Narrated Abdullah ibn Umar: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent a detachment to Najd. I went out along with them, and got abundant riches. Our commander gave each of us a camel as a reward. We then came upon the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and he divided the spoils of war among us. Each of us received twelve camels after taking a fifth of it. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ did not take account of our companion (i. e. the commander of the army), nor did he blame him for what he had done. Thus each man of us had received thirteen camels with the reward he gave.
Hadith Referenceسنن ابي داود / كتاب الجهاد / 2743
Hadith Gradingالألبانی:ضعيف | زبیر علی زئی:صحيح, انظر الحديث الآتي (2744)
1؎: A sariyyah is a military expedition in which the Messenger (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) did not participate, and a ghazwah is a battle in which he (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) did participate.
Narrated Abdullah ibn Umar: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent us along with an army towards Najd, and he sent a detachment of that army (to face the enemy). The whole army got twelve camels per head as their portion, but he gave the detachment one additional camel (apart from the division made to the army). Thus they got thirteen camels each (as a reward).
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
Benefits and Issues: ➊ When a detachment from the army undertakes a specific operation, it is recommended (mustahabb) to grant them an additional reward in accordance with their action. ➋ However, everyone will share in the general spoils (ghanimah).
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 2741
Abd Allaah (bin Umar) said “The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent us along with a detachment. The share of each was twelve Camels. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ gave each one of us a Camel as a reward. Abu Dawud said “Burd bin Sinan narrated a similar tradition from Nafi as narrated by Ubaid Allaah. Ayyub also narrated from Nafi a similar tradition, but his version goes “We were rewarded one Camel each. He did not mention the Prophet ﷺ.
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
Benefits and Issues: The reconciliation and synthesis in the aforementioned ahadith is as follows: The commander (amir) gave the reward. The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) affirmed it. This was then directly attributed to the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam), which is correct.
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 2745