The reciter: And Ibn Abi 'Umar narrated to us, Sufyan narrated to us, from Isma'il ibn Umayyah, from Sa'id al-Maqburi, from Yazid ibn Hurmuz, who said:
Najdah ibn 'Amir al-Haruri wrote to Ibn 'Abbas asking him about a slave and a woman who are present when war spoils are taken: are they to be given a share? And about the killing of children? And about the orphan: when does the state of orphanhood end for him? And about those with kinship ties: who are they? So he said to Yazid: Write to him, and were it not for the fact that he would fall into foolishness, I would not have written to him. Write: You wrote asking me about a woman and a slave who are present when war spoils are taken: are they to be given anything? And there is nothing for them unless they are given a share. And you wrote asking me about the killing of children, and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) did not kill them, and you should not kill them unless you know from them what the companion of Moses knew of the boy whom he killed. And you wrote asking me about the orphan: when does the name of orphanhood end for him? And the name of orphanhood does not end for him until he reaches maturity and soundness of judgment is observed in him. And you wrote asking me about those with kinship ties: who are they? And we claimed that we are they, but our people refused to accept that for us.
كَتَبَ نَجْدَةُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ الْحَرُورِيُّ إِلَى ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ يَسْأَلُهُ، عَنِ الْعَبْدِ وَالْمَرْأَةِ يَحْضُرَانِ الْمَغْنَمَ، هَلْ يُقْسَمُ لَهُمَا ؟ وَعَنْ قَتْلِ الْوِلْدَانِ؟ وَعَنِ الْيَتِيمِ مَتَى يَنْقَطِعُ عَنْهُ الْيُتْمُ؟ وَعَنْ ذَوِي الْقُرْبَى مَنْ هُمْ ؟ فَقَالَ لِيَزِيدَ : اكْتُبْ إِلَيْهِ، فَلَوْلَا أَنْ يَقَعَ فِي أُحْمُوقَةٍ مَا كَتَبْتُ إِلَيْهِ، اكْتُبْ : إِنَّكَ كَتَبْتَ تَسْأَلُنِي عَنِ الْمَرْأَةِ وَالْعَبْدِ يَحْضُرَانِ الْمَغْنَمَ، هَلْ يُقْسَمُ لَهُمَا شَيْءٌ ؟ وَإِنَّهُ لَيْسَ لَهُمَا شَيْءٌ إِلَّا أَنْ يُحْذَيَا، وَكَتَبْتَ تَسْأَلُنِي عَنْ قَتْلِ الْوِلْدَانِ، وَإِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَمْ يَقْتُلْهُمْ، وَأَنْتَ فَلَا تَقْتُلْهُمْ إِلَّا أَنْ تَعْلَمَ مِنْهُمْ مَا عَلِمَ صَاحِبُ مُوسَى مِنَ الْغُلَامِ الَّذِي قَتَلَهُ، وَكَتَبْتَ تَسْأَلُنِي عَنِ الْيَتِيمِ مَتَى يَنْقَطِعُ عَنْهُ اسْمُ الْيُتْمِ؟ وَإِنَّهُ لَا يَنْقَطِعُ عَنْهُ اسْمُ الْيُتْمِ حَتَّى يَبْلُغَ وَيُؤْنَسَ مِنْهُ رُشْدٌ، وَكَتَبْتَ تَسْأَلُنِي عَنْ ذَوِي الْقُرْبَى مَنْ هُمْ ؟ وَإِنَّا زَعَمْنَا أَنَّا هُمْ، فَأَبَى ذَلِكَ عَلَيْنَا قَوْمُنَا
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