Sunan Abi Dawud 2719

Translation

‘Awf bin malik Al Ashja’I said “I went out with Zaid bin Harith in the battle of Mutah. For the reinforcement of the Muslim army a man from the people of Yemen accompanied me. He had only his sword with him. A man from the Muslims slaughtered a Camel. The man for the reinforcement asked him for a part of its skin which he gave him. He made it like the shape of a shield. We went on and met the Byzantine armies. There was a man among them on a reddish horse with a golden saddle and golden weapons. This Byzantinian soldiers began to attack the Muslims desperately. The man for reinforcement sat behind a rock for (attacking) him. He hamstrung his horse and overpowered him and then killed him. He took his horse and weapons. When Allah, Most High, bestowed victory on the Muslims. Khalid bin Al Walid sent for him and took his spoils. ‘Awf said “I came to him and said “Khalid, do you know that the Apostle of Allaah ﷺ had decided to give spoils to the killer? He said “Yes, I thought it abundant. I said “You should return it to him, or I shall tell you about it before the Apostle of Allaah ﷺ. But he refused to return it. ‘Awf said “We then assembled with the Apostle of Allaah ﷺ. I told him the story of the man of reinforcement and what Khalid had done. The Apostle of Allaah ﷺ said “Khalid, what made you do the work you have done?” He said “Apostle of Allaah ﷺ, I considered it to be abundant. The Apostle of Allaah ﷺ said “Khalid, return it to him what you have taken from him.” ‘Awf said “I said to him “here you are, Khalid. Did I not keep my word? The Apostle of Allaah ﷺ said “What is that? I then informed him.” He said “The Apostle of Allaah ﷺ became angry and said “Khalid, do not return it to him. Are you going to leave my commanders? You may take from them what is best for you and eave to them what is worst.

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Same hadith, other wordings

• Bulughul Maram 1292{ أَنَّ اَلنَّبِيَّ - صلى الله عليه وسلم -قَضَى بِالسَّلَبِ لِلْقَاتِلِ }
• Sunan Abu Dawud 2720عَنْ عَوْفِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ الأَشْجَعِيِّ نَحْوَهُ

Other narrations of this report

Sahih al-Bukhari 3142Sunan Abi Dawud 2718Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 33768Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 34443Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 38144al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Bayhaqi) 12886

Narrators

1. 1
   ʿAwf b. Mālik b. Abī ʿAwf

   A well-known Companion (ṣaḥābī), from those who accepted Islam at the Conquest of Mecca.d. 73 AH
   عَوْفُ بْنُ مَالِكِ بْنِ أَبِي عَوْفٍصحابي مشهور من مسلمة الفتح
   عن
2. 2
   Jubayr b. Nufayr b. Mālik al-Ḥaḍramī

   trustworthy (thiqah), eminentd. 75 AH, also said: 80 AH, also said: after it
   أَبِيهِثقة جليل
   عن
3. 3
   ʿAbd al-Raḥmān b. Jubayr b. Nufayr

   trustworthy (thiqah)d. 118 AH
   عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ جُبَيْرِ بْنِ نُفَيْرٍثقة
   عن
4. 4
   Ṣafwān b. ʿAmr

   trustworthy (thiqah)d. 155 AH, or 158 AH, from Baqiyyah: 148 AH, and it is a mistake
   صَفْوَانُ بْنُ عَمْرٍوثقة
   حدثنى
5. 5
   al-Walīd b. Muslim

   Trustworthy (thiqah), but he very often practiced concealment (tadlīs) and levelling (taswiyah).d. 194, or 195 AH, or 196 AH
   الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍثقة ، لكنه كثير التدليس والتسوية
   حدثنا
6. 6
   Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal

   Trustworthy (thiqah), a memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), a jurist (faqīh), an authority (ḥujjah).d. 241 AH, Abū Umayyah Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm al-Ṭarsūsī said: 242 AH, and no one followed him in his view
   أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ حَنْبَلٍثقة حافظ فقيه حجة
   حدثنا
7. 7
   Abū Dāwūd al-Sijistānī

   Trustworthy (thiqah), a memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), the compiler of the Sunan and other works, one of the senior scholars.d. 275 AH
   أَبُو دَاوُدَ السِّجِسْتَانِيُّثقة ، حافظ , مصنف السنن وغيرها ، من كبار العلماء

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