What they said on treasure found in enemy land

Asim (may Allah have mercy on him) said that al-Hasan (may Allah have mercy on him) stated: Treasure found in enemy land is subject to one-fifth (khums), and treasure found in Arab land is subject to zakah.

Husayn (may Allah have mercy on him) said that a man who took part in the Battle of Qadisiyyah reported: There was a man among us who was bathing, and suddenly, because of the water falling on the soil, he found a brick of gold. He came to Sayyiduna Sa'd bin Abi Waqqas (may Allah be pleased with him) and told him about it. He (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Put it into the spoils of the Muslims.

Huzayl (may Allah have mercy on him) said: A man came to Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) and said: I have found 200 dirhams. He (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I do not think the wealth of the Muslims has reached this amount. I think it is ancient buried wealth. So pay one-fifth (khums) of it to the public treasury, and what remains will be yours.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with him) said that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: One-fifth (khums) is due on buried treasure.

Imam al-Sha'bi (may Allah have mercy on him) said that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: One-fifth (khums) is due on buried treasure.

The above statement of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) is also reported from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him).

The above statement is also reported through this chain from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) as his own words (mawquf).

Something similar is reported from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), without its being attributed to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).

Imam al-Sha'bi (may Allah have mercy on him) said that a young man from the Arabs found a fur bag containing ten thousand dirhams. He brought it to Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him). He (may Allah be pleased with him) took from it its fifth, that is, two thousand, and gave him eight thousand.

Imam al-Sha'bi (may Allah have mercy on him) said that a man found one thousand five hundred dirhams in a ruined place. He came to Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him), who (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Pay its fifth, and three-fifths of it will be yours, and we will soon make the remaining fifth wholesome for you."

Hisham (may Allah have mercy on him) said that al-Hasan (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Rikaz is ancient buried treasure, and a fifth is due on it.

Umar al-Dabbi (may Allah have mercy on him) said that while some men of Sabur were softening the ground, or he said: ploughing the ground, they came upon a treasure. Muhammad bin Jabir al-Rasibi was the governor over them. He wrote about it to Adi (may Allah have mercy on him), and Adi (may Allah have mercy on him) wrote to Umar bin Abdul Aziz (may Allah have mercy on him) to ask about it. Umar bin Abdul Aziz (may Allah have mercy on him) wrote in reply: "Take the fifth from them."

Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) said that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "On buried treasure, a fifth is due."

Abdullah narrates from his father that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "On buried treasure, a fifth is due."

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) decreed a fifth concerning buried treasure.

Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "On buried treasure, a fifth is due."