11. Division of the Fifth (War Booty)
al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4419No grade recorded
هُوَ لَنَا لِقُرْبَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَسَمَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَهُمْ وَقَدْ كَانَ عُمَرُ عَرَضَ عَلَيْنَا شَيْئًا رَأَيْنَاهُ دُونَ حَقِّنَا فَأَبَيْنَا أَنْ نَقْبَلَهُ وَكَانَ الَّذِي عَرَضَ عَلَيْهِمْ أَنْ يُعِينَ نَاكِحَهُمْ وَيَقْضِيَ عَنْ غَارِمِهِمْ وَيُعْطِيَ فَقِيرَهُمْ وَأَبَى أَنْ يَزِيدَهُمْ عَلَى ذَلِكَ
✧ It is ours, for the near relatives of the Messenger of God ﷺ. The Messenger of God ﷺ divided it among them. ʿUmar had offered us something which we considered less than our due, so we refused to accept it. What he offered them was that he would help marry their unmarried, pay the debts of their debtors, and give to their poor, and he refused to give them more than that.
al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4420No grade recorded
عَنْ سَهْمِ ذِي الْقُرْبَى لِمَنْ هُوَ؟ وَهُوَ لَنَا أَهْلُ الْبَيْتِ وَقَدْ كَانَ عُمَرُ «دَعَانَا إِلَى أَنْ يُنْكِحَ مِنْهُ أَيِّمَنَا وَيُخْدِمَ مِنْهُ عَائِلَنَا وَيَقْضِيَ مِنْهُ عَنْ غَارِمِنَا فَأَبَيْنَا إِلَّا أَنْ يُسْلِمَهُ لَنَا فَأَبَى ذَلِكَ فَتَرَكْنَاهُ عَلَيْهِ»
✧ About the share of the near relative—to whom does it belong? It is ours, the People of the House. ʿUmar had called us to have him marry our widows from it, serve our dependents from it, and pay our debts from it, but we refused unless he handed it over to us, and he refused that, so we left it with him.
al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4421No grade recorded
كَتَبَ عُمَرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ إِلَى عُمَرَ بْنِ الْوَلِيدِ كِتَابًا فِيهِ وَقَسَمَ أَبُوكَ لَكَ الْخُمُسَ كُلَّهُ وَإِنَّمَا سَهْمُ أَبِيكَ كَسَهْمِ رَجُلٍ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ وَفِيهِ حَقُّ اللهِ وَحَقُّ الرَّسُولِ وَذِي الْقُرْبَى وَالْيَتَامَى وَالْمَسَاكِينِ وَابْنِ السَّبِيلِ فَمَا أَكْثَرَ خُصَمَاءِ ابْنِكَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ فَكَيْفَ يَنْجُو مَنْ كَثُرَتْ خُصَمَاؤُهُ وَإِظْهَارُكَ الْمَعَازِفَ وَالْمَزَامِيرَ بِدْعَةٌ فِي الْإِسْلَامِ وَلَقَدْ هَمَمْتُ أَنْ أَبْعَثَ إِلَيْكَ مَنْ يَجُزُّ جُمَّتَكَ جُمَّةَ السَّوْءِ
✧ ʿUmar b. ʿAbd al-ʿAziz wrote to ʿUmar b. al-Walid a letter, in which he said: "Your father allotted the entire fifth to you, but your father's share is only like the share of any man among the Muslims. In it is the right of God, the right of the Messenger, the near relatives, the orphans, the needy, and the wayfarer. How numerous will be your son's adversaries on the Day of Resurrection! How can one whose adversaries are many be saved? Your displaying musical instruments and reed pipes is an innovation in Islam. I have resolved to send someone to you who will cut off your forelock—an evil forelock."
al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4422No grade recorded
أَنَّهُ جَاءَ هُوَ وَعُثْمَانُ بْنُ عَفَّانَ إِلَى رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يُكَلِّمَانِهِ فِيمَا قَسَمَ مِنْ خُمْسِ خَيْبَرَ بَيْنَ بَنِي هَاشِمٍ وَبَنِي الْمُطَّلِبِ بْنِ عَبْدِ مَنَافٍ فَقَالَا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ قَسَمْتَ لِإِخْوَانِنَا بَنِي الْمُطَّلِبِ بْنِ عَبْدِ مَنَافٍ وَلَمْ تُعْطِنَا شَيْئًا وَقَرَابَتُنَا مِثْلُ قَرَابَتِهِمْ فَقَالَ لَهُمَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِنَّمَا أَرَى هَاشِمًا وَالْمُطَّلِبَ شَيْئًا وَاحِدًا» قَالَ جُبَيْرٌ وَلَمْ يُقْسِمْ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لِبَنِي عَبْدِ شَمْسٍ وَلَا لِبَنِي نَوْفَلٍ مِنْ ذَلِكَ الْخُمُسِ شَيْئًا كَمَا قَسَمَ لِبَنِي هَاشِمٍ وَبَنِي الْمُطَّلِبِ
✧ He and ʿUthman b. ʿAffan came to the Messenger of God ﷺ to speak to him concerning what he had divided from the fifth of Khaybar between Banu Hashim and Banu al-Muttalib b. ʿAbd Manaf. They said: "O Messenger of God, you allotted to our brothers Banu al-Muttalib b. ʿAbd Manaf but gave us nothing, while our kinship is like their kinship." The Messenger of God ﷺ said to them: "I consider Hashim and al-Muttalib as one thing." Jubayr said: "The Messenger of God ﷺ did not allot to Banu ʿAbd Shams or Banu Nawfal from that fifth anything, just as he allotted to Banu Hashim and Banu al-Muttalib."
al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4423No grade recorded
لَمَّا قَسَمَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ سَهْمَ ذِي الْقُرْبَى بَيْنَ بَنِي هَاشِمٍ وَبَنِي الْمُطَّلِبِ أَتَيْتُهُ أَنَا وَعُثْمَانُ بْنُ عَفَّانَ فَقُلْنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ هَؤُلَاءِ بَنُو هَاشِمٍ لَا يُنْكَرُ فَضْلُهُمْ لِمَكَانِكَ الَّذِي جَعَلَكَ اللهُ بِهِ مِنْهُمْ أَرَأَيْتَ بَنِي الْمُطَّلِبِ أَعْطَيْتَهُمْ وَمَنَعْتَنَا وَإِنَّمَا نَحْنُ وَهُمْ مِنْكَ بِمَنْزِلَةٍ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِنَّهُمْ لَمْ يُفَارِقُونِي فِي جَاهِلِيَّةٍ وَلَا إِسْلَامٍ إِنَّمَا بَنُو هَاشِمٍ وَبَنُو الْمُطَّلِبِ شَيْءٌ وَاحِدٌ وَشَبَّكَ بَيْنَ أَصَابِعِهِ»
✧ When the Messenger of God ﷺ divided the share of the near relative between Banu Hashim and Banu al-Muttalib, I and ʿUthman b. ʿAffan came to him and said: "O Messenger of God, these are Banu Hashim—their excellence is not denied because of the position God placed you in among them. But consider Banu al-Muttalib: you gave them and denied us, while we and they are in the same position from you." The Messenger of God ﷺ said: "They did not separate from me in ignorance or in Islam. Banu Hashim and Banu al-Muttalib are one thing," and he interlocked his fingers.
al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4424No grade recorded
أَخَذَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَوْمَ حُنَيْنٍ وَبَرَةً مِنْ جَنْبِ بَعِيرٍ فَقَالَ «أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنَّهُ لَا يَحِلُّ لِي مِمَّا أَفَاءَ اللهُ عَلَيْكُمْ قَدْرُ هَذِهِ إِلَّا الْخُمُسُ وَالْخُمُسُ مَرْدُودٌ عَلَيْكُمْ» قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ اسْمُ أَبِي سَلَامٍ مَمْطُورٌ وَاسْمُ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ صُدَيُّ بْنُ عَجْلَانَ
✧ On the day of Hunayn, the Prophet ﷺ took a hair from the side of a camel and said: "O people, it is not lawful for me, from what God has granted you as spoils, even the amount of this, except the fifth, and the fifth is returned to you." Abu ʿAbd al-Rahman said: The name of Abu Sallam is Mamtur, and the name of Abu Umamah is Sudayy b. ʿAjlan.
al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4425No grade recorded
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أَتَى بَعِيرًا فَأَخَذَ مِنْ سَنَامِهِ وَبَرَةً بَيْنَ إِصْبُعَيْهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ «هَا إِنَّهُ لَيْسَ لِي مِنَ الْفَيْءِ شَيْءٌ وَلَا هَذِهِ إِلَّا الْخُمُسُ وَالْخُمُسُ مَرْدُودٌ فِيكُمْ»
✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ came to a camel, took a hair from its hump between his fingers, then said: "Indeed, I have no share in the war booty, not even this, except the fifth, and the fifth is returned to you."
al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4426No grade recorded
كَانَتْ «أَمْوَالُ بَنِي النَّضِيرِ مِمَّا أَفَاءَ اللهُ عَلَى رَسُولِهِ ﷺ مِمَّا لَمْ يُوجِفِ الْمُسْلِمُونَ عَلَيْهِ بِخَيْلٍ وَلَا رِكَابٍ فَكَانَ يُنْفِقُ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ مِنْهَا قُوتَ سَنَةٍ وَمَا بَقِيَ جَعَلَهُ فِي الْكُرَاعِ وَالسِّلَاحِ عِدَّةً فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ»
✧ The wealth of Banu al-Nadir was part of what God gave to His Messenger ﷺ as spoils, for which the Muslims did not race with horses or camels. He used to spend on himself from it a year's provision, and what remained he made for horses and weapons, as equipment in the path of God.
al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4427No grade recorded
أَنَّ فَاطِمَةَ أَرْسَلَتْ إِلَى أَبِي بَكْرٍ تَسْأَلُهُ مِيرَاثَهَا مِنَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ مِنْ صَدَقَتِهِ وَمِمَّا تَرَكَ وَمِنْ خُمُسِ خَيْبَرَ فَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «لَا نُورَثُ مَا تَرَكْنَا صَدَقَةٌ»
✧ Fatimah sent to Abu Bakr asking for her inheritance from the Prophet ﷺ—from his charity, from what he left, and from the fifth of Khaybar. Abu Bakr said: "The Messenger of God ﷺ said: 'We are not inherited from; what we leave is charity.'"
al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4428No grade recorded
فِي قَوْلِهِ {أَنَّمَا غَنِمْتُمْ مِنْ شَيْءٍ فَأَنَّ لِلَّهِ خُمُسَهُ وَلِلرَّسُولِ} [الأنفال 41] قَالَ خُمْسُ اللهِ وَخُمْسُ رَسُولِهِ ﷺ وَاحِدٌ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «يَحْمِلُ مِنْهُ وَيُعْطِي مِنْهُ وَيَضَعُهُ حَيْثُ شَاءَ وَيَضَعُ بِهِ مَا شَاءَ»
✧ Regarding His saying: {And know that whatever you gain as spoils, then for God is one fifth of it and for the Messenger} [al-Anfal 41], he said: "The fifth of God and the fifth of His Messenger ﷺ are one. The Messenger of God ﷺ used to carry from it, give from it, and place it wherever he wished, and distribute with it as he wished."
al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4429No grade recorded
عَنْ قَوْلِ اللهِ ﷻ {وَاعْلَمُوا أَنَّمَا غَنِمْتُمْ مِنْ شَيْءٍ فَأَنَّ لِلَّهِ خُمُسَهُ وَلِلرَّسُولِ} [الأنفال 41] قَالَ هَذَا مِفْتَاحُ كَلَامٍ لِلَّهِ الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةُ قَالَ اخْتَلَفُوا فِي هَذَيْنِ السَّهْمَيْنِ بَعْدَ وَفَاةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ سَهْمِ الرَّسُولِ ﷺ وَسَهْمِ ذِي الْقُرْبَى فَقَالَ قَائِلٌ سَهْمُ الرَّسُولِ ﷺ لِلْخَلِيفَةِ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ وَقَالَ قَائِلٌ سَهْمُ ذِي الْقُرْبَى لِقَرَابَةِ الرَّسُولِ وَقَالَ قَائِلٌ سَهْمُ ذِي الْقُرْبَى لِقَرَابَةِ الْخَلِيفَةِ فَاجْتَمَعَ رَأْيُهُمْ عَلَى أَنْ جَعَلُوا هَذَيْنِ السَّهْمَيْنِ فِي الْخَيْلِ وَالْعُدَّةِ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ فَكَانَا فِي ذَلِكَ خِلَافَةُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ
✧ Regarding the saying of Allah, may He be glorified and exalted, {And know that whatever you take as war booty, for Allah is one-fifth of it and for the Messenger} [al-Anfal 41], he said: This is the key of Allah's speech, for the world and the Hereafter. He said: They disagreed regarding these two shares after the death of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ: the share of the Messenger ﷺ and the share of the near relatives. One said: The share of the Messenger ﷺ goes to the Caliph after him. Another said: The share of the near relatives goes to the relatives of the Messenger. Another said: The share of the near relatives goes to the relatives of the Caliph. Then their opinion came together that they made these two shares for horses and equipment in the cause of Allah. Thus they were so during the caliphate of Abu Bakr and Umar.
al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4430No grade recorded
سَأَلْتُ يَحْيَى بْنَ الْجَزَّارِ عَنْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةِ {§وَاعْلَمُوا أَنَّمَا غَنِمْتُمْ مِنْ شَيْءٍ فَأَنَّ لِلَّهِ خُمُسَهُ} [الأنفال 41] قَالَ قُلْتُ كَمْ كَانَ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ مِنَ الْخُمُسِ؟ قَالَ «خُمُسُ الْخُمُسِ»
✧ I asked Yahya ibn Al-Jazzar about this verse: {And know that anything you obtain of war booty - then indeed, for Allah is one fifth of it} [Al-Anfal 41]. I said, "How much did the Prophet ﷺ receive from the fifth?" He said, "One fifth of the fifth."
al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4431No grade recorded
عَنْ سَهْمِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَصَفِيِّهِ قَالَ «أَمَّا سَهْمُ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَكَسَهْمِ رَجُلٍ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ وَأَمَّا الصَّفِيُّ فَغُرَّةٌ يَخْتَارُ مِنْ أَيِّ شَيْءٍ شَاءَ»
✧ Regarding the share of the Prophet ﷺ and his select portion (safi), he said: "As for the share of the Prophet ﷺ, it is like the share of a man from the Muslims. As for the select portion, it is a choice item he chooses from whatever he wishes."
al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4432No grade recorded
بَيْنَا أَنَا مَعَ مُطَرِّفٍ بِالْمِرْبَدِ إِذْ دَخَلَ رَجُلٌ مَعَهُ قِطْعَةُ أَدِيمٍ فَقَالَ كَتَبَ لِي هَذِهِ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَهَلْ أَحَدٌ مِنْكُمْ يَقْرَأُ؟ قَالَ قُلْتُ أَنَا أَقْرَأُ فَإِذَا فِيهَا «مِنْ مُحَمَّدٍ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ لِبَنِي زُهَيْرِ بْنِ أَقْيَشٍ أَنَّهُمْ إِنْ شَهِدُوا أَنَّ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولُ اللهِ وَفَارَقُوا الْمُشْرِكِينَ وَأَقَرُّوا بالْخُمُسَ فِي غَنَائِمِهِمْ وَسَهْمَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَصَفِيِّهِ فَإِنَّهُمْ آمِنُونَ بِأَمَانِ اللهِ وَرَسُولِهِ»
✧ While I was with Mutarrif at al-Mirbad, a man entered with a piece of tanned leather and said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ wrote this for me. Can any of you read it? I said: I can read. And there was in it: "From Muhammad the Prophet ﷺ to the Banu Zuhayr b. Aqyash: If they bear witness that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, and they separate from the polytheists, and they acknowledge the fifth in their spoils, and the share of the Prophet ﷺ and his select portion, then they are secure by the protection of Allah and His Messenger."
al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4433No grade recorded
«الْخُمُسُ الَّذِي لِلَّهِ لِلرَّسُولِ ﷺ كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ وَقَرَابَتُهُ لَا يَأْكُلُونَ مِنَ الصَّدَقَةِ شَيْئًا فَكَانَ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ خُمُسُ الْخُمُسِ وَلِذِي قَرَابَتِهِ خُمْسُ الْخُمْسِ وَلِلْيَتَامَى مِثْلُ ذَلِكَ وَلِلْمَسَاكِينِ مِثْلُ ذَلِكَ وَلِابْنِ السَّبِيلِ مِثْلُ ذَلِكَ»
✧ "The fifth which is for Allah is for the Messenger ﷺ. The Prophet ﷺ and his relatives did not eat anything from charity. So the Prophet ﷺ had a fifth of the fifth, and his near relatives had a fifth of the fifth, and the orphans had the like of that, and the poor had the like of that, and the wayfarer had the like of that."
al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4434No grade recorded
جَاءَ الْعَبَّاسُ وَعَلِيٌّ إِلَى عُمَرَ يَخْتَصِمَانِ فَقَالَ الْعَبَّاسُ اقْضِ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَ هَذَا فَقَالَ النَّاسُ افْصِلْ بَيْنَهُمَا فَقَالَ عُمَرُ لَا أَفْصِلُ بَيْنَهُمَا قَدْ عَلِمَا أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «لَا نُورَثُ مَا تَرَكْنَا صَدَقَةٌ» قَالَ فَقَالَ الزُّهْرِيُّ وَلِيَهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَأَخَذَ مِنْهَا قُوتَ أَهْلِهِ وَجَعَلَ سَائِرَهُ سَبِيلُهُ سَبِيلُ الْمَالِ ثُمَّ وَلِيَهَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ بَعْدَهُ ثُمَّ وُلِّيتُهَا بَعْدَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ فَصَنَعْتُ فِيهَا الَّذِي كَانَ يَصْنَعُ ثُمَّ أَتَيَانِي فَسَأَلَانِي أَنْ أَدْفَعَهَا إِلَيْهِمَا عَلَى أَنْ يَلِيَاهَا بِالَّذِي وَلِيَهَا بِهِ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَالَّذِي وَلِيَهَا بِهِ أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَالَّذِي وُلِّيتُهَا بِهِ فَدَفَعْتُهَا إِلَيْهِمَا وَأَخَذْتُ عَلَى ذَلِكَ عُهُودَهُمَا ثُمَّ أَتَيَانِي يَقُولُ هَذَا اقْسِمْ لِي بِنَصِيبِي مِنَ ابْنِ أَخِي وَيَقُولُ هَذَا اقْسِمْ لِي بِنَصِيبِي مِنَ امْرَأَتِي فَإِنْ شَاءَا أَنْ أَدْفَعَهَا إِلَيْهِمَا عَلَى أَنْ يَلِيَانِهَا بِالَّذِي وَلِيَهَا بِهِ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَالَّذِي وَلِيَهَا بِهِ أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَالَّذِي وُلِّيتُهَا بِهِ دَفَعْتُهَا إِلَيْهِمَا وَإِنْ أَبَيَا كُفِيَا ذَلِكَ ثُمَّ قَالَ {وَاعْلَمُوا أَنَّمَا غَنِمْتُمْ مِنْ شَيْءٍ فَأَنَّ لِلَّهِ خُمُسَهُ وَلِلرَّسُولِ وَلِذِي الْقُرْبَى وَالْيَتَامَى وَالْمَسَاكِينِ وَابْنِ السَّبِيلِ} [الأنفال 41] هَذِهِ الْآيَةُ لِهَؤُلَاءِ {إِنَّمَا الصَّدَقَاتُ لِلْفُقَرَاءِ وَالْمَسَاكِينِ وَالْعَامِلِينَ عَلَيْهَا وَالْمُؤَلَّفَةِ قُلُوبُهُمْ وَفِي الرِّقَابِ وَالْغَارِمِينَ وَفِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ وَابْنِ السَّبِيلِ} [التوبة 60] هَذِهِ لِهَؤُلَاءِ {وَمَا أَفَاءَ اللهُ عَلَى رَسُولِهِ مِنْهُمْ فَمَا أَوْجَفْتُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ خَيْلٍ وَلَا رِكَابٍ} [الحشر 6] قَالَ قَالَ الزُّهْرِيُّ هَذِهِ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ خَاصَّةً قُرًى عَرَبِيَّةٌ فَدَكَ وَكَذَا وَكَذَا {مَا أَفَاءَ اللهُ عَلَى رَسُولِهِ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْقُرَى فَلِلَّهِ وَلِلرَّسُولِ وَلِذِي الْقُرْبَى وَالْيَتَامَى وَالْمَسَاكِينِ وَابْنِ السَّبِيلِ} [الحشر 7] {لِلْفُقَرَاءِ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ الَّذِينَ أُخْرِجُوا مِنْ دِيَارِهِمْ وَأَمْوَالِهِمْ} [الحشر 8] {وَالَّذِينَ تَبَوَّءُوا الدَّارَ وَالْإِيمَانَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ} {وَالَّذِينَ جَاءُوا مِنْ بَعْدِهِمْ} فَاسْتَوْعَبَتْ هَذِهِ الْآيَاتُ النَّاسَ فَلَمْ يَبْقَ أَحَدٌ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ إِلَّا لَهُ فِي هَذَا الْمَالِ حَقٌّ أَوْ قَالَ حَظٌّ إِلَّا بَعْضَ مَنْ تَمْلِكُونَ مِنْ أَرِقَّائِكُمْ وَلَئِنْ عِشْتُ إِنْ شَاءَ اللهُ لَيَأْتِيَنَّ كُلَّ مُسْلِمٍ حَقُّهُ أَوْ قَالَ حَظُّهُ
✧ Al-Abbas and Ali came to Umar disputing. Al-Abbas said: Judge between me and this one. The people said: Settle between them. Umar said: I will not settle between them. They know that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "We are not inherited; what we leave is charity." He said: Al-Zuhri said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ took charge of it and took from it the sustenance of his family and made the rest of it as the way of wealth. Then Abu Bakr took charge of it after him. Then I took charge of it after Abu Bakr, and I did with it what he used to do. Then they both came to me and asked me to hand it over to them on condition that they manage it in the way the Messenger of Allah ﷺ managed it, and Abu Bakr managed it, and I managed it. So I handed it over to them and took their covenants for that. Then they came to me, one saying: Divide for me my share from my nephew, and the other saying: Divide for me my share from my wife. If they wish that I hand it over to them on condition that they manage it in the way the Messenger of Allah ﷺ managed it, and Abu Bakr managed it, and I managed it, I would hand it over to them; and if they refuse, they are spared that. Then he said: {And know that whatever you take as war booty, for Allah is one-fifth of it and for the Messenger and for the near relatives and the orphans and the needy and the wayfarer} [al-Anfal 41]. This verse is for these. {Charities are only for the poor and the needy and those who work upon them and those whose hearts are to be reconciled and for freeing captives and for debtors and in the cause of Allah and for the wayfarer} [al-Tawbah 60]. This is for these. {And what Allah restored to His Messenger from them, you did not spur for it any horses or camels} [al-Hashr 6]. He said: Al-Zuhri said: This is for the Messenger of Allah ﷺ specifically: Arab villages, Fadak, and such and such. {What Allah restored to His Messenger from the people of the towns is for Allah and for the Messenger and for the near relatives and the orphans and the needy and the wayfarer} [al-Hashr 7]. {For the poor emigrants who were expelled from their homes and properties} [al-Hashr 8]. {And those who had established themselves in the home and in faith before them} and {and those who came after them}. Thus these verses encompassed all people, and no Muslim remains without a right—or he said a portion—in this wealth, except some of those you own from your slaves. And if I live, if Allah wills, every Muslim will surely receive his right—or he said his portion.