The destroying and looting of manat temple

[Abdullah Tahmeed]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raid_of_Sa%27d_ibn_Zaid_al-Ashhali

What is this?

[shabeer_hassan]

WIKI SAYS
#a black woman appeared, naked with disheveled hair, wailing and beating on her chest. Sa‘d immediately killed her...........
#an Ethiopian woman was killed...............
WIKIPEDIA IS NOT AUTHORITY OF ISLAMIC LAW
THE AUTHORITY SAYS
Dawud :: Book 14 : Hadith 2663
Narrated Rabah ibn Rabi':

When we were with the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) on an expedition, he saw some people collected together over something and sent a man and said: See, what are these people collected around? He then came and said: They are round a woman who has been killed. He said: This is not one with whom fighting should have taken place. Khalid ibn al-Walid was in charge of the van; so he sent a man and said: Tell Khalid not to kill a woman or a hired servant.

Dawud :: Book 14 : Hadith 2681
Narrated AbuAyyub al-Ansari:

AbuDawud said: The narrators other than Sa'id reported from Ibn Wahb in this tradition: "(Killed him) with arrows in confinement." When AbuAyyub al-Ansari was informed about it, he said: I heard the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) prohibiting to kill in confinement. By Him in Whose hands my soul is, if there were a hen, I would not kill it in confinement. AbdurRahman ibn Khalid ibn al-Walid was informed about it (the Prophet's prohibition). He set four slaves free.

KILLING INNOCENT PROHIBITED
5: 32. Because of that We ordained for the Children of Israel that if anyone killed a person not in retaliation of murder, or (and) to spread mischief in the land - it would be as if he killed all mankind, and if anyone saved a life, it would be as if he saved the life of all mankind. And indeed, there came to them Our Messengers with clear proofs, evidences, and signs, even then after that many of them continued to exceed the limits (e.g. by doing oppression unjustly and exceeding beyond the limits set by Allah by committing the major sins) in the land!.
6: 151. Say (O Muhammad SAW): "Come, I will recite what your Lord has prohibited you from: Join not anything in worship with Him; be good and dutiful to your parents; kill not your children because of poverty - We provide sustenance for you and for them; come not near to Al-Fawâhish (shameful sins, illegal sexual intercourse, etc.) whether committed openly or secretly, and kill not anyone whom Allâh has forbidden, except for a just cause (according to Islâmic law). This He has commanded you that you may understand.

KILLING WOMEN PROHIBITED
Malik :: Book 21 : Hadith 21.3.10
Do not kill women or children or an aged, weak person,Do not cut down fruit-bearing trees.Do not destroy an inhabited place. Do not slaughter sheep or camels except for food. Do not burn bees and do not scatter them. Do not steal from the booty,
Malik :: Book 21 : Hadith 21.3.8
Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab that a son of Kab ibn Malik (Malik believed that ibn Shihab said it was Abd ar-Rahman ibn Kab) said, "The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, forbade those who fought ibn Abi Huqayq (a treacherous jew from Madina) to kill women and children.
Muslim :: Book 19 : Hadith 4456
……….And the of Allah (may peace be upon him) did not kill the children of the enemy, so thou shouldst not kill the children……………
Bukhari :: Book 4 :: Volume 52 :: Hadith 257,258
Narrated Ibn 'Umar:
During some of the Ghazawat of Allah's Apostle a woman was found killed, so Allah's Apostle forbade the killing of women and children.

KILLING SLAVE PROHIBITED

Dawud :: Book 39 : Hadith 4501
Narrated Samurah:
The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) Said: If anyone kills his slave, we shall kill him, and if anyone cuts off the nose of his slave, we shall cut off his nose.
Dawud :: Book 14 : Hadith 2681
Narrated AbuAyyub al-Ansari:

AbuDawud said: The narrators other than Sa'id reported from Ibn Wahb in this tradition: "(Killed him) with arrows in confinement." When AbuAyyub al-Ansari was informed about it, he said: I heard the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) prohibiting to kill in confinement. By Him in Whose hands my soul is, if there were a hen, I would not kill it in confinement. AbdurRahman ibn Khalid ibn al-Walid was informed about it (the Prophet's prohibition). He set four slaves free.

[Abdullah Tahmeed]

Sorry, actually, my topic was about the destruction of manat's temple.

The Muslim historian Hisham Ibn Al-Kalbi, mentions this event as follows:
“    The Quraysh as well as the rest of the Arabs continued to venerate Manah until the Apostle of God set out from Medina in the eighth year of the Hijrah[16], the year in which God accorded him the victory[17]. When he was at a distance of four or five nights from Medina, he dispatched 'Ali to destroy her. 'Ali demolished her, took away all her [treasures], and carried them back to the Prophet. Among the treasures which 'Ali carried away were two swords which had been presented to [Manah] by al-Harith ibn-abi-Shamir al-Ghassani, the king of Ghassan[18]. The one sword was called Mikhdham and the other Rasub. They are the two swords of al-Harith which 'Alqamah mentions in one of his poems.

He said:

"Wearing two coats of mail as well as Two studded swords, Mikhdham and Rasub [19]."

The Prophet gave these two swords to 'Ali.
[The Book of Idols, By Hisham Ibn-Al-Kalbi, Pg 13-14]