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Hadith #
516
Book
Mīzān al-Ḥikma
Volume
1
Part
Captive
Chapter
Treatment Of The Prisoner Of War
Source
Muḥammad Muḥammadī Rayshahrī
Publisher
ICAS Press
۞
Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Feeding the prisoner and treating him well is an obligatory duty, even if you are to execute him the next day.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إطعامُ الأسيرِ والإحسانُ إليهِ حقٌّ واجبٌ ، وإنْ قَتَلْتَه مِن الغدِ .

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