The Forbiddance of Killing Women and Children in Jihad
By Admin on Apr 12, 2007 in Comparitive Fiqh, Fiqh (Jurisprudence) | comments(18)
Islām has made the life of women and children inviolable in times of war. This research paper will collect the evidences from the main sources of Islamic Law (shari’ah) and present them in an objective manner. The goal is to prove to the Muslim, as well as the non-Muslim, that the traditional Islamic view on this issue is one of proscription, not permissibility.
Allah 
, the exalted, says in the Qur’an:
وَقَاتِلُواْ فِي سَبِيلِ اللّهِ الَّذِينَ يُقَاتِلُونَكُمْ وَلاَ تَعْتَدُواْ إِنَّ اللّهَ لاَ يُحِبِّ الْمُعْتَدِينَ
“Fight in the cause of Allah those who fight you, but do not transgress limits; for Allah loveth not transgressors.”
The phrase “wa lā ta’tadū” translated above as ‘but do not transgress limits’, has been interpreted by the earliest Muslim jurists to mean ‘do not kill women and children’ etc.
