A man given something to ride in the cause of Allah: when does it become lawful for its holder?

It is narrated from Rabi'ah bin Abdullah that whenever Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) gave someone a horse or a camel to ride for jihad, he would say to him: When you have passed Wadi al-Qura, or its equivalent on the road to Egypt, then do with it whatever you wish.

It is narrated from Nafi' (may Allah have mercy on him) that whenever Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) gave someone a camel to ride for jihad, he would stipulate to him that he must not destroy it before reaching Wadi al-Qura, or what lies level with it on the road to Egypt. Once he had left that place behind, it was like his own property, and he could do with it whatever he wished.

Sa'id bin al-Musayyib was asked: If a person is given something for jihad, what should he do with whatever remains with him? He said: When he reaches the place of the jihad, it is like his own property, and he should do with it what he does with his own property.

Amr, the freed slave of Ghufrah, said: I was setting out for jihad, and I got married with whatever I had. A man sent me sixty dinars for jihad. He said: I came to Sa'id bin al-Musayyib, mentioned that to him and said: Should I leave for my family from it as much as I have spent? He said: No, but when you reach the field of jihad, it is like your own property. Then I came to al-Qasim bin Muhammad, mentioned this matter to him and asked him about it, and he told me the same as Sa'id bin al-Musayyib had said.

Sa'id bin al-Musayyib said, concerning a man who is given something for jihad and some of it is left over with him: Whatever is left over belongs to him.

Ibrahim (may Allah have mercy on him) said that Alqamah raced against a man and got ahead of him, and then he pulled off his bridle.

Mujahid (may Allah have mercy on him) and Ata (may Allah have mercy on him) said that if a person is given something for jihad and some of it is left over, it belongs to him.