therein. And if the mobilization order comes while the Imam is preaching on Friday, do you not think they should mobilize? He said: And the cavalry should not mobilize except for a reality, and they should not mobilize for a slave if he runs away, as if they mobilize for them, then the destruction of the people should not occur due to a slave. And if the Imam calls out, 'As-salat al-jami'ah' (the prayer is communal) for an event that occurs, for which he seeks consultation, no one should hold back from him except for an excuse.

1630 - Issue; He said: (And none of the women shall enter with the Muslims into the land of the enemy, except the advanced in age, for the purpose of drawing water and treating the wounded, just as the Prophet - may Allah bless him and grant him peace - did.)

The sum of it is that it is disliked for young women to enter the land of the enemy because they are not among the people of combat, and there is little benefit to be gained from them therein due to the prevalence of timidity and fear among them, and it is not safe that the enemy may overpower them, thus making lawful what Allah has forbidden of them. Hashraj ibn Ziyad reported from his grandmother, the mother of his father, that she went out with the Messenger of Allah - may Allah bless him and grant him peace - in the expedition of Khaybar among a group of six women. The Messenger of Allah - may Allah bless him and grant him peace - was informed, so he sent for us and we came, and we saw anger in him. He said: "With whom did you go out?" We said: "O Messenger of Allah, we went out to spin wool and help with it in the path of Allah, and we have medicine with us for the wounded, and we hand out arrows and provide sawiq (a drink made from grain)." He said: "Stand up." Until, when Allah granted the conquest of Khaybar, he gave us a share, just as he gave to the men. I said to her: "O grandmother, what was it?" She said: "Dates (1)." It was said to al-Awza'i: "Did they used to go out on military campaigns with them with women during the summer raids (2)?" He said: "No, except for slave girls." As for the woman who is advanced in age, meaning elderly, if there is benefit in her, such as drawing water and treating the wounded, then there is no harm in it, due to the report we narrated. Umm Sulaym and Nusaybah bint Ka'b used to go on campaigns with the Prophet - may Allah bless him and grant him peace. As for Nusaybah, she used to fight, and her hand was severed on the day of al-Yamamah (3). Al-Rubayyi' said: "We used to go on campaigns with the Prophet - may Allah bless him and grant him peace, to draw water and treat the wounded (4)." And Anas said: The Messenger of Allah - may Allah bless him and grant him peace -