Abdullah bin Iyad bin al-Harith al-Ansari narrates from his father that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) came to confront the tribe of Hawazin with an army of twelve thousand. On the day of Hunayn, as many of the people of Ta'if were killed as had been killed at the Battle of Badr. Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) took a handful of pebbles and threw them towards our faces, and we (the disbelievers) were defeated and fled. This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain of narration, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

Khubayb bin Abd al-Rahman narrates from his father, and he from his grandfather (Sayyiduna Khubayb bin Yasaf (may Allah be pleased with him)), that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) went out on a military expedition. Another man and I came to him (peace and blessings be upon him) before we had accepted Islam and said: "We feel ashamed that our people should take part in a battle while we stay behind." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Accept Islam." We refused (at that time). So he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "We do not seek the help of polytheists against polytheists." Then we accepted Islam and took part in the expedition with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). There I killed a man, and he dealt me a wound. Later (as it happened) I married his daughter. She would often say: "May I never be without the man who adorned you with this sash (the wound, as a mark of honour)!" And I would say: "May you never be without the man who hastened your father to Hell!" This hadith is sahih (authentic), but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it; and the grandfather of Khubayb bin Abd al-Rahman is a well-known Companion.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Humayd al-Sa'idi (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) went out (on a military expedition). When he (peace and blessings be upon him) had left Thaniyyat al-Wada' behind, a battalion appeared there. He (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "Who are these people?" The Companions said: "These are Banu Qaynuqa' (Jews), who are of the clan of Abdullah bin Salam." He (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "Have they accepted Islam?" They said: "No, rather they remain on their religion." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Tell them to go back, for we do not seek the help of polytheists."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Rabah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) went on a military expedition in which Khalid bin al-Walid was the commander of the vanguard. Rabah and his companions passed by a slain woman who had been killed in the vanguard's action. They all stood by her, marvelling at her build, until the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) arrived there. The people made way for him (peace and blessings be upon him), and when he (peace and blessings be upon him) saw her, he said: "Alas! This one was not among those who fight." Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) looked at the faces of the people and said to one man: "Go and catch up with Khalid bin al-Walid and tell him that he must by no means kill any child (offspring) or any hired labourer (servant)." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), but they did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna al-Aswad bin Sari' (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) sent a military detachment on the day of Hunayn (or of some battle). They fought the polytheists until the killing reached even the children (offspring). When they returned, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "What drove you to kill the children?" They said: "O Messenger of Allah, they were only the children of the polytheists." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Are not the best of you the children of the polytheists? By the One in whose hand is the soul of Muhammad, every child that is born is born upon the natural disposition (fitrah) of Islam, until its tongue (becoming able to speak) expresses it."

Something similar is narrated from Sayyiduna al-Aswad bin Sari' (may Allah be pleased with him). This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), but they did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Atiyyah al-Qurazi (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: I was presented before the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) on the day of (the judgement on) Banu Qurayzah. They were in doubt about me (whether I had reached puberty or not). So the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered that it be checked whether my pubic hair had grown. They looked and found that the hair had not yet grown. So he (peace and blessings be upon him) let me go and placed me among the captives (sabi). This hadith has been narrated by a group of imams, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it; it is as though they did not consider that Mujahid bin Jabr corroborated (mutaba'ah) Abd al-Malik bin Umayr in this narration.

It is narrated from Mujahid that Atiyyah, a man of Banu Qurayzah, informed him that the Companions of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) removed his clothes on the day of Qurayzah and examined him (for hair), and they saw that no razor had yet passed over his pubic hair (that is, he had not yet reached puberty), so they spared him from being killed. Thus, through the corroboration (mutaba'ah) of Mujahid, this hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), but they did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Sa'd bin Abi Waqqas (may Allah be pleased with him) that Sayyiduna Sa'd bin Mu'adh (may Allah be pleased with him) judged concerning Banu Qurayzah that every one of them over whom the razor had passed (that is, who had reached puberty) be killed, and that their wealth and offspring be distributed (among the Muslims). When the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was informed of this, he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Today he has judged concerning them with the very judgement of Allah Almighty which He gave (concerning them) from above the seven heavens."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jundub bin Makith (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) sent Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Ghalib al-Laythi (may Allah be pleased with him) as the commander of a detachment, and I was among them. He (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered them to launch a raid on Banu al-Mulawwih at al-Kadid. We set out until, when we reached al-Kadid, we met al-Harith bin al-Barsa' al-Laythi and seized him. He said: "I have only come out intending to accept Islam, and I am on my way to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)." We said: "If you are a true Muslim, our keeping you tied up for a day and a night will not harm you; and if you are something else, we will make sure of you (as a precaution)." So we tied him up firmly. This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of Imam Muslim, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.