Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates: The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) sent us on a military expedition towards Najd, and twelve camels came to our share, so the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) gave each of us an additional camel as a gift.
Hadith Referenceمسند الحميدي / 711
Hadith Gradingمحدثین:إسناده صحيح
Hadith Takhrij«إسناده صحيح وأخرجه البخاري فى «صحيحه» برقم: 3134، 4338، ومسلم فى «صحيحه» برقم: 1749، 1750، وابن حبان فى «صحيحه» برقم: 4833، 4834، وأبو داود فى «سننه» برقم: 2741، 2743، 2744، 2745، والدارمي فى «مسنده» برقم: 2524، والبيهقي فى«سننه الكبير» برقم: 12917، 12918، وأحمد فى «مسنده» ، برقم: 4669 برقم: 5276»
Narrated Abdullah ibn Umar: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent us along with an army towards Najd, and he sent a detachment of that army (to face the enemy). The whole army got twelve camels per head as their portion, but he gave the detachment one additional camel (apart from the division made to the army). Thus they got thirteen camels each (as a reward).
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
Benefits and Issues: ➊ When a detachment from the army undertakes a specific operation, it is recommended (mustahabb) to grant them an additional reward in accordance with their action. ➋ However, everyone will share in the general spoils (ghanimah).
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 2741
Abd Allaah (bin Umar) said “The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent us along with a detachment. The share of each was twelve Camels. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ gave each one of us a Camel as a reward. Abu Dawud said “Burd bin Sinan narrated a similar tradition from Nafi as narrated by Ubaid Allaah. Ayyub also narrated from Nafi a similar tradition, but his version goes “We were rewarded one Camel each. He did not mention the Prophet ﷺ.
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
Benefits and Issues: The reconciliation and synthesis in the aforementioned ahadith is as follows: The commander (amir) gave the reward. The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) affirmed it. This was then directly attributed to the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam), which is correct.
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 2745