{ But when the sacred months have passed, kill the Idolaters wherever you find them, and take hold of them, and bring them under siege, and sit in wait for them at every place of ambush; but if they turn in repentance, and observe prayer, and bring zakat, then let them go on their way; indeed Allah is forgiving, merciful } Al-tawba 5

The word of the Most High { Kill the idolaters } is for all idolaters in general, although the sunnah makes a distinction for women, monks, children, and others that have been made known in surah Al-baqara … And know that His unrestricted word { Kill the idolaters } implies the permissibility to kill them in any manner, except that the prohibition against mutilation has been made known. Notwithstanding, it is permissible for Al-Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him) to have adhered to the generality of the verse when he killed those who had apostatized by burning them with fire, by stones, by shooting from the mountaintops, or by turning people upside-down into wells. … Al-Husain ibn Al-Fadl said that this verse abrogates all the verses in the Qur’an which mention turning away from or forbearance over the harm of the enemy.