During the Battle of Badr, Allahs Messenger (saw) asked his Companions what they though should be done with the prisoners of war. Abu Bakr said: O Messenger of Allah! They are your people and your kinsmen, so spare them and take your time with them. Perhaps Allah will forgive them. `Umar said: O Messenger of Allah! They expelled you and they rejected you. Bring them forward and smite their necks. `Abdullah Ibn Rawahah said: O Messenger of Allah! Look for a valley filled with dry brush. Make them enter it, then set them afire. Al-`Abbas said: You have broken your ties of kinship. Allahs Messenger (saw) went inside without saying anything. The people began saying to each other things like: He will act upon the opinion of Abu Bakr. and: He will take the opinion of `Umar. and: He will accept the opinion of `Abdullah Ibn Rawahah. Allahs Messenger then came out to them and said: Allah makes some peoples hearts so gentle that they become gentler than milk, and Allah makes some peoples hearts so hard that they become harder than stone. O Abu Bakr! You are like Ibrahim (Abraham, peace be upon him) who said: And whoever follows me is from me, and whoever disobeys me, then You, O Allah, are Forgiving and Merciful. And Abu Bakr, you are also like `Isa (Jesus, peace be upon him) who said: If you punish them, then they are indeed Your servants, and if you forgive them, then indeed you are the Mighty, the Wise. Then he addressed `Umar and said: O `Umar! You are like Nuh (Noah, peace be upon him) who said: Do not leave of the unbelievers anyone on Earth! And `Umar, you are also like Musa (Moses, peace be upon him) who said: My Lord! Make their hearts harder so they will not believe until they see a painful punishment! [Sunan al-Tirmidhi 1714 and Musnad Ahmad 3632]
Posted on: Wed, 23 Oct 2013 23:47:17 +0000
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