Mishkat
al-Masabih

مشكاة المصابيح

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Jihad

كتاب الجهاد

 

Chapter 5b: Fighting in Jihad - Section 2

باب القتال في الجهاد - الفصل الثاني

Mishkat al-Masabih 3950

Salama b. al-Akwa‘ said

We went on an expedition with Abu Bakr in the time of the Prophet. We attacked the enemy by night and killed them, and our war-cry that night was “Put to death; put to death.” Abu Dawud transmitted it.

وَعَنْ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ الْأَكْوَعِ قَالَ: غَزَوْنَا مَعَ أبي بكر زمن النَّبِي صلى الله عَلَيْهِ وَسلم فبيَّتْناهُم نَقْتُلُهُمْ وَكَانَ شِعَارُنَا تِلْكَ اللَّيْلَةَ: أَمِتْ أَمِتْ. رَوَاهُ أَبُو دَاوُد