upon Saʿd, who was struggling for his life, and said, “May Allah reward you well, O leader of your people. You have carried out what you promised, and Allah will most certainly carry out what He promised you. (1)”

Hammād ibn Salamah narrated from Muḥammad ibn Ziyād, from ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Saʿd ibn Muʿādh: The Banū Qurayẓah surrendered to the judgment of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, so he sent for Saʿd. Saʿd was brought on a donkey, weakened by his wound. The Prophet said to him, “Give me your opinion concerning these people.”

Saʿd replied, “I know that Allah has already commanded you regarding them with a command you will carry out.”

He said, “Yes, but still, give me your counsel.”

Saʿd said, “If the matter were left to me, I would kill their fighting men and take their dependents captive.”

The Prophet responded, “By Him in whose hand my soul is, you have advised me concerning them with the very ruling Allah has commanded me. (2)”

Muḥammad ibn Ṣāliḥ al-Tammār narrated from Saʿd ibn Ibrāhīm, from ʿĀmir ibn Saʿd, from his father: When Saʿd ruled that among the Banū Qurayẓah every male who had reached the stage at which the razor is used (3) was to be killed, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “He has judged them with Allah’s judgment, the judgment He decreed from above the seven—”