Thursday 3 January 2013

Note 9: Ibn Qudamah on killing non-combatants

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Ibn Qudamah wrote on this issue: “As for the peasant who does not fight you, it is desirable that he should not be killed because of what is reported from Umar al-Khattab (may God be pleased with him), who said: 'Fear God regarding peasants who do not wage war on you.'”
قال ابن قدامة في المغني: فأما الفلاح الذي لا يقاتل فينبغي أن لا يقتل لما روي عن عمر الخطاب رضي الله عنه أنه قال: «اتقوا الله في الفلاحين الذين لا ينصبون لكم الحرب.»

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