Nafi reported on the authority of Abd Allaah bin Umar “The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent a detachment towards Najd. Abd Allaah bin Umar also accompanied it. They gained a large number of Camels as a booty. Their portion was twelve Camels each and they were rewarded (in addition) one Camel each. The version of Ibn Mawhab added “The Messenger of Allah ﷺ did not change it”
Hadith Referenceسنن ابي داود / كتاب الجهاد / 2744
Hadith Gradingالألبانی:صحيح | زبیر علی زئی:صحيح بخاري (3134) صحيح مسلم (1749)
Hadith Takhrij« صحیح البخاری/ الخمس 15 (3134)، صحیح مسلم/ الجہاد 12 (1749)، (تحفة الأشراف: 8293، 8357)، وقد أخرجہ: مسند احمد (2/62، 112، 156)، موطا امام مالک/ الجہاد 6 (15)، دی السیر 4 (2524) (صحیح) »
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