How is the prohibition against killing women and children reconciled with the permissibility of using a trebuchet against the enemy?
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Question:
May Allah reward you. This questioner asks how to reconcile the prohibition of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) against killing women and children with what is mentioned here regarding the permissibility of using a trebuchet against the enemy?
Answer:
My brother, they are not killed intentionally. As for them being killed incidentally, because it is not possible to defeat the enemy except by that, there is no harm. What is excused incidentally is not excused initially.
May Allah reward you. This questioner asks how to reconcile the prohibition of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) against killing women and children with what is mentioned here regarding the permissibility of using a trebuchet against the enemy?
Answer:
My brother, they are not killed intentionally. As for them being killed incidentally, because it is not possible to defeat the enemy except by that, there is no harm. What is excused incidentally is not excused initially.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [3436/3074] كيف يُجمع بين النهي عن قتل النساء والصبيان وجواز نصب المنجنيق على الأعداء؟ -صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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