Sahih Muslim Book - 32, Hadith - 4686

وَحَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِى عُمَرَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ أُمَيَّةَ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ الْمَقْبُرِىِّ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ هُرْمُزَ قَالَ كَتَبَ نَجْدَةُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ الْحَرُورِىُّ إِلَى ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ يَسْأَلُهُ عَنِ الْعَبْدِ وَالْمَرْأَةِ يَحْضُرَانِ الْمَغْنَمَ هَلْ يُقْسَمُ لَهُمَا وَعَنْ قَتْلِ الْوِلْدَانِ وَعَنِ الْيَتِيمِ مَتَى يَنْقَطِعُ عَنْهُ الْيُتْمُ وَعَنْ ذَوِى الْقُرْبَى مَنْ هُمْ فَقَالَ لِيَزِيدَ اكْتُبْ إِلَيْهِ فَلَوْلاَ أَنْ يَقَعَ فِى أُحْمُوقَةٍ مَا كَتَبْتُ إِلَيْهِ اكْتُبْ إِنَّكَ كَتَبْتَ تَسْأَلُنِى عَنِ الْمَرْأَةِ وَالْعَبْدِ يَحْضُرَانِ الْمَغْنَمَ هَلْ يُقْسَمُ لَهُمَا شَىْءٌ وَإِنَّهُ لَيْسَ لَهُمَا شَىْءٌ إِلاَّ أَنْ يُحْذَيَا وَكَتَبْتَ تَسْأَلُنِى عَنْ قَتْلِ الْوِلْدَانِ وَإِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- لَمْ يَقْتُلْهُمْ وَأَنْتَ فَلاَ تَقْتُلْهُمْ إِلاَّ أَنْ تَعْلَمَ مِنْهُمْ مَا عَلِمَ صَاحِبُ مُوسَى مِنَ الْغُلاَمِ الَّذِى قَتَلَهُ وَكَتَبْتَ تَسْأَلُنِى عَنِ الْيَتِيمِ مَتَى يَنْقَطِعُ عَنْهُ اسْمُ الْيُتْمِ وَإِنَّهُ لاَ يَنْقَطِعُ عَنْهُ اسْمُ الْيُتْمِ حَتَّى يَبْلُغَ وَيُؤْنَسَ مِنْهُ رُشْدٌ وَكَتَبْتَ تَسْأَلُنِى عَنْ ذَوِى الْقُرْبَى مَنْ هُمْ وَإِنَّا زَعَمْنَا أَنَّا هُمْ فَأَبَى ذَلِكَ عَلَيْنَا قَوْمُنَا.

It was narrated that Yazid bin Hurmuz said: "Najdah bin 'Amir Al-Haruri wrote to Ibn 'Abbas and asked him about slaves and women who are present at the time when the spoils of war are distributed - do they get a share of it? (And he asked) about killing children, and when an orphan is no longer regarded as such, and who are the kinsmen (Dhawil-Qurba') (of the Prophet (s.a.w))? He said to Yazid: 'Write to him. Were it not that he is likely to fall into folly, I would not have written to him. Write: You wrote and asked me about women and slaves who are present at the time when the spoils of war are distributed - do they get a share of it? They do not get a share of it, but they are to be given a reward. You wrote and asked me about killing children. The Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) did not kill them, so do not kill them, unless you know about them what the companion of Musa knew about the boy whom he killed. You wrote and asked me about an orphan and when he is no longer regarded as an orphan. He continues to be regarded as an orphan until he reaches puberty and attains maturity of mind. And you wrote and asked me about the kinsmen (of the Prophet (s.a.w)), and who they are. We believed that we were they, but our people denied that to us."