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238 little ones and does not acknowledge the honour due to our older ones, is not of us (Abu Daud and Tirmidh ī ). #358 Miqd ā d ibn Aswad ra relates: I asked the Messenger of Allah sa : Tell me, if I am fighting a pagan and he cuts off one of my hands with his sword and then takes shelter behind a tree and says: I submit to Allah; shall I kill him after he has said this? He said: No. Do not kill him. I expostulated: Messenger of Allah sa , even after he cuts off one of my hands and thereafter says this? He said: Do not kill him, for if you kill him, he will be in the position in which you were before you killed him, and you will be in the position in which he was before he uttered the words that he did utter (Bukh ā r ī and Muslim). #395 ‘Abdull ā h ibn Amr ibn ‘ Ā s ra relates that man asked the Holy Prophet sa : What in Islam is best? He answered: To feed people and to greet everyone with the greeting of peace whether you know them or not (Bukh ā r ī and Muslim). #553