English translation
4148. It was narrated that Qais bin Muslim said: “I asked Al-Ḥasan bin Muḥammad about the saying of Allāh, the Mighty and Sublime: ‘And know that whatever of spoils of war that you may gain, verily, one-fifth of it is assigned to Allāh.’[2] He said: “This is the key to the Speech of Allāh. This world and the Hereafter belong to Allāh.” He said: ‘They differed concerning these two shares after the death of the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ, the share of the Messenger and the share of the near relatives (of the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ). Some said that the share of the near relatives was for the relatives of the Messenger ﷺ, and some said that the share of the near relatives was for the relatives of the Khalifah. Then they agreed that these two shares should be spent on horses and equipment in the cause of Allāh, and they were allocated for this purpose during the Khilāfah of Abū Bakr and ‘Umar.” (Ṣaḥīḥ)
