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1574. Simāk Abū Rumail Al-Ḥanafī said: “I heard Ibn ‘Abbās saying: “‘Umar bin Al-Khaṭṭāb narrated to me that he said: “It was said: ‘O Messenger of Allāh! So-and-so has been martyred.’ He said: ‘No! I saw him in the Fire because of a garment he pilfered from the spoils of war.’ He said: ‘Stand up O ‘Umar! Call out that no one enters Paradise except the believers.’ Three times.” (Ṣaḥīh)
[Abū ‘Eisā said:] This Ḥadīth is Ḥasan Ṣaḥīh Gharīb.
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This narration makes it clear that a fighter who takes anything from the spoils of war without the permission of the army chief commits the crime of embezzlement, which eclipses the high status of martyrdom. He who is an offender of stealing from the spoils of war will not go to Paradise.