Hadith 3132

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

Sahih al-Bukhari Darussalam English translation

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Shamela Arabic edition

الجزء: 4 ¦ الصفحة: 89

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3131, 3132. Narrated Marwān bin Al-Ḥākīm and Miswar bin Makhrama: When the Hawāzin delegation came to Allāh's Messenger ﷺ after they had embraced Islām and requested him to return their properties and war prisoners to them, Allāh's Messenger ﷺ said, "To me the best talk is the Truth, so you may choose either of two things; the war prisoners or the wealth, for I have delayed their distribution." Allāh's Messenger ﷺ had waited for them for over ten days when he returned from Tā'if. So, when those people came to know that Allāh's Messenger ﷺ was not going to return to them except one of the two things, they said, "We choose our war prisoners." Allāh's Messenger ﷺ stood up amongst the Muslims, and after glorifying Allāh as He deserved, he said, "Now then, these brothers of yours have come to us with repentance, and I see it logical that I should return their captives to them. So, whoever of you likes to do that as a favour then he can do it, and whoever amongst you likes to stick to his share, let him give up his prisoners and we will compensate him from the very first Fai (i.e., war booty received without fight) which Allāh will give us." On that, all the people said, "O Allāh's Messenger! We have agreed willingly to do so (return the captives)." Then Allāh's Messenger ﷺ said to them, "I do not know who amongst you has agreed to this and who has not. You should return and let your leaders inform me of your agreement." The people returned and their leaders spoke to them, and then came to Allāh's Messenger ﷺ and said, "All the people have agreed willingly to do so and have given the permission to return the war prisoners (without compensation)." (Az-Zuhri, the subnarrator states : ) This is what has been related to us about the captives of Hawāzin.

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٣١٣١ - ٣١٣٢ - حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ عُفَيْرٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي اللَّيْثُ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي عُقَيْلٌ ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ قَالَ: وَزَعَمَ عُرْوَةُ : أَنَّ مَرْوَانَ بْنَ الْحَكَمِ وَمِسْوَرَ بْنَ مَخْرَمَةَ أَخْبَرَاهُ «أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ، حِينَ جَاءَهُ وَفْدُ هَوَازِنَ مُسْلِمِينَ، فَسَأَلُوهُ أَنْ يَرُدَّ إِلَيْهِمْ أَمْوَالَهُمْ وَسَبْيَهُمْ، فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: أَحَبُّ الْحَدِيثِ إِلَيَّ أَصْدَقُهُ، فَاخْتَارُوا إِحْدَى الطَّائِفَتَيْنِ: إِمَّا السَّبْيَ، وَإِمَّا الْمَالَ، وَقَدْ كُنْتُ اسْتَأْنَيْتُ بِهِمْ وَقَدْ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ انْتَظَرَ آخِرَهُمْ بِضْعَ عَشْرَةَ لَيْلَةً حِينَ قَفَلَ مِنَ الطَّائِفِ، فَلَمَّا تَبَيَّنَ لَهُمْ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ غَيْرُ رَادٍّ إِلَيْهِمْ إِلَّا إِحْدَى الطَّائِفَتَيْنِ، قَالُوا: فَإِنَّا نَخْتَارُ سَبْيَنَا، فَقَامَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِي الْمُسْلِمِينَ، فَأَثْنَى عَلَى اللهِ بِمَا هُوَ أَهْلُهُ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: أَمَّا بَعْدُ، فَإِنَّ إِخْوَانَكُمْ هَؤُلَاءِ قَدْ جَاؤُونَا تَائِبِينَ، وَإِنِّي قَدْ رَأَيْتُ أَنْ أَرُدَّ إِلَيْهِمْ سَبْيَهُمْ، مَنْ أَحَبَّ أَنْ يُطَيِّبَ فَلْيَفْعَلْ، وَمَنْ أَحَبَّ مِنْكُمْ أَنْ يَكُونَ عَلَى حَظِّهِ، حَتَّى نُعْطِيَهُ إِيَّاهُ مِنْ أَوَّلِ مَا يُفِيءُ اللهُ عَلَيْنَا فَلْيَفْعَلْ، فَقَالَ النَّاسُ: قَدْ طَيَّبْنَا ذَلِكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ لَهُمْ، فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: إِنَّا لَا نَدْرِي مَنْ أَذِنَ مِنْكُمْ فِي ذَلِكَ مِمَّنْ لَمْ يَأْذَنْ، فَارْجِعُوا حَتَّى يَرْفَعَ إِلَيْنَا عُرَفَاؤُكُمْ أَمْرَكُمْ فَرَجَعَ النَّاسُ فَكَلَّمَهُمْ عُرَفَاؤُهُمْ، ثُمَّ رَجَعُوا إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَأَخْبَرُوهُ أَنَّهُمْ قَدْ طَيَّبُوا فَأَذِنُوا». فَهَذَا الَّذِي بَلَغَنَا عَنْ سَبْيِ هَوَازِنَ.

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