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Regarding The Imām Denying The Spoils (Salab To The Person Who Killed, If He Sees Fit To, And The Horse And Weapon Are Part Of The Spoils (Salab)

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Darussalam · Volume 3

15. The Book Of Jihād

Sunan Abi Dawud Darussalam English translation

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الحديث: 2719 ¦ الجزء: 3 ¦ الصفحة: 71

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2719. 'Awf bin Mālik Al-Ashjaṭī said: "I went with Zaid bin Ḥārīthah in the battle of Mu'tah. I was accompanied by a man from Yemen who was part of the reinforcements, and he only had a sword with him. A Muslim man slaughtered a camel. The man from the reinforcements asked him for some piece of its skin, so he gave it to him. He made it in the shape of a shield. We proceeded until we met the Roman army. Among them was a man on a reddish horse, with a golden saddle, who started fiercely attacking and killing the Muslims. The man from the reinforcements sat behind a rock lying in wait to attack him. When the Roman passed by him, he hamstrung his horse and it fell down. He overpowered him and killed him, and he took his horse and weapons. When Allāh, the Mighty and Sublime, granted victory to the Muslims, Khālid bin Al-Walid sent for him, and took his spoils (Salab). ‘Awf said: “I went to Khālid and said to him: ‘O Khālid! Do you not know that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ has decreed the spoils (Salab) be given to the one who kills?’ He said: ‘Yes indeed, but I thought it was too much for him.’ I said: ‘You should give it back to him, or else I will inform the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ about it.’ He refused to give it back to him. When we gathered with the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ, I told him the story of the man from the reinforcements, and what Khālid did. The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: ‘O Khālid! What made you do that?’ He said: ‘O Messenger of Allāh! I thought it was too much for him.’ The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: ‘O Khālid! Return to him what you took from him.’ ‘Awf said: “I said to him: ‘Take it O Khālid! Did I not deliver what I promised you.’ The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: ‘And what is that?’ I then informed him. The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ got angry, and said: ‘O Khālid! Do not return it back to him. Are you people not going to leave my commanders alone. You people take the best for yourself and leave him the worst.’” (Sahih)

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2719 - حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ حَنْبَلٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي صَفْوَانُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ جُبَيْرِ بْنِ نُفَيْرٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عَوْفِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ الْأَشْجَعِيِّ، قَالَ: خَرَجْتُ مَعَ زَيْدِ بْنِ حَارِثَةَ فِي غَزْوَةِ مُؤْتَةَ فَرَافَقَنِي مَدَدٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْيَمَنِ لَيْسَ مَعَهُ غَيْرُ سَيْفِهِ، فَنَحَرَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ جَزُورًا فَسَأَلَهُ الْمَدَدِيُّ طَائِفَةً مِنْ جِلْدِهِ فَأَعْطَاهُ إِيَّاهُ، فَاتَّخَذَهُ كَهَيْئَةِ الدَّرْقِ وَمَضَيْنَا فَلَقِينَا جُمُوعَ الرُّومِ وَفِيهِمْ رَجُلٌ عَلَى فَرَسٍ لَهُ أَشْقَرَ عَلَيْهِ سَرْجٌ مُذْهَبٌ وَسِلَاحٌ مُذْهَبٌ، فَجَعَلَ الرُّومِيُّ يُغْرِي بِالْمُسْلِمِينَ، فَقَعَدَ لَهُ الْمَدَدِيُّ خَلْفَ صَخْرَةٍ فَمَرَّ بِهِ الرُّومِيُّ فَعَرْقَبَ فَرَسَهُ فَخَرَّ وَعَلَاهُ فَقَتَلَهُ وَحَازَ فَرَسَهُ وَسِلَاحَهُ، فَلَمَّا فَتَحَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ لِلْمُسْلِمِينَ بَعَثَ إِلَيْهِ خَالِدُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ فَأَخَذَ مِنَ السَّلَبِ. قَالَ عَوْفٌ: فَأَتَيْتُهُ فَقُلْتُ: يَا خَالِدُ أَمَا عَلِمْتَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَضَى بِالسَّلَبِ لِلْقَاتِلِ؟ قَالَ: بَلَى، وَلَكِنِّي اسْتَكْثَرْتُهُ. قُلْتُ: لَتَرُدَّنَّهُ عَلَيْهِ أَوْ لَأُعَرِّفَنَّكَهَا عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَأَبَى أَنْ يَرُدَّ عَلَيْهِ قَالَ عَوْفٌ: فَاجْتَمَعْنَا عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَصَصْتُ عَلَيْهِ قِصَّةَ الْمَدَدِيِّ وَمَا فَعَلَ خَالِدٌ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «يَا خَالِدُ مَا حَمَلَكَ عَلَى مَا صَنَعْتَ؟» قَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ لَقَدِ اسْتَكْثَرْتُهُ. فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «يَا خَالِدُ رُدَّ عَلَيْهِ مَا أَخَذْتَ مِنْهُ». قَالَ عَوْفٌ: فَقُلْتُ لَهُ: دُونَكَ يَا خَالِدُ، أَلَمْ أَفِ لَكَ؟ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «وَمَا ذَلِكَ؟» فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ قَالَ: فَغَضِبَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ: «يَا خَالِدُ لَا تَرُدَّ عَلَيْهِ، هَلْ أَنْتُمْ تَارِكُونَ لِي أُمَرَائِي؟ لَكُمْ صَفْوَةُ أَمْرِهِمْ وَعَلَيْهِمْ كَدَرُهُ»

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