It was narrated that Ibn ‘Abbas said:`“Sa’b bin Jaththamah said: ‘The Prophet ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) was asked about the polytheists who are attacked at night, and their women and children are killed.’ He said: ‘They are from among them.’”

It was narrated from Iyas bin Salamah bin Awka’, that his father said:`“We attacked Hawazin, with Abu Bakr, during the time of the Prophet ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ), and we arrived at an oasis belonging to Bani Fazarah during the last part of the night. We attacked at dawn, raiding the people of the oasis, and killed them, nine or seven households.”

It was narrated from Ibn ‘Umar that the Prophet ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) saw a woman who had been killed on the road, and he forbade killing women and children.

Hanzala al-Katib (may Allah be pleased with him) says: We were with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) in a battle (war). We passed by a slain woman, and people had gathered there. (When he saw you) the people made space for you, so the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "She was not among those who fight." (Then why was she killed?) After that, he said to a man: Go to Khalid bin Walid and tell him that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) commands you not to kill women, children, laborers, and servants under any circumstances.

This chain also narrates from Rabah bin Rabee’ in the same manner. Abu Bakr bin Abi Shaybah says: Sufyan Thawri used to make a mistake in this.