BOOK 19. KITAB AL-JIHAD WA'L-SIYAR
(The Book of Jihad And Expedition )
Chapter
- Regarding permission to make a raid, without an
ultimatum, upon the disbelievers who have already
been invited to accept Islam
- Appointment of the leaders of expeditions by the
Imam and his advice to them on etiquettes of war
and related matters
- Command to show leniency and to avoid creating
aversion (towards religion)
- Prohibition (denunciation) of branch of faith
- justification for the use of stratagem in war
- One should not desire an encounter with the enemy.
but it is essential to show patience during the encounter
- Desirability of praying for victory at the time of
confrontation with the enemy
- Prohibition of killing women and children in war
- Permissibility of killing women and children in the
night raids, provided it is not deliberate
- Justification for cutting down the trees and
burning them
- The spoils of war specially made lawful for this Umma
- Spoils of war
- Regarding the right of the fighter to the belongings
of the one killed by him in the fight
- Additional award to the fighters and repatriation of
the enemy prisoners as a ransom for the Muslims
- Fai' (property taken from the enemy without a formal war)
- The saying of the Prophet (may peace be upon him):
"We (Prophets) do not have any heirs; what we
leave behind is (to be given in) charity"
- Distribution of the spoils among the fighters
- The help with angels in Badr and the permissibility
of the spoils of war
- Binding the prisoners and putting them in confinement
and justification for setting them free
without any ransom
- Evacuation of the Jews from the Hijiz
- Justification for killing those guilty of breach of
trust and making the people of the fort surrender
on the arbitration of a just person
- Showing promptitude in jihad and giving precedence
to the more urgent of the two actions while
making a choice between them
- Return of their gifts to the Ansar by the Muhajirs
when the latter grew rich as a result of the conquests
- Justification for taking food in the land of the enemy
- The Holy Prophet's (may peace be upon him) letter
to Hiraql (Caesar) inviting him to Islam
- Letters of the Holy Prophet (may peace be upon him)
to the kings of disbelievers inviting them to
Allah, the Exalted and Glorious
- The battle of Hunain
- The battle of Ta'if
- The battle of Badr
- The conquest of Mecca
- Removal of the idols from the vicinity of the Ka'ba
- No Quraishite will be killed bound hand and foot
after the conquest of Mecca
- The treaty of Hudaibiya
- Keeping a Covenant
- The battle of Ahzab or the battle of the Ditch
- The battle of Uhud
- Wrath of Allah upon a person who is killed by the
Prophet himself (may peace be upon him)
- The persecution of the Holy Prophet (may peace be
upon him) at the hands of the infidels and hypocrites
- About the Holy Prophet's (may peace be upon him)
calling for Allah's help and his patience over the
persecution of the hypocrites
- The murder of Abu Jahl
- The murder of Ka'b b. Ashraf, (the evil Genius)
of the Jews
- The battle of Khaibar
- The battle of Ahzab or Khandaq (the tribes or the ditch)
- Dhu Qarad and other battles
- Regarding the word of God, the Exalted: "It is he
who restrained their hands from you" to the end
of the verse
- Fighting of women side by side with men
- Women participants in jihid to be given a prize but
not a regular share in the booty, and prohibition
to kill children of the enemy
- The number of wars waged by the Holy Prophet
(may peace be upon him)
- The expedition called Dhat-ur-Riqa
- Disapproval of seeking help from a disbeliever on a
military campaign