The horseman: how much is he allotted? Those who said three shares

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) fixed two shares for the horse and one share for the man.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) gave the horseman three shares: one share for him and two for his horse.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) fixed two shares for the horse and one for its rider, the horseman would have three shares.

It is narrated from Salih bin Kaysan that on the day of the Battle of Khaybar, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) fixed a share for two hundred horses, giving each horse two shares.

Salamah narrates from the Companions of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) that the horse is to receive two shares and the man one.

It is narrated from Makhul that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) fixed two shares for the horse and one share for the man.

It is narrated from Mujahid that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) fixed two shares for the horse and one share for the horseman.

Al-Hakam said: The first to fix two shares for the horse was Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him); a man of Banu Tamim had advised him to do so.

It is narrated from Yahya bin Abbad that Sayyiduna al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with him) received four shares: two shares for his horse, one share for him, and one share for his mother and relatives.

Juwaybir said: We were in the region of Khurasan when Umar bin Abd al-Aziz wrote to us: It has reached us through trustworthy narrators that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) gave the horseman three shares, two shares for his horse and one share for him, and gave the footman one share. And concerning horses he said: "The Arab, the muqrif and the birdhawn (different breeds of horses) are equal in this ruling."

It is narrated from al-Hasan and Ibn Sirin (may Allah have mercy on him) that when they went out on jihad and were victorious and spoils came into their hands, then at the time the spoils were distributed the horseman would receive three shares, two for his horse and one share for him, and the footman would receive one share.

It is narrated from al-Hakam that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) fixed two shares for the horseman and one for the footman.

It is narrated from Khalid bin Ma'dan that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) fixed two shares for the horse and one for the footman.

Amr bin Maymun (may Allah have mercy on him) said that Umar bin Abd al-Aziz wrote to the people of al-Jazirah: To proceed: in the blessed era of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), two shares were fixed for the horse and one for the rider. I did not think that anyone would set out to reduce any obligatory share of it, until men among those who fight at these fortresses did so. So return to them the shares that were theirs in the era of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and those shares were that two were fixed for the horse and one for its rider. How can you reduce the share of the horse, when by Allah's permission horses roam in the pasture at night, are assigned to guarding the frontiers by day, and also seek what the fighters seek?

It is narrated from Yahya bin Abbad that Sayyiduna al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with him) had four shares: two shares for his horse, one share for his mother, and one share for kinship.

It is narrated from Amir that when Sayyiduna Sa'd bin Abi Waqqas (may Allah be pleased with him) conquered the place called Jalula, the Muslims obtained thirty million as spoils. He distributed three thousand mithqals to each horseman and one thousand mithqals to each foot soldier.