Reports on stealing from the spoils

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that there was a man named Karkarah who was in charge of the baggage of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). He died, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "He is among the people of Hell." The people went to look through his belongings and found a cloak that he had taken by misappropriation.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Zayd bin Khalid al-Juhani (may Allah be pleased with him) that one of the Muslims died at Khaybar, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was informed of his death. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Offer the funeral prayer for your companion yourselves." On hearing this from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), the colour of the people's faces changed. When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) saw the people's faces, he said: "He misappropriated in the path of Allah." When we searched his belongings, we found some beads of the Jews' beads that were not worth two dirhams.

Something similar is reported from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was told: So-and-so, your slave, has been martyred. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Certainly not! I saw on him a cloak that he had taken by misappropriation."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that once the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) stood up to deliver a sermon to us. He (peace and blessings be upon him) mentioned misappropriation and, describing the enormity of this sin, said: "O people! Let none of you come to me on the Day of Resurrection with a camel on his neck, the camel making its noise, and say: 'O Messenger of Allah! Help me,' so that I say to him: 'I have no power over anything for you; I conveyed my message to you.' Let none of you come to me on the Day of Resurrection with a cow on his neck, making the sound of a cow, and say: 'O Messenger of Allah! Help me,' so that I say to him: 'I have no power over anything for you; I had already conveyed the message to you.' Let none of you come to me on the Day of Resurrection with the burden of a misappropriated horse on his neck, with its sound, and say to me: 'O Messenger of Allah! Help me,' so that I say: 'I have no power over anything for you; I had already conveyed my message to you.' Let none of you come to me on the Day of Resurrection with the burden of misappropriated gold or silver on his neck and say: 'O Messenger of Allah! Help me,' for I will say: 'I have no power over anything for you; I have already conveyed the message to you.' And let none of you come to me on the Day of Resurrection with the burden of a misappropriated human being on his neck, with that person's voice, and say to me: 'O Messenger of Allah! Help me,' for I will say: 'I have no power over anything for you; I have already conveyed my message.'"

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Buraydah (may Allah be pleased with him) that whenever the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) sent someone as the commander of a raiding party or an army, he would say to him: "Do not misappropriate."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Humayd al-Sa'idi (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) appointed Sayyiduna Ibn al-Lutbiyyah (may Allah be pleased with him) as an official and said to him: "By the One in whose Hand is my soul, none of you will take anything unjustly except that he will come before Allah on the Day of Resurrection carrying it. Let me not recognise anyone who comes before Allah carrying a camel making its noise, or carrying a cow making its noise, or laden with a goat making its noise." Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) raised his blessed hands, raising them so high that I could see the whiteness of his armpits. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O Allah! Have I conveyed the message?" Sayyiduna Abu Humayd said: My eyes saw this scene and my ears heard this message.

Something similar is reported from Sayyiduna Abu Humayd al-Sa'idi (may Allah be pleased with him), except that he said: "the dusky whiteness of his armpits."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Adi bin Amirah al-Kindi (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O people! Whoever among you becomes a governor or official for us in any matter and then conceals from us a needle or anything larger, that is misappropriation, and he will come with it on the Day of Resurrection." A black man of the Ansar stood up, as if I can see him now, and said: O Messenger of Allah! Take back from me your appointment of me as your official. He (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "For what reason?" He replied: I have heard from you what you (peace and blessings be upon him) have just said; that is the reason. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I say it even now: whoever among you is appointed as an official over any matter must bring to us whatever there is, little or much. What he is given, he may take, and what he is forbidden, he must refrain from."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Adi bin Amirah al-Kindi (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "This is misappropriation and deceit, and he will come with it on the Day of Resurrection."

Al-Hasan (may Allah have mercy on him), concerning the verse of the Noble Qur'an "And whatever the Messenger gives you, take it, and whatever he forbids you, refrain from it" [Al-Hashr: 7], said: He used to give them the spoils of war and forbid them from misappropriation.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that Sayyiduna Rifa'ah (may Allah be pleased with him) gave a slave as a gift to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). That slave went along with him to the Battle of Khaybar. He halted between Asr and Maghrib, and an arrow struck the slave, whose shooter was unknown, and it killed him. We said: Glad tidings of Paradise for you! The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "By the One in whose Hand is my soul, his cloak, which he misappropriated from the property of the Muslims, is burning him in the Fire." A man of the Ansar stood up and said: O Messenger of Allah! I took two sandal straps that day. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The like of these two will be cut for you from the fire of Hell."