Mawla of the Messenger, Sayyiduna Thawban (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Whoever kills a small child or an old man, or burns date-palm trees, or cuts down a fruit-bearing tree, or slaughters a goat for its skin, then he will not return from this jihad with any reward at all.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Imran bin Husain (may Allah be pleased with him), he says: Whenever the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) stood to address us, he would command us to give charity and forbid mutilation, and he would say: Beware! This too is mutilation, that a person vows to pierce his nose or to tear it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Mughirah bin Shu’bah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade mutilation.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) had the date palm trees of Banu Nadir cut down and also burned.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Usama bin Zaid (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had sent him to a certain place, but then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) passed away. Then Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) asked him: What advice did the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) give you? He said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) advised me to attack the Abna village in the morning and then burn it.

(Second chain) Sayyiduna Usama (may Allah be pleased with him) says: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) sent me to a village named Abna and said: Go there in the morning and burn it.

Narrated from Sayyiduna Jarir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him), he says: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to me: Will you not relieve me from Dhu al-Khalasah? It was a house of the Khath'am tribe, which was called the Ka'bah of Yemen. I went towards it with one hundred and seventy horsemen from the Ahmas tribe. They went there and set it on fire, burning it down. Then Sayyiduna Jarir (may Allah be pleased with him) sent a bearer of good news to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and he came and said: By the One Who has sent you with the truth! I have come to give you glad tidings, leaving that house like a mangy camel. So the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) prayed for blessings five times for the horsemen and foot soldiers of the Ahmas tribe.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah, may Allah be pleased with him, who says: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, sent us in an expedition and said: If you find such and such two men of the Quraysh, then burn them with fire. Then when we intended to depart, he, peace and blessings be upon him, said: I had ordered you to burn such and such men with fire, but the only one who punishes with fire is Allah Almighty, so if you find them, then kill them.

It is narrated from the Companion of the Messenger, Sayyiduna Hamza bin Amr Aslami (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) sent him along with an army to a man from the tribe of ‘Uzrah and said: If you overpower so-and-so, then burn him with fire. So he set out, and when he was about to be out of sight of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) called him back by sending someone after him, and then said: If you overpower that man, then kill him, do not burn him with fire, for only the Lord of the Fire punishes with fire.