought to him. He commanded about them and they were killed in confinement. Abu Dawud said: The narrators other than Saeed reported from Ibn Wahb in this tradition: " (killed him) with arrows in confinement. " When Abu Ayyub al-Ansari was informed about it, he said: I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ prohibiting to kill in confinement. By Him in Whose hands my soul is, if there were a hen, I would not kill it in confinement. Abdur-Rahman bin Khalid bin al-Walid was informed about it (the Prophet's prohibition). He set four slaves free.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020