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Why the Messenger of Allah did not punish “Khalid ibn Walid”? - Al-Shia The Scientific and Cultural Website of Shia belief Why the Messenger of Allah did not punish “Khalid ibn Walid”? 2022-12-21 1616 Views Khalid ibn Walid , The , Attrocities of Khalid ibn Walid Why did the Messenger of Allah [PBUH] not punish “Khalid ibn Walid” despite the fact that he killed some of the Muslims of the “Bani Juzaymah” tribe?

Sunnis compare the crimes of “Kahlid ibn Walid” in killing “Malik ibn Nuwayrah” during the “Abu-Bakr” caliphate and the lack of being punished for this incident. In response, there is no doubt that “Khalid ibn Walid” committed big crimes while at war with “Malik ibn Nuwayrah”; even the second caliph seriously protested against him and called him an “Enemy of God” and pledged to stone him; but since the first caliph “Abu-Bakr” needed him for his reign, he defended him and didn’t punish him.

But as for Khalid ibn Walid’s war with the “Bani Juzaymah” tribe and killing them, saying several points are necessary: Firstly: Forgiving a murderer or punishing him is in the hand of the victim’s guardian, not anyone else; even the Messenger of Allah [PBUH], “Abu-Bakr” or any other ruler have no right to spare the murderer’s life and if victim’s guardian wants to punish murderer, Islamic ruler has to implement Islamic sentence; but if victim’s guardian doesn’t want to kill the murderer and spares his life in exchange of taking blood money, Islamic ruler should do so.

In matter of “Bani Juzaymah”, after the Messenger of Allah [PBUH] was notified of this incident, he sent the Commander of the faithful Ali [a.s] and he paid their loss completely. “Tabari” writes: فلما انتهي الخبر إلي رسول الله رفع يديه إلي السماء ثم قال اللهم إني أبرأ إليك مما صنع خالد بن الوليد ثم دعا علي بن أبي طالب عليه السلام فقال يا علي اخرج إلي هؤلاء القوم فانظر في أمرهم واجعل أمر الجاهلية تحت قدميك.

فخرج حتي جاءهم ومعه مال قد بعثه رسول الله به فودي لهم الدماء وما أصيب من الأموال حتي إنه ليدي ميلغة الكلب حتي إذا لم يبق شيء من دم ولا مال إلا وداه بقيت معه بقية من المال فقال لهم علي عليه السلام حين فرغ منهم هل بقي لكم دم أو مال لم يود إليكم قالوا لا قال فإني أعطيكم هذه البقية من هذا المال احتياطا لرسول الله مما لا يعلم ولا تعلمون ففعل ثم رجع إلي رسول الله فأخبره الخبر فقال أصبت وأحسنت.