سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) عَنِ الطَّائِفَتَيْنِ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ إِحْدَاهُمَا بَاغِيَةٌ وَ الْأُخْرَى عَادِلَةٌ فَهَزَمَتِ الْعَادِلَةُ الْبَاغِيَةَ فَقَالَ لَيْسَ لِأَهْلِ الْعَدْلِ أَنْ يَتْبَعُوا مُدْبِراً وَ لَا يَقْتُلُوا أَسِيراً وَ لَا يُجْهِزُوا عَلَى جَرِيحٍ وَ هَذَا إِذَا لَمْ يَبْقَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْبَغْيِ أَحَدٌ وَ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُمْ فِئَةٌ يَرْجِعُونَ إِلَيْهَا فَإِذَا كَانَ لَهُمْ فِئَةٌ يَرْجِعُونَ إِلَيْهَا فَإِنَّ أَسِيرَهُمْ يُقْتَلُ وَ مُدْبِرَهُمْ يُتْبَعُ وَ جَرِيحَهُمْ يُجْهَزُ.
Translation
Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Al Qasim Bin Muhammad, from Suleyman Al Minqary, from Hafs Bin Giyas who said, ‘I asked Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> about two groups of the believers, one of them rebellious and the other one just, and the just one defeats the rebellious. So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘It is not for the just group that they should puruse the fleers, nor kill the prisoners, nor attack the wounded; and this is when there does not remain anyone from the rebellious people, and there does not happen to be a group they can return to. So if there was a group for them to be returning to, so its prisoners would be killed, and its fleers would be pursued, and their wounded would be attacked’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
Source
License: Free for educational and research use (Thaqalayn Data API)
Provided for research and educational purposes. Original source: Thaqalayn Project. Open License.