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The Islamic ethics of warfare as it mentioned In the Holy Quran Allah (God) states:
Fight in the cause of Allah those who fight you, but do not transgress limits; for Allah loves not transgressors. - Quran 2:190
Do not kill any old person, any child or any woman... She was not fighting. How then she came to be killed? - Prophet Mohammed (Peace be upon him)
But just what are these limits? Chapter four of the book Human Rights in Islam by 'Allamah Abu al-'A'la Mawdudi is entitledThe Rights of Enemies at War. The author states:
Islam has first drawn a clear line of distinction between the combatants and the non-combatants of the enemy country. As far as the non-combatant population is concerned such as women, children, the old and the infirm, etc., the instructions of
the Prophet (Peace be upon him) are as follows:
"Do not kill any old person, any child or any woman" (Abu Dawud). "Do not kill the monks in monasteries" or "Do not kill the people who are sitting in places of worship" (Musnad of Ibn Hanbal).
During a war, the Prophet saw the corpse of a woman lying on the ground and observed: "She was not fighting. How then she came to be killed?" From this statement of the Prophet the exegetists and jurists have drawn the principle that those who are non-combatants should not be killed during or after the war.
The Prophet (Peace be upon him) also prohibited the killing of anyone who is tied or is in captivity.
These points are reinforced by other sayings of Prophet Mohammed (Peace be upon him) collected in The Book of Jihad and Expedition (Kitab Al-Jihad wa'l-Siyar)
It has been narrated on the authority of Abu Huraira that the Messenger of Allah (Peace be upon him) said: Do not desire an encounter with the enemy; but when you encounter them, be firm. - Muslim Book 019, Number 4313
It is narrated on the authority of 'Abdullah that a woman was found killed in one of the battles fought by the Messenger of Allah (Peace be upon him). He disapproved of the killing of women and children. - Muslim Book 019, Number 4319
It is narrated by Ibn 'Umar that a woman was found killed in one of these battles; so the Messenger of Allah (Peace be upon him)forbade the killing of women and children. - Muslim Book 019, Number 4320
Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him), the first caliph or successor to Prophet Mohammed (Peace be upon him) established a detailed set of rules for Islamic conduct in war. He gave these instructions to an Islamic army setting out for Syria, then still part of the Byzantine Empire:
"Stop, O people, that I may give you ten rules for your guidance in the battlefield. Do not commit treachery or deviate from the right path. You must not mutilate dead bodies. Neither kill a child, nor a woman, nor an aged man. Bring no harm to the trees, nor burn them with fire, especially those which are fruitful. Slay not any of the enemy's flock, save for your food. You are likely to pass by people who have devoted their lives to monastic services; leave them alone"
Fight in the cause of Allah those who fight you, but do not transgress limits; for Allah loves not transgressors. - Quran 2:190
Do not kill any old person, any child or any woman... She was not fighting. How then she came to be killed? - Prophet Mohammed (Peace be upon him)
But just what are these limits? Chapter four of the book Human Rights in Islam by 'Allamah Abu al-'A'la Mawdudi is entitledThe Rights of Enemies at War. The author states:
Islam has first drawn a clear line of distinction between the combatants and the non-combatants of the enemy country. As far as the non-combatant population is concerned such as women, children, the old and the infirm, etc., the instructions of
the Prophet (Peace be upon him) are as follows:
"Do not kill any old person, any child or any woman" (Abu Dawud). "Do not kill the monks in monasteries" or "Do not kill the people who are sitting in places of worship" (Musnad of Ibn Hanbal).
During a war, the Prophet saw the corpse of a woman lying on the ground and observed: "She was not fighting. How then she came to be killed?" From this statement of the Prophet the exegetists and jurists have drawn the principle that those who are non-combatants should not be killed during or after the war.
The Prophet (Peace be upon him) also prohibited the killing of anyone who is tied or is in captivity.
These points are reinforced by other sayings of Prophet Mohammed (Peace be upon him) collected in The Book of Jihad and Expedition (Kitab Al-Jihad wa'l-Siyar)
It has been narrated on the authority of Abu Huraira that the Messenger of Allah (Peace be upon him) said: Do not desire an encounter with the enemy; but when you encounter them, be firm. - Muslim Book 019, Number 4313
It is narrated on the authority of 'Abdullah that a woman was found killed in one of the battles fought by the Messenger of Allah (Peace be upon him). He disapproved of the killing of women and children. - Muslim Book 019, Number 4319
It is narrated by Ibn 'Umar that a woman was found killed in one of these battles; so the Messenger of Allah (Peace be upon him)forbade the killing of women and children. - Muslim Book 019, Number 4320
Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him), the first caliph or successor to Prophet Mohammed (Peace be upon him) established a detailed set of rules for Islamic conduct in war. He gave these instructions to an Islamic army setting out for Syria, then still part of the Byzantine Empire:
"Stop, O people, that I may give you ten rules for your guidance in the battlefield. Do not commit treachery or deviate from the right path. You must not mutilate dead bodies. Neither kill a child, nor a woman, nor an aged man. Bring no harm to the trees, nor burn them with fire, especially those which are fruitful. Slay not any of the enemy's flock, save for your food. You are likely to pass by people who have devoted their lives to monastic services; leave them alone"
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