Hadith Research Libraryمكتبة الحديث والرجال

Chapter 169.0

The killing of a captive

باب قَتْلِ الأَسِيرِ وَقَتْلِ الصَّبْرِ

1 hadiths

Sahih al-Bukhari, 3044sahih

Chain of narration · Isnād

Each narrator name opens their biography and classical source evidence.

4 transmitters

Narrated by Isma'il bin 'Abdullah bin 'AbdullahfromImam Maalikfromal-ZuhrifromAnas bin Malik

Hadith text · Matn

‏ اقْتُلُوهُ ‏

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English translation

Narrated Anas bin Malik (ra):

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) entered (Makkah) in the year of the Conquest (of Makkah) wearing a helmet over his head. After he took it off, a man came and said, "Ibn Khatal is clinging to the curtains of the Ka'bah." The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Kill him."

Original Arabic chain wording

حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ ـ رضى الله عنه أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم دَخَلَ عَامَ الْفَتْحِ وَعَلَى رَأْسِهِ الْمِغْفَرُ، فَلَمَّا نَزَعَهُ جَاءَ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ إِنَّ ابْنَ خَطَلٍ مُتَعَلِّقٌ بِأَسْتَارِ الْكَعْبَةِ، فَقَالَ ‏