Hadith 31

Sahih Muslim

Book 32: The Book of Jihad and Expeditions

Chapter 9

Permissibility of killing women and children in night raids, so long as it is not done deliberately

باب جَوَازِ قَتْلِ النِّسَاءِ وَالصِّبْيَانِ فِي الْبَيَاتِ مِنْ غَيْرِ تَعَمُّدٍ ‏‏

Sahih Muslim 1745b
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ، أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ، اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُتْبَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، عَنِ الصَّعْبِ بْنِ جَثَّامَةَ، قَالَ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّا نُصِيبُ فِي الْبَيَاتِ مِنْ ذَرَارِيِّ الْمُشْرِكِينَ قَالَ ‏ ‏ ‏.‏
"‏ هُمْ مِنْهُمْ ‏"
It is narrated by Sa'b b. Jaththama that he said (to the Holy Prophet):

Messenger of Allah, we kill the children of the polytheists during the night raids. He said: They are from them.