RULES OF WAR

Abu Bakr as-Siddiq, a close companion and successor of the Prophet
Muhammad
(peace be upon him), told one of his military commanders: "I advise you
of
ten things [relating to the rules of war.] Do not kill women or
children or
an aged, infirm person. Do not cut down fruit-bearing trees. Do not
destroy
an inhabited place. Do not slaughter [animals] except for food. Do not
burn
bees and do not scatter them. Do not steal from the materials captured
in
combat, and do not be cowardly."

Al-Muwatta, Volume 21, Hadith 10

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