CHAPTER: JUSTIFICATION FOR CUTTING DOWN THE TREES AND BURNING THEM
No. 4324
It is narrated on the authority of 'Abdullah that the Messenger of Allaah (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) ordered the date-palms of Banu Nadir to be burnt and cut. These palms were at Buwaira. Qutaibah and Ibn Rumh in their versions of the tradition have added: So Allaah, the Glorious and Exalted, revealed the verse:" Whatever trees you have cut down or left standing on their trunks, it was with the permission of Allaah so that He may disgrace the evil-doers" (lix. 5).
No. 4325
It is narrated on the authority of Ibn Umar that the Messenger of Allaah (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) caused the date-palms of Banu Nadir to be cut down and burnt. It is in this connection that Hassan (the poet) said:
It was easy for the nobles of Quraish to barn Buwaira whose sparks were flying in all directions.
in the same connection was revealed the Qur'anic verse:" Whatever trees you have cut down or left standing on their trunks."
No. 4326
'Abdullah b. Umar reported that Allaah's Prophet (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) burnt the date-palms of Banu Nadir.