Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah, may Allah be pleased with him, narrates that the Noble Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "When a person beats (another), he should avoid the face, because Allah Almighty created Sayyiduna Adam, peace be upon him, in His image."

(Imam Ibn Hibban, may Allah have mercy on him, says:) What is meant by this is: the person who is being beaten, his appearance is (in accordance with) the image of Sayyiduna Adam, peace be upon him, because when the one who beats strikes the face of his Muslim brother, Allah Almighty created Sayyiduna Adam, peace be upon him, in his image.

Ikrimah narrates: Some people were brought to Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) who had left Islam and become apostates (the narrator is unsure, perhaps the words are) had become heretics. They also had their writings with them. By the order of Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him), a fire was lit and they were thrown into the fire along with their writings. When Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) was informed of this, he said: If I had been there, I would not have burned them, because the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade this, but I would have had them killed because the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said this. (The narration forbidding burning is:) "Do not punish with the punishment of Allah." (And the evidence for having them killed is this hadith:) "Whoever changes his religion, kill him."

Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever shoots an arrow at us is not one of us."

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates this statement of the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "Do not make any living being a target (for shooting practice)."

Sayyiduna Abu Ayyub Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) forbade tying up an animal (and then shooting at it as a target).

Ubaid bin Ya'la reports: We participated in a battle with Abdur Rahman bin Khalid bin Walid. There, four camels were brought along with the enemy, so under the order of Abdur Rahman bin Khalid, they were tied up and killed with spears. When this was reported to Sayyiduna Abu Ayyub Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him), he said: I heard the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) forbidding killing while tied up. By Him in Whose hand is my soul, even if it were a chicken, I would not use it for target practice while tied up. When this was reported to Abdur Rahman bin Khalid, he freed four slaves.

Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates this statement of the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "When you encounter Ahbar bin Aswad and Nafi’ bin ‘Abd Qais, burn both of them in the fire." After this, the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Only Allah Almighty can punish with fire. When you encounter both of them, then kill them."

Urwah narrates: Hisham bin Hakeem found Iyad bin Ghanm, who was the governor of Hims. He had made some people stand in the sun for the collection of jizyah. So Hisham bin Hakeem said: O Iyad! What is this? I heard the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) say: "Indeed, Allah will punish those who punish people in this world."

Urwah narrates: Sayyiduna Hakim bin Hizam (may Allah be pleased with him) passed by Umair bin Sa’d, who was punishing people by making them stand in the sun because of jizyah. Sayyiduna Hakim bin Hizam said: O Umair, I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) say:“Indeed, Allah will punish those who punish people in this world.”Sayyiduna Hakim said: Go and release them.

(Imam Ibn Hibban, may Allah have mercy on him, says:) Urwah heard this narration from Hisham bin Hakim, who was rebuking Iyad bin Ghanm for doing such a thing, and he also heard this narration from Sayyiduna Hakim bin Hizam (may Allah be pleased with him), who rebuked Umair bin Sa’d for doing such a thing. So both of these chains are preserved.

Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates this statement of the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "An ant bit a prophet, so by his command, the colony of ants was set on fire. Then Allah Almighty revealed to him: 'An ant had bitten you, yet you destroyed an entire community that used to glorify (Allah).'"