The Sunnah (hadiths) on the acquisition and treatment of "captives"

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Try this particularly revealing search for "captive" in the Bukhari Hadith:
http://www.searchtruth.com/searchHadith.php?keyword=captive&translator=1&search=1&book=&start=0&records_display=10&search_word=all

In Muslim:
http://www.searchtruth.com/searchHadith.php?keyword=captive&translator=2&search=1&book=&start=0&records_display=10&search_word=all