Jami` at-Tirmidhi: Book 21, Hadith 1 Narrated Abu Al-Bakhtari: “An Army from the armies of the Muslims, whose commander was Salman Al-Farisi, besieged one of the Persian castles. They said: ‘O Abu ‘Abdullah! Should we charge them?’ He said: ‘Leave me to call them (to Islam) as I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) call […]
Jami’ at-Tirmidhi is one of the six major hadith collections in Sunni Islam, compiled by Imam Abu ‘Isa Muhammad at-Tirmidhi. It is notable for its classification of hadith based on authenticity and legal relevance, and includes commentary on the reliability of narrators and juristic differences among scholars.
Book 21, The Book on Military Expeditions, discusses the battles and military campaigns of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), including related rulings.
Jami` at-Tirmidhi: Book 21, Hadith 2 Narrated Ibn ‘Asim Al-Muzani: From his father and he was a Companion who said: “When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) dispatched any army or battalion, he would say to them: ‘If you see a Masjid, or hear someone calling the Adhan, then do not kill anyone.’” حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ […]
Jami` at-Tirmidhi: Book 21, Hadith 3 Narrated Anas: “When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) set out for Khaibar, he approached it at night and when he came to a people during the night, he would not attack them until morning. So when the morning came, the Jews came out with their shovels and baskets, then […]
Jami` at-Tirmidhi: Book 21, Hadith 4 Narrated Abu Talhah: “When the Prophet (ﷺ) overtook a people he would stay at the outskirts of their city for three nights.” حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ مُعَاذٍ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي عَرُوبَةَ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ، عَنْ أَبِي طَلْحَةَ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه […]
Jami` at-Tirmidhi: Book 21, Hadith 5 Narrated Ibn ‘Umar: “The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) burnt the palm trees of Bani Nadir and cut them down at Al-Buwairah. So Allah revealed: Whatever you cut down of their palm trees, or you left them standing on their trunks, then it was by the permission of Allah, and […]
Jami` at-Tirmidhi: Book 21, Hadith 6 Narrated Abu Umamah: That the Prophet (ﷺ) said: “Verily, Allah has honored me over the (other) Prophets” – or he said: “My nation over the nations, and He has made the spoils of war lawful for us.” حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ الْمُحَارِبِيُّ الْكُوفِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا أَسْبَاطُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ […]
Jami` at-Tirmidhi: Book 21, Hadith 7 Another chain from Abu Hurairah who narrated that the Prophet (ﷺ) said: “I have been honored over the Prophets with six (things): I have been given Jawami’ Al-Kalam, I have been aided by (the ability to cause in the enemy) fright, the spoils of war have been made lawful […]
Jami` at-Tirmidhi: Book 21, Hadith 8 Narrated Ibn ‘Umar: “The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) divided the spoils as two shares for the horse and one share for the man.” حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدَةَ الضَّبِّيُّ، وَحُمَيْدُ بْنُ مَسْعَدَةَ، قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمُ بْنُ أَخْضَرَ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ […]
Jami` at-Tirmidhi: Book 21, Hadith 9 Another chain with similar meaning. There are narrations on this topic from Mujammi’ bin Jariyah, Ibn ‘Abbas, and Ibn Abi ‘Amrah from his father. This Hadith of Ibn ‘Umar is a Hasan Sahih Hadith. This is acted upon according to most of the people of knowledge among the Companions […]
Jami` at-Tirmidhi: Book 21, Hadith 10 Narrated Ibn ‘Abbas: That the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “The best companions are four, the best Saraya (military unit) is four hundred, the best army is four thousand, and twelve thousand will not be beaten due to being too few.” This Hadith is Hasan Gharib, it was not […]
Jami` at-Tirmidhi: Book 21, Hadith 11 Narrated Yazid bin Hurmuz: That Najdah Al-Haruri wrote to Ibn ‘Abbas asking if the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) would fight along with women, and if he would fix a share of the spoils of war for them. Ibn ‘Abbas wrote to him: “You wrote to me asking me if […]
Jami` at-Tirmidhi: Book 21, Hadith 12 Narrated ‘Umair, the freed slave of Abil-Lahm: “I participated at Khaibar with my masters. They spoke about me to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and told him that I was a slave.” He said: “So he ordered me to take up the sword, and I found myself dragging it, […]