No. 4328

A hadith has been narrated by Mus'ab b. Sa'd who heard it from his father as saying: My father took a sword from Khums and brought it to the Prophet (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) and said: Grant it to me. He refused. At this Allaah revealed (the Qur'anic verse):" They ask thee concerning the spoils of war. Say: The spoils of war are for Allaah and the Prophet" (viii. 1).

No. 4329

A hadith has been narrated by Mus'ab b. Sa'd who heard it from his father as saying:" Four verses of the Qur'an have been revealed about me. I found a sword (among the spoils of war). It was brought to the Prophet (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam). He (my father) said: Messenger of Allaah, bestow it upon me. The Prophet of Allaah (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) said: Place it there. Then he (my father) stood up and the Messenger of Allaah (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) said to him: Place it from where you got it. (At this) he (my father) said again: Messenger of Allaah, bestow it upon me Shall I be treated like one who has no share in (the booty)? The Prophet of Allaah (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam said: Place it from where you got it. At this was revealed the verse:" They ask thee about the spoils of war.... Say: The spoils of war are for Allaah and the Messenger"

No. 4330

It has been narrated on the authority of Ibn Umar that the Prophet (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) sent an expedition to Najd and I was among the troops. They got a large number of camels as a booty. Eleven or twelve camels fell to the lot of every fighter and each of them also got one extra camel.

No. 4331

Ibn 'Umar reported that Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) sent an expedition to Najd and Ibn Umar was also among the troops, and their share (of the spoils) came to twelve camels and they were given one camel over and above that. and Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) did not make any change in it.

No. 4332

It has been narrated by Ibn 'Umar that the Messenger of Allaah (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) sent an expedition to Najd, and I (also) went with the troops. We got camels and goats as spoils of war, and our share amounted to twelve camels per head, and the Messenger of Allaah (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) gave an extra camel to each of us.

No. 4333

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of 'Ubaidullah with the same chain of transmitters.

No. 4334

Ibn Aun said: I wrote to Nafi' asking him about Nafl (spoils of war) and be wrote to me that Ibn 'Umar was among that expedition. (The rest of the hadith is the same.)

No. 4335

A hadith has been narrated by Salim who learnt it from his father and said: The Messenger of Allaah (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) gave us an extra (camel) besides our share of Khums; (and in this extra share) I got a Sharif (and a Sharif is a big old camel).

No. 4336

Ibn Shihab reported: It reached me through Ibn Umar that Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) gave a share of spoils to the troop. The rest of the hadith is the same.

No. 4337

It has been narrated on the authority of Abdullah b. 'Umar that the Messenger of Allaah (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) used to give (from the spoils of war) to small troops seat on expeditions something more than the due share of each fighter in a large force. And Khums (one-fifth of the total spoils) was to be reserved (for Allaah and His Prophet) in all cases.

No. 4338

Abu Muammad al-Ansari, who was the close companion of Abu Qatada. narrated the hadith (which follows).

No. 4339

Abu Muhammad, the freed slave of Abu Qatada reported on the authority of Abu Qatda and narrated the hadith.