8. Jihad (Religious Wars)
19:4292 - Ibn 'Aun reported: I wrote to Nafi' inquiring from him whether it was necessary to extend to the disbelievers an invitation to accept Islam before engaging them in fight. He replied that it was necessary in the early days of Islam. The Messenger of Allah made a raid upon Banu Mustaliq while they were unaware and their cattle were having a drink at the water. He killed those who fought and imprisoned others. On that very day, he captured Juwairiya. {In the early days it was necessary to invite disbelievers before attacking them but subsequently when Islam became strong that was no longer necessary. Muhammad attacked without warning and in the process captured many wives such as Juwairiya.}
19:4294 - When the Messenger of Allah appointed anyone as leader of an army he would especially exhort him to fear Allah and to be good to the Muslims who were with him. He would say: Fight in the name of Allah and in the way of Allah. Fight against those who disbelieve in Allah. Make a holy war, do not embezzle the spoils; do not break your pledge; When you meet your enemies who are polytheists, invite them to three courses of action. 1) Invite them to accept Islam; if they respond to you, accept it from them and desist from fighting against them. Then invite them to migrate from their lands to the land of Muhairs and inform them that, if they do so, they shall have all the privileges and obligations of the Muhajirs. If they refuse to migrate, tell them that they will have the status of Bedouin Muslims and will be subjected to the Commands of Allah like other Muslims, but they will not get any share from the spoils of war except when they actually fight with the Muslims against the disbelievers. 2) If they refuse to accept Islam, demand from them the Jizya (tax). If they agree to pay, accept it from them and hold off your hands. 3) If they refuse to pay the tax, seek Allah's help and fight them. When you lay siege to a fort and the besieged appeal to you for protection in the name of Allah and His Prophet, do not accord to them the guarantee of Allah and His Prophet, but accord to them your own guarantee and the guarantee of your companions for it is a lesser sin that the security given by you or your companions be disregarded than that the security granted in the name of Allah and His Prophet be violated. {Here we find a tapestry of the fine art of holy war with Allah, his messenger, spoils of war, tax on non-believer and death to those who do not accept any of the above, all beautifully interwoven. Also note guarantees were not to be made in the name of Allah or his prophet because then it would not be possible for Muhammad to violate them as he usually did.}
19:4301 - The Messenger of Allah said: When Allah will gather together, on the Day of Judgment a flag will be raised to mark off every person guilty of breach of faith, and it will be announced that this is the treachery of so and so, son of so and so to attract the attention of people to his guilt. {On judgement day if you did not have faith, in Islam obviously, you would be sectioned off and your treachery will be proclaimed to one and all.}
19:4311 - The Messenger of Allah said: War is a stratagem. {A Trick for surprising or deceiving an enemy.}
19:4314 - The Messenger of Allah in one of those days when he was confronting the enemy waited until the sun had declined. Then he stood up and said: O ye men pray to Allah to grant you security; when you encounter them exercise patience, and you should know that Paradise is under the shadows of the swords. O Allah put our enemy to rout and help us against them. O Lord, defeat them and shake them.
19:4322 - Sa'b b. Jaththama asked the Prophet: Messenger of Allah, we kill the children of the polytheists during the night raids.
19:4323 – The Prophet said: What about the children of polytheists killed by the cavalry during the night raid? He said: They are from them. {So apparently it is alright to kill the children of the idol worshippers but with the Jews and Christians the children were taken as slaves.}
19:4324 – The Messenger of Allah ordered the date-palms of Banu Nadir to be burnt and cut. So Allah, the Glorious and Exalted, revealed the verse: “Whatever trees you have cut down or left standing on their trunks, it was with the permission of Allah so that He may disgrace the evil-doers” {It seems as though cutting down trees disgraces the evil doers; so much for the ecology of the planet.}
19:4327 – The Messenger of Allah said: “One of the Prophets made a holy war.” So he (Allah’s Messenger) marched on and approached a village at about the time of the Asr (evening) prayers. He said to the sun: “Thou art subservient to Allah and so am I. O Allah, stop it for me a little.” The sun was stopped for him until Allah granted him victory. The people gathered the spoils of war. A fire approached the spoils to devour them, but it did not devour them. Allah saw our weakness and humility and made the spoils of war lawful for us (Muslims). {Muhammad was under the impression that to halt time the sun had to be stopped. Also Allah made war booty lawful for the Muslims.}
19:4328 – Mus'ab b. Sa'd said: My father took a sword from Khums and brought it to the Prophet and said: Grant it to me. He refused. At this Allah revealed (the Qur’anic verse): “They ask thee concerning the spoils of war. Say: The spoils of war are for Allah and the Apostle” {Muhammad ensured that he and his ‘Allah’ took ownership of the war booty.}
19:4332 – The Messenger of Allah sent an expedition to Najd. We got camels and goats as spoils of war, and our share amounted to twelve camels per head, and the Messenger of Allah gave an extra camel to each of us.
19:4332 – Abdullah b. 'Umar narrated that one-fifth of the total spoils of war was to be reserved for Allah and His Apostle in all cases.
19:4340 – Abu Qatada reported: We accompanied the Messenger of Allah on an expedition. When we encountered the enemy, some of the Muslims turned back in fear. I saw that a man from the polytheists overpowered one of the Muslims. I turned round and attacked him from behind giving a blow between his neck and shoulder. He turned towards me and grappled with me. Then death overtook him. The enemy retreated by the Decree of Allah. The Messenger of Allah sat down to distribute the spoils of war. He said: One who has killed an enemy and can bring evidence to prove it will get his belongings. So he gave the belongings of the one I killed to me. I sold the armour which was a part of my share of the booty and bought from its proceeds a garden in the street of Banu Salama. This was the first property I acquired after embracing Islam.
19:4341 –'Abd al-Rahman b. Auf narrated: While I was standing in the battle array on the Day of Badr, I looked towards my right and my left, and found myself between two boys quite young in age. One of them made a sign to me and said: Uncle, do you know Abu Jahl? I said: Yes. What do you want to do with him? He said: I have been told that he abuses the Messenger of Allah. By Allah if I see him I will not leave him until one of us is killed. Soon after I saw Abu Jahl. Don't you see? He is the man you were inquiring about. As soon as they heard this they dashed towards him, struck him with their swords until he was killed. Then they returned to the Messenger of Allah and informed him. Muhammad asked: Which of you has killed him? Each one of them said: I have killed him. He said: Have you wiped your swords? They said: No. He examined their swords and said: Both of you have killed him. He then decided that the belongings of Abu Jahl he handed over to the two boys.
19:4342 – A man from the Himyar tribe killed an enemy and wanted to take the booty. Khalid b. Walid, who was the commander, forbade, him. They came to the Messenger of Allah and informed him. Muhammad asked: What prevented you from giving the booty to him? Khalid said: I thought it was too much. The Prophet said: Hand it over to him.
19:4344 – We fought the Battle of Hawazin along with the Messenger of Allah. While we were having breakfast with the Messenger a man came riding a red camel. He began to take food with the people and look curiously around. All of a sudden, he left us hurriedly. Salama (the narrator) said: I followed on foot. I ran on until I was near the thigh of the she-camel. I advanced further until I was near the haunches of the camel. As soon as it placed its knee on the ground, I drew my sword and struck at the head, of the rider who fell down. I brought the camel with the man's baggage and weapons. The Messenger of Allah came forward to meet me and the people were with him. He asked: Who has killed the man? The people said: Ibn Akwa'. He said: Everything of the man is for him.
19:4345 – Salama (b. al-Akwa') narated: We fought against the Fazara and Abu Bakr was the commander over us. We made a halt during the last part of the night for rest and then we attacked from all sides and reached their watering-place where a battle was fought. Some of the enemies were killed and some were taken prisoners. I saw a group of persons that consisted of women and children heading for the mountain so I shot an arrow between them and the mountain. When they saw the arrow, they stopped. So I brought them, driving them along. Among them was a woman and with her was her daughter who was one of the prettiest girls in Arabia. I drove them along until I brought them to Abu Bakr who bestowed that girl upon me as a prize.
19:4346 – The Messenger of Allah said: If you come to a township which has surrendered without a formal war, you have a share in the properties obtained from it. If a township disobeys Allah and His Messenger and fights against the Muslims one-fifth of the booty seized from it is for Allah and His Apostle and the rest is for you.
19:4347 – Umar (the third caliph, leader of the Muslims) said: The properties abandoned by Banu Nadir were the ones which Allah bestowed upon His Apostle. These properties were particularly meant for the Prophet. He would meet the annual expenditure of his family from the income thereof, and would spend what remained for purchasing horses and weapons as preparation for Jihad.
19:4360 – When it was the day on which the Battle of Badr was fought, the Messenger of Allah cast a glance at the infidels, and they were one thousand while his own Companions were three hundred and nineteen. The Prophet turned towards the Qibla, stretched his hands and began his supplication to his Lord: “O Allah, accomplish for me what Thou hast promised to me. O Allah, bring about what Thou hast promised to me. O Allah, if this small band of Muslims is destroyed. Thou will not be worshipped on this earth.” So Allah revealed the Qur'anic verse: “When ye appealed to your Lord for help, He responded to your call saying: I will help you with one thousand angels coming in succession.” So Allah helped him with angels. The Muslims that day killed seventy persons and captured seventy. The Messenger of Allah said to Abu Bakr and 'Umar: What is your opinion about these captives? Abu Bakr said: They are our kith and kin. I think you should release them after getting from them a ransom. Then the Messenger of Allah said: What is your opinion Ibn Khattab? He said: I am of the opinion that you should hand them over to us so that we may cut off their heads. They are leaders of the disbelievers and veterans among them. The Messenger of Allah approved the opinion of Abu Bakr. The next day when I came to the Messenger of Allah I found that both he and Abu Bakr were sitting shedding tears. The Messenger of Allah said: I weep for what has happened to your companions for taking ransom from the prisoners. Then God revealed the verse: “It is not befitting for a prophet that he should take prisoners until the force of the disbelievers has been crushed. So eat ye the spoils of war, (it is) lawful and pure. So Allah made booty lawful for them.” {Muhammad regretted ransoming the prisoners, for Allah revealed that it was not befitting of him to take prisoners until all the disbelievers were crushed (Q.8:67). Therefore he wept because he did not follow Ibn Khattab’s advice to kill the prisoners.}
19:4361 – The Messenger of Allah sent some horsemen to Najd. They captured Thumama b. Uthal who was the chief of the people of Yamama. People bound him on one of the pillars of the mosque. The Messenger of Allah came out to him and said: O Thumama, what do you think? He replied: Muhammad, I have good opinion of you. If you kill me, you will kill a person who has spilt blood. If you do me a favour, you will do a favour to a grateful person. If you want wealth, ask and you will get what you will demand. The Messenger of Allah left him in this condition for three days and came to him again and said: What do you think, O Thumama? He replied: What I have already told you and repeated what he said before. The Messenger of Allah said: Set Thumama free. He entered the mosque and said: I bear testimony that there is no god but Allah and I testify that Muhammad is His bondman and His messenger. O Muhammad, by Allah, there was no face on the earth more hateful to me than your face, but now your face has become to me the dearest of all faces. By Allah, there was no religion more hateful to me than your religion, but now your religion has become the dearest of all religions to me. He went to Mecca and said: I have rather embraced Islam with the Messenger of Allah. By Allah, you will not get a single grain of wheat from Yamama until it is permitted by the Messenger of Allah. {Muhammad had two options; kill the leader of Yamama or accept his promise of allegiance and wealth. He chose the latter and in the process sanctioned trade from Yamama to Mecca.}
19:4363 – We were in the mosque when the Messenger of Allah came to us and said: Let us go to the Jews. We went out with him until we came to them. The Messenger of Allah stood up and called out to them: O ye assembly of Jews, accept Islam and you will be safe. He added: You should know that the earth belongs to Allah and His Apostle, and I wish that I should expel you from this land. Those of you who have any property with them should sell it, otherwise you should know that the earth belongs to Allah and His Apostle and you may have to go away leaving everything behind.
19:4364 – The Jews of Banu Nadir and Banu Quraizi fought against the Messenger of Allah. He expelled the people of Banu Nadir from their lands, and allowed Quraiza to stay on, and granted favour to them until they too fought against him. Then he killed their men, and distributed their women, children and properties among the Muslims. Some of them had joined the Messenger of Allah who granted them security. The Messenger of Allah turned out all the Jews of Medina, Banu Qainuqa', the Jews of Banu Haritha and every other Jew who was in Medina.
19:4366 The Messenger of Allah said: I will expel the Jews and Christians from the Arabian Peninsula and will not leave any but Muslim.
19:4368 – The people of Quraiza surrendered. The Messenger of Allah said to Abu Sa'id al-Khudri: These people have surrendered accepting your decision. He (Sa'id) said: You will kill their fighters and capture their women and children. Hearing this, the Prophet said: You have adjudged by the command of Allah.
19:4370 – Sa'd was wounded on the day of the Battle of the Ditch. When the Messenger of Allah returned from the Ditch and laid down his arms and took a bath, the angel Gabriel appeared to him and said: You have laid down arms. By God, we haven't yet laid them down. So march against them. The Messenger of Allah asked: Where? He pointed to Banu Quraiza. So the Messenger of Allah fought against them. They surrendered at the command of the Messenger of Allah but referred the decision about them to Sa'd who said: I decide about them that those of them who can fight be killed, their women and children taken prisoners and their properties distributed among the Muslims.
19:4372 – Sa'd's wound became dry and was going to heal when he prayed: O God, surely Thou know that nothing is dearer to me than that I should fight for Thy cause against the people who disbelieve Your Messenger.
19:4385 – 'Abbas said: I was in the company of the Messenger of Allah on the Day of Hunain. I and Abd Sufyan b. Harith stuck to the Messenger of Allah and we did not separate from him. When the Muslims had an encounter with the disbelievers, the Muslims fled, falling back, but the Messenger of Allah began to spur his mule towards the disbelievers. The Messenger of Allah said: Abbas, call out to the people of al-Samura. Abbas called out: Where are the people of Samura? They came back and said: We are present, we are present! 'Abbas said: They began to fight the infidels. Then there was a call to The Ansar. Banu al-Harith b. al-Khazraj were the last to be called. The Messenger of Allah said: This is the time when the fight is raging hot. Then the Messenger of Allah took pebbles and threw them in the face of the infidels. Then he said: By the Lord of Muhammad, the infidels are defeated. 'Abbas said: I went round and saw that the battle was in the same condition in which I had seen it. By Allah, it remained in the same condition until he threw the pebbles. I continued to watch until I found that their force had been spent out and they began to retreat.
19:4392 – We fought by the side of the Messenger of Allah at Hunain. When we encountered the enemy, I advanced and ascended a hillock. A man from the enemy side turned towards me and I shot him with an arrow. Suddenly I saw that a group of people appeared from the other hillock. They and the Companions of the Prophet met in combat, but the Companions of the Prophet turned back and I too turned back defeated. I passed by the Messenger of Allah who said: The son of Akwa' finds himself to be utterly perplexed. When the Companions gathered round him from all sides the Messenger of Allah got down from his mule, picked up a handful of dust from the ground, threw it into the enemy faces and said: May these faces be deformed. There was no one among the enemy whose eyes were not filled with the dust from this handful. So they turned back fleeing and Allah the Exalted and Glorious defeated them, and the Messenger of Allah distributed their booty among the Muslims.
19:4393 – The Messenger of Allah besieged the people of Ta'if, but did get victory over them. He said: God willing, we shall return. His Companions said: Shall we depart without having conquered it? The Messenger of Allah said: Alright make a raid in the morning.
19:4395 – Abu Huraira said: The Messenger of Allah advanced until he reached Mecca. He deputed Zubair on his right flank and Khalid on the left, and he despatched Abu Ubaida. They advanced to the interior of the valley. The Messenger of Allah was in the midst of a large contingent of fighters. He saw me and said: Abu Huraira. I said: I am here at your call, Messenger of Allah. He said: Let no one come to me except the Ansar, so call to me the Ansar (only). Abu Huraira continued: So they gathered round him. The Quraish also gathered their ruffians and their (lowly) followers, and said: We send these forward. If they get anything, we shall be with them (to share it). The Messenger of Allah said (to the Ansar): You see the ruffians and the (lowly) followers of the Quraish. And he indicated by (striking) one of his hands over the other that they should be killed and said: Meet me at as-Safa. Then we went on (and) if any one of us wanted that a certain person should be killed, he was killed, and none could offer any resistance. Abu Huraira continued: Then came Abu Sufyan and said: Messenger of Allah, the blood of the Quraish has become very cheap. There will be no Quraish from this day on. Then he (the Prophet) said: Who enters the house of Abu Sufyan, he will be safe. The narrator continued: People turned to the house of Abu Sufyan and people locked their doors. The Messenger of Allah proceeded until he approached the (Black) Stone. He kissed it and circumambulated the Kabbah. He reached near an idol by the side of the Kabbah which was worshipped by the people. The Messenger of Allah had a bow in his hand, and he was holding it from a corner. When he came near the idol, he began to pierce its eyes with the bow and while doing so was saying: Truth has been established and falsehood has perished. When he had finished he came to Safa', ascended it to a height from where he could see the Kabbah, raised his hands and began to praise Allah. Then he said with his hands one upon the other: Kill them who stand in your way.
19:4397 – The Prophet entered Mecca. There were three hundred and sixty idols around the Kabbah. He began to thrust them with the stick that was in his hand saying: “Truth has come and falsehood has vanished. Lo! Falsehood was destined to vanish”. Truth has arrived, and falsehood can neither create anything from the beginning nor can it restore to life.
19:4405 - We were with the Messenger of Allah on the Day of Hudaibiya. If we had thought it fit to fight, we could fight. This was in the truce between the Messenger of Allah and the polytheists. Umar b. Khattab came, approached the Messenger of Allah and said: Messenger of Allah, aren't we fighting for truth and they for falsehood? He replied: By all means. He asked: Are not those killed from our side in Paradise and those killed from their side in the Fire? He replied: Yes. He said: Then why should we put a blot upon our religion and return, while Allah has not decided the issue between them and ourselves? He said: Son of Khattab, I am the Messenger of Allah. Allah will never ruin me.
19:4412 - I was with the Messenger of Allah on the night of the Battle of Abzib and we were gripped by a violent wind and severe cold. The Messenger of Allah said: Hark, the man who goes reconnoitring and brings me the news of the enemy shall be ranked with me on the Day of Judgment by Allah. Then he said: Get up Hudhaifa, bring me the news of the enemy.
19:4413 - Anas b. Malik reported that at the Battle of Uhud, the Messenger of Allah was left with only seven men from the ansar and two men from the Quraish. When the enemy advanced towards him and overwhelmed him, he said: Whoso turns them away from us will attain Paradise or will be my Companion in Paradise. A man from the Ansar came forward and fought (the enemy) until he was killed. The enemy advanced and overwhelmed him again and he repeated the words: Whoso turns them away, from us will attain Paradise or will be my Companion in Paradise. A man from the Arsar came forward and fought until he was killed. This state continued until the seven Ansar were killed one after the other. Now, the Messenger of Allah said: We have not done justice to our Companions.
19:4420 - The Messenger of Allah said: Great is the wrath of Allah upon a person who has been killed by the Messenger of Allah in the way of Allah, the Exalted and Glorious.
19:4424 – The Messenger of Allah turned his face towards the Kabbah and invoked God's curses upon six men of the Quraish, among whom were Abu Jahl. Umayya b. Khalaf, Utba b. Rabi'a, Shaiba b. Rabi'a and 'Uqba b. Abu Mu'ait I swear by God that I saw them lying slain in the battlefield of Badr. It being a hot day, their complexion had changed showing signs of decay.
19:4425 – The Messenger of Allah said: The angel in charge of the mountains called out to me, greeted me and said: Muhammad, God has listened to what thy people have said to thee. I am the angel in charge of the mountains and thy Lord has sent me to thee so that thou may order me what thou wishest. If thou wish that I should bring together the two mountains that stand opposite to each other at the extremities of Mecca to crush them in between, I would do that. But I said to him: I rather hope that God will produce from their descendants such persons as will worship Allah, the One, and will not ascribe partners to Him.
19:4436 – The Messenger of Allah said: Who will kill Ka'b b. Ashraf? He has maligned Allah and His Messenger. Maslama said: Messenger of Allah, do you wish that I should kill him? He said: Yes. Maslama said: Permit me to talk to him in the way I deem fit {i.e. lie to gain his confidence}. He said: Talk as you like. So, Maslama came to Ka'b and talked to him, referred to the old friendship between them and said: The Prophet has made up his mind to collect charity from us and this has put us to a great hardship. When be heard this, Ka'b said: By God, you will be put to more trouble by him. Maslama said: No doubt, now we have become his followers and we do not like to forsake him until we see what turn his affairs will take. I want that you should give me a loan. Ka'b said: What will you mortgage? He said: What do you want? Ka'b said: Pledge me your women. He said: You are the most handsome of the Arabs; should we pledge our women to you? Ka'b said: Pledge me your children. He said: The son of one of us may abuse us saying that he was pledged for two wasqs of dates, but we can pledge you our weapons. Ka'b said: All right. Then Maslama promised that he would come to him with Harith, Abu Jabr and Abbad b. Bishr. So they came and called upon him at night. Ka'b came down to them. His wife said: I hear a voice which sounds like the voice of murder. He said: It is only Maslama and his foster-brother, Abu Na'ila. Maslama said to his companions: As he comes down, I will extend my hands towards his head and when I hold him fast, you should do your job. When he came down they said to him: We sense from you a very fine smell. Maslama said: Allow me to smell. Ka'b said: Yes, you may smell. He then held his head fast and said to his companions: Do your job. And they killed him.
19:4437 - It has been narrated by Anas that the Messenger of Allah raided Khaibar. One morning we offered prayers in the darkness of early dawn near Khaibar. Then the Messenger of Allah mounted his horse. The Prophet of Allah rode through the streets of Khaibar. When he entered the town, he said: “God is Great. Khaibar shall face destruction.” When we descend in the city-square of a people, it is a bad day for them who have been warned and have not taken heed. He said these words thrice. The people of the town had just come out from their houses to go about their jobs. They said in surprise: Muhammad has come. We captured Khaibar by force.
19:4438 - Anas said: I was riding on the day of the Battle of Khaibar. We encountered the people at sunrise when they had come out with their axes, spades and strings driving their cattle along. They shouted in surprise: Muhammad has come along with his force! The Messenger of Allah said: Khaibar shall face destruction. Behold! when we descend in the city-square of a people, it is a bad day for those who have been warned but have not taken heed. Allah, the Glorious and Majestic, inflicted defeat upon them.
19:4440 - Salama b. al-Akwa' said: We marched upon Khaibar with the Messenger of Allah. We reached Khaibar and besieged them, and we continued the siege until extreme hunger afflicted us. When the people drew themselves up in battle array 'Amir caught hold of his sword that was rather short. He drove a Jew before him to strike him with it. As he struck him, his sword recoiled and struck his own knee, and 'Amir died of the wound. When the people returned after the conquest of Khaibar I was silent and dejected; Muhammad said: What's the matter with thee? I said to him: People presume that 'Amir's sacrifice has been in vain. He said: Who has said that has lied. For him ('Amir) there is a double reward. He was a devotee of God and a warrior fighting for His cause. {Fighting in Allah’s cause will earn you double reward. What more incentive need be given to a Jihadist?}
19:4457 - The Messenger of Allah used not to kill the children, so you should not kill them unless you could distinguish between a child who would grow up to be a believer and a child who would grow up to be a non-believer, so that you killed the prospective non-believer and left the prospective believer alive.
19:4458 - Yazid b. Hurmuz asked: Do the woman and the slave get a share of the booty if they participated in Jihad. Ibn Abbas said: You should know that there is nothing of the sort for them except that they will be given a prize.
19:4464 - Abu Ishaq narrated: I met Zaid b. Arqam. I asked him: How many military expeditions did the Messenger of Allah undertake? He said: Nineteen expeditions. I asked him: On how many expeditions did you accompany him? He said: On seventeen expeditions.
19:4466 - Jabir b. Abdullah said: I fought in the company of the Messenger of Allah in nineteen battles. I did not participate in the Battle of Badr and the Battle of Uhud. My father prevented me as my age was tender. After 'Abdullah (my father) was killed on the Day of Uhud, I never lagged behind the Messenger of Allah and joined every battle he fought.
19:4472 - The Messenger of Allah set out for Badr. When he reached Harrat-ul-Wabara a man met him who was known for his valour and courage. The Companions of the Messenger of Allah were pleased to see him. He said: I have come so that I may follow you and get a share from the booty. The Messenger of Allah said to him: Do you believe in Allah and His Apostle? He said: No. The Messenger of Allah said: Go back, I will not seek help from a Mushrik (idol worshipper). The man returned and overtook him at Baida'? The Messenger asked him as he had asked previously: Do you believe in Allah and His Apostle? The man said: Yes. The Messenger of Allah said to him: Then come along with us.
SB 1:35 - The Prophet said, 'The person who participates in Holy battles for Allah's cause and nothing compels him to do so except belief in Allah and His Apostles, will be recompensed by Allah either with a reward, or booty (if he survives) or will be admitted to Paradise (if he is killed in the battle as a martyr). For Jihad I would have loved to be martyred in Allah's cause and then made alive, and then martyred and then made alive, and then again martyred in His cause.'
SB 4:264 - Allah's Apostle in one of his military expeditions against the enemy, waited till the sun declined and then he got up amongst the people saying, “O people! Do not wish to meet the enemy, and ask Allah for safety, but when you face the enemy, be patient, and remember that Paradise is under the shades of swords.” Then he said, “O Allah, the Revealer of the Holy Book, and the Mover of the clouds and the Defeater of the clans, defeat them, and grant us victory over them.”
SB 52:50 - The Prophet said, “A single endeavour of fighting in Allah's Cause in the forenoon or in the afternoon is better than the world and whatever is in it.”
SB 52:220 - Allah's Apostle said, “I have been sent with the shortest expressions bearing the widest meanings, and I have been made victorious with terror cast in the hearts of the enemy, and while I was sleeping, the keys of the treasures of the world were brought to me and put in my hand.”
SB 53:386 - Our Prophet, the Messenger of our Lord, has ordered us to fight you till you worship Allah alone or pay Jizya (tax); and our Prophet has informed us that our Lord says: “Whoever amongst us is killed shall go to Paradise to lead such a luxurious life as he has never seen, and whoever amongst us remain alive, shall become your master.”
SB 56:815 - Allah's Apostle said, “When Khosrau perishes, there will be no more Khosrau after him, and when Caesar perishes, there will be no more Caesar after him. By Him in Whose Hands Muhammad's life is, you will spend the treasures of both of them in Allah's Cause.” {After invitations to Islam were rejected by the Persian, Roman and other leaders Muhammad incited his followers to ensure they perished and sanctioned the use of their wealth in the cause of Allah. It was a command that was steadfastly adhered to in the centuries following his death.}
SAD 19:226 - The Apostle of Allah said: “If you gain a victory over the men of Jews, kill them”. So Muhayyisah jumped over Shubaybah, a man of the Jewish merchants. He then killed him.
SAD 14:2482 - Narrated Thabit ibn Says: A woman called Umm Khallad came to the Prophet while she was veiled. She was searching for her son who had been killed (in the battle) Some of the Companions of the Prophet said to her: You have come here asking for your son while veiling your face? She said: If I am afflicted with the loss of my son, I shall not suffer the loss of my modesty. The Apostle of Allah said: You will get the reward of two martyrs for your son. She asked: Why is that so, Apostle of Allah? He replied: Because the people of the Book (Christian and Jews) have killed him.
SAD 38-4390 - Narrated Atiyyah al-Qurazi: I was among the captives of Banu Qurayzah. The Muslims examined us, and those who had begun to grow pubic hair were killed, and those who had not were not killed. I was among those who had not grown hair.