It is narrated from Sayyiduna Samurah bin Jundub (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: No man should pursue his brother’s captive so that he kills him.

It is narrated from Abu Abdur Rahman Hubli, he says: We were engaged in a naval jihad in the regions of Rome, Abdullah bin Qais Fazari was our commander and Sayyiduna Abu Ayyub Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him) was also with us. The person who was to distribute the spoils of war, Sayyiduna Abu Ayyub (may Allah be pleased with him) passed by him, he had made the captives stand, and among them was a woman who was crying. He asked: What has happened to her? People informed him that the Muslims had separated her from her child. So Sayyiduna Abu Ayyub (may Allah be pleased with him) took the child by the hand and gave him to his mother. Seeing this, the distributor went to Abdullah bin Qais and complained to him. He called Sayyiduna Abu Ayyub (may Allah be pleased with him) and asked: What made you do this? He replied: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: Whoever separates a mother from her child, Allah Almighty will separate him from his loved ones on the Day of Resurrection.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas’ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that when prisoners were brought to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), he (peace and blessings be upon him) would give prisoners who were relatives to the same household, disliking that they be separated from each other.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ruwaifi’ bin Thabit Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him), he says: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) stood among us on the day of Hunayn and said: It is not lawful for a man who believes in Allah and the Last Day to water someone else’s crop with his own water. By this, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) meant that one should not have intimate relations with pregnant captive women. Also, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: It is not lawful for a man to have intercourse with a captive woman who has a husband until she undergoes istibra’ of the womb, that is, when he buys such a woman, he should not have intimate relations with her before istibra’ of the womb. And it is also not lawful for a man to sell the spoils of war before they have been distributed.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ruwaifi’ bin Thabit (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade intercourse with a slave woman until she has her menstruation, and with a pregnant woman until she gives birth to her child.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: He is not one of us who has intercourse with a pregnant slave woman.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Darda’ (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) saw at the door of a tent or in one of its corners a woman who was about to give birth. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Perhaps her owner has intercourse with her? The people said: Yes. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: I intended to invoke such a curse upon the person who would even enter her grave with her; how can he be her heir when she is not lawful for him? How can he take service from her when she is not lawful for him?

It is narrated from Ubaid bin Ta'li, he says: We fought a battle under the leadership of Abdur Rahman bin Khalid bin Walid. Four disbelievers from among the non-Arabs were brought to him, and he ordered regarding them, so they were tied up and killed with arrows. When this reached Sayyiduna Abu Ayyub (may Allah be pleased with him), he said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) forbidding killing by tying up.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas’ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that when the prisoners were brought on the day of the Battle of Badr, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said:“None of them should escape except by paying ransom or by having their necks struck.”I (Abdullah) said:“O Messenger of Allah! Except Suhail bin Bayda, for I have heard him speaking about accepting Islam.”Upon hearing this, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) remained silent. I saw myself that day fearing more than anything else that stones might begin to fall upon me from the sky. (While I was in this state,) the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:“Except Suhail bin Bayda.”

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah, may Allah be pleased with him, that Abu al-Qasim, peace and blessings be upon him and his family, said: Our Lord is amazed at those people who are being dragged to Paradise in chains.