9. A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from al-Washsha’ from Muhammad ibn Humran and Jamil ibn al-Darraj who both have narrated who has said the following:

“Abu ‘ Abd Allah , has said that whenever the Messenger of Allah dispatched a small group for an armed expedition, he called their commander and made him sit on his side. He then called the soldiers and made them sit in front of him and said to them, ‘March in the name of Allah, with Allah, in the way of Allah and upon the religion of the Messenger of Allah. You must not betray and you must not act excessively, you must not deform people, you must not cut down trees unless you are forced, you must not kill old people, children and women. If anyone of the Muslims of a higher or lower position looks with sympathy upon any of the pagans, such pagan person is in his protection until he hears the words of Allah. When he, the pagan man, hears the words of Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most Glorious, and if he follows you, he then is considered your brother in religion and if he refused, then ask Allah for assistance against him and send him back to his safe place.’” Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr from Jamil from abu ‘Abd Allah , a similar Hadith. Except that he has said, “If anyone of the Muslims looks on a pagan man with sympathy in the near or far away positions of the army, such pagan man is considered under his protection.”