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