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The proof that the Khumus is to be used for the needs of the Muslims, is that when the people of the tribe of Hawāzin appealed to the Prophet ﷺ (to give them back what he had gained from them as war booty) mentioning the fact that he had been nursed by one of their women, he (ﷺ) asked the Muslims to give up their shares of the booty to them. (The second proof is) that the Prophet ﷺ used to promise the people to give them from the Fai' (i.e., booty gained without fight) and from the Khumus (i.e.,

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Darussalam · Volume 4

57 - THE BOOK OF THE OBLIGATIONS OF KHUMUS

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الحديث: 3138 ¦ الجزء: 4 ¦ الصفحة: 91

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3138. Narrated Jābir bin 'Abdullāh رضي الله عنهما: While Allāh's Messenger ﷺ was distributing the booty at Al-Ji'rāna, somebody said to him, "Be just (in your distribution)." The Prophet ﷺ replied, "Verily I would be miserable if I did not act justly."

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3138 - حَدَّثَنَا مُسْلِمُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، حَدَّثَنَا قُرَّةُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ دِينَارٍ، عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا، قَالَ: بَيْنَمَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقْسِمُ غَنِيمَةً بِالْجِعْرَانَةِ، إِذْ قَالَ لَهُ رَجُلٌ: اعْدِلْ، فَقَالَ لَهُ: «لَقَدْ شَقِيتُ إِنْ لَمْ أَعْدِلْ»

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