حَدَّثَنَا
يَحْيَي بْنُ يَحْيَي ، قَالَ : قَرَأْتُ عَلَى
مَالِكٍ ، عَنْ
نَافِعٍ ، عَنْ
ابْنِ عُمَرَ ، قَالَ : " بَعَثَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ سَرِيَّةً وَأَنَا فِيهِمْ ، قِبَلَ نَجْدٍ فَغَنِمُوا إِبِلًا كَثِيرَةً ، فَكَانَتْ سُهْمَانُهُمُ اثْنَا عَشَرَ بَعِيرًا أَوْ أَحَدَ عَشَرَ بَعِيرًا ، وَنُفِّلُوا بَعِيرًا بَعِيرًا " .
It has been narrated on the authority of Ibn 'Umar (RA) that the Prophet (ﷺ) sent an expedition to Najd and I was among the troops. They got a large number of camels as a booty. Eleven or twelve camels fell to the lot of every fighter and each of them also got one extra camel.
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وحَدَّثَنَا
قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا
لَيْثٌ . ح وحَدَّثَنَا
مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رُمْحٍ ، أَخْبَرَنَا
اللَّيْثُ ، عَنْ
نَافِعٍ ، عَنْ
ابْنِ عُمَرَ : أَنّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ " بَعَثَ سَرِيَّةً قِبَلَ نَجْدٍ وَفِيهِمْ ابْنُ عُمَرَ ، وَأَنَّ سُهْمَانَهُمْ بَلَغَتِ اثْنَيْ عَشَرَ بَعِيرًا ، وَنُفِّلُوا سِوَى ذَلِكَ بَعِيرًا ، فَلَمْ يُغَيِّرْهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ " .
Ibn 'Umar reported that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) sent an expedition to Najd and Ibn 'Umar (RA) was also among the troops, and their share (of the spoils) came to twelve camels and they were given one camel over and above that and Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) did not make any change in it.
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It has been narrated by Ibn 'Umar that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) sent an expedition to Najd, and I (also) went with the troops. We got camels and goats as spoils of war, and our share amounted to twelve camels per head, and the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) gave an extra camel to each of us.
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This hadith has been narrated on the authority of 'Ubaidullah with the same chain of transmitters.
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Ibn Aun said: I wrote to Nafi' asking him about Nafl (spoils of war) and he wrote to me that Ibn 'Umar was among that expedition. (The rest of the hadith is the same.)
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Related hadith on this topic
Explanation & Benefits
Maulana Dawood Raz
Hadith Commentary:
And it is evident that the commander of the army must have given this reward from the khums (one-fifth share).
Although this action was performed by the commander of the army, it occurred during the time of the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam); he (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) must have heard of it and remained silent regarding it, thus it serves as a proof.
Source: Sahih Bukhari: Commentary by Maulana Dawood Raz, Page: 3134
Shaykh Abdul Sattar al-Hammad
Hadith Commentary:
Imam Bukhari rahimahullah has mentioned this expedition after the (expedition of) Ta’if, whereas the view of other scholars of Maghazi is that this detachment was dispatched by the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam before setting out for the conquest of Makkah.
Its commander was Abu Qatadah radi Allahu anhu.
There were only twenty-five men in it, who, in confrontation with Ghatafan, obtained two hundred camels and two thousand goats.
(Fath al-Bari: 8/70)
Source: Hidayat al-Qari: Commentary on Sahih Bukhari, Urdu, Page: 4338
Hafiz Zubair Ali Zai
Takhrij al-Hadith: [وأخرجه البخاري 3134، ومسلم 35/1749، من حديث مالك به]
Jurisprudential Points:
➊ If the Commander of the Faithful or his appointed deputy distributes the spoils of war (mal-e-ghanīmah) or a portion thereof among his army after extracting the khums (one-fifth), then it is lawful (halal) for the members of the army.
➋ If there is a threat of attack from the disbelievers, then by the order of the Caliph, a preemptive jihad (jihād al-taqdīm) may be undertaken.
➌ The wealth acquired from the disbelievers during a state of war is called spoils of war (mal-e-ghanīmah).
➍ Sa‘id ibn al-Musayyib rahimahullah used to say: When people would distribute the spoils of war on the battlefield, they would consider one camel equivalent to ten goats. [الموطأ 2/450 ح1001، وسنده صحيح]
Source: Muwatta Imam Malik (Narration of Ibn al-Qasim): Commentary by Zubair Ali Zai, Page: 213