Rabah ibn Rabi’ reported: We were with the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, during a military expedition. The Prophet saw some people gathered around something, so he sent a man, saying, “Go and see for what they have gathered.” The man returned and said, “It was a woman who was killed.” The Prophet said, “She was not fighting!” Khalid ibn al-Walid was in the advanced guard, so the Prophet sent a man to him, saying, “Do not kill women or workers!”
Source: Sunan Abī Dāwūd 2669
Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to Al-Arna’ut
عَنْ رَبَاحِ بْنِ رَبِيعٍ قَالَ كُنَّا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي غَزْوَةٍ فَرَأَى النَّاسَ مُجْتَمِعِينَ عَلَى شَيْءٍ فَبَعَثَ رَجُلًا فَقَالَ انْظُرْ عَلَامَ اجْتَمَعَ هَؤُلَاءِ فَجَاءَ فَقَالَ عَلَى امْرَأَةٍ قَتِيلٍ فَقَالَ مَا كَانَتْ هَذِهِ لِتُقَاتِلَ قَالَ وَعَلَى الْمُقَدِّمَةِ خَالِدُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ فَبَعَثَ رَجُلًا فَقَالَ قُلْ لِخَالِدٍ لَا يَقْتُلَنَّ امْرَأَةً وَلَا عَسِيفًا
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