"Stop, O people, that I may give you ten rules for your guidance in the battlefield. Do not commit treachery or deviate from the right path. You must not mutilate dead bodies. Neither kill a child, nor a woman, nor an aged man. Bring no harm to the trees, nor burn them with fire, especially those which are fruitful. Slay not any of the enemy’s flock, save for your food. You are likely to pass by people who have devoted their lives to monastic services; leave them alone."
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Attributed to Abu Bakr. Related by Imam Malik. See Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti, Tanwir al-Hawalik: Sharh `ala Muwatta Malik, vol. 2, al-Halabi Press, Cairo, p. 6.
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