Surah Anfal ayat 41 Tafsir Quran 8:41

﴿۞ وَاعْلَمُوا أَنَّمَا غَنِمْتُم مِّن شَيْءٍ فَأَنَّ لِلَّهِ خُمُسَهُ وَلِلرَّسُولِ وَلِذِي الْقُرْبَىٰ وَالْيَتَامَىٰ وَالْمَسَاكِينِ وَابْنِ السَّبِيلِ إِن كُنتُمْ آمَنتُم بِاللَّهِ وَمَا أَنزَلْنَا عَلَىٰ عَبْدِنَا يَوْمَ الْفُرْقَانِ يَوْمَ الْتَقَى الْجَمْعَانِ ۗ وَاللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ﴾
[ الأنفال: 41]

8:41 And know that anything you obtain of war booty - then indeed, for Allah is one fifth of it and for the Messenger and for [his] near relatives and the orphans, the needy, and the [stranded] traveler, if you have believed in Allah and in that which We sent down to Our Servant on the day of criterion - the day when the two armies met. And Allah, over all things, is competent.

And know that whatever spoils you have taken you have seized from the disbelievers by force the fifth of it is for God to have it dispensed as He will and for the Messenger and for the kinsmen the kinsmen of the Prophet s from among the Banū Hāshim and the Banū ‘Abd al-Muttalib and the orphans children of Muslims those whose fathers have passed away and are in poverty and the needy those Muslims in dire need and the traveller those Muslims cut off during travel — in other words it the fifth is due to the Prophet s and those of these four categories in the way that he used to apportion it a fifth of the fifth for each one and the remaining four fifths for those who had captured the spoils if you believe in God then be aware of that and that which wa-mā is a supplement to bi’Llāhi ‘in God’ We sent down upon Our servant Muhammad (s) in the way of angels and signs on the Day of Discrimination that is the day of the battle of Badr which discriminated between truth and falsehood the day the two armies the Muslims and the believers met. And God has power over all things including giving you victory despite your being few and their being greater in number.

And you Muslims must realize that whatever you capture from your enemy in the way of spoils of war, comes under Allahs Authority. One fifth is assigned to Allah and His Messenger, to the kindred and to the orphans and the needy, that is if the heart of your purpose is indeed Allahs purpose and you have exercised your minds in thought and contemplation conferred on Our Messenger and on your souls to vindicate the powers of good and beat down the powers of evil when the two forces met, and Allah is Qadirun over all things; He overrules personal aims

Ruling on the Spoils of War ( Ghanimah and Fai ) Allah explains the spoils of war in detail, as He has specifically allowed it for this honorable Ummah over all others.
We should mention that the `Ghanimah' refers to war spoils captured from the disbelievers, using armies and instruments of war.
As for `Fai', it refers to the property of the disbelievers that they forfeit in return for peace, what they leave behind when they die and have no one to inherit from them, and the Jizyah ( tribute tax ) and Khiraj ( property tax ).
Allah said, وَاعْلَمُوا أَنَّمَا غَنِمْتُم مِّن شَىْءٍ فَأَنَّ للَّهِ خُمُسَهُ ( And know that whatever of war booty that you may gain, verily, one-fifth of it is assigned to Allah ) indicating that the one-fifth should be reserved and paid in full to Muslim leaders whether it was little or substantial, even a yarn and needle. وَمَن يَغْلُلْ يَأْتِ بِمَا غَلَّ يَوْمَ الْقِيَـمَةِ ثُمَّ تُوَفَّى كُلُّ نَفْسٍ مَّا كَسَبَتْ وَهُمْ لاَ يُظْلَمُونَ ( And whosoever deceives (his companions over the booty ), he shall bring forth on the Day of Resurrection that which he took ( illegally ).
Then every person shall be paid in full what he has earned, and they shall not be dealt with unjustly.) 3:161 Allah's statement, فَأَنَّ للَّهِ خُمُسَهُ وَلِلرَّسُولِ ( verily, one-fifth of it is assigned to Allah, and to the Messenger, ) was explained by Ibn `Abbas, as Ad-Dahhak reported from him, "Whenever the Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent an army, he used to divide the war booty they collected into five shares, reserving one-fifth and divided it into five shares." Then he recited; وَاعْلَمُوا أَنَّمَا غَنِمْتُم مِّن شَىْءٍ فَأَنَّ للَّهِ خُمُسَهُ وَلِلرَّسُولِ ( And know that whatever of war booty that you may gain, verily, one-fifth of it is assigned to Allah, and to the Messenger, ) Ibn Abbas said, "Allah's statement, فَأَنَّ للَّهِ خُمُسَهُ ( verily, one-fifth of it is assigned to Allah ) is inclusive of the Messenger's share, just as the following Ayah is inclusive of Allah owning whatever is on the earth also, لِّلَّهِ مَا فِي السَّمَـوتِ وَمَا فِى الاٌّرْضِ ( To Allah belongs all that is in the heavens and on the earth )2:284." So He addressed the share of Allah and the share of His Messenger in the same statement. Ibrahim An-Nakha`i, Al-Hasan bin Muhammad bin Al-Hanifiyyah, Al-Hasan Al-Basri, Ash-Sha`bi, `Ata' bin Abi Rabah, `Abdullah bin Buraydah, Qatadah, Mughirah and several others, all said that the share designated for Allah and the Messenger is one and the same.
Supporting this is what Imam Al-Hafiz Abu Bakr Al-Bayhaqi recorded, with a Sahih chain of narrators, that `Abdullah bin Shaqiq said that a man from Bilqin said, "I came to the Prophet when he was in Wadi Al-Qura inspecting a horse.
I asked, `O Allah's Messenger! What about the Ghanimah' He said,
«للهِ خُمُسُهَا وَأَرْبَعَةُ أَخْمَاسِهَا لِلْجَيْش»
( Allah's share is one fifth and four-fifths are for the army. ) I asked, `None of them has more right to it than anyone else' He said,
«لَا، وَلَا السَّهْمُ تَسْتَخْرِجُهُ مِنْ جَنْبِكَ لَيْسَ أَنْتَ أَحَقَّ بِهِ مِنْ أَخِيكَ الْمُسْلِم»
( No.
Even if you remove an arrow that pierced your flank, you have no more right to it than your Muslim brother. )" Imam Ahmad recorded that Al-Miqdam bin Ma`dikarib Al-Kindi sat with `Ubadah bin As-Samit, Abu Ad-Darda' and Al-Harith bin Mu`awiyah Al-Kindi, may Allah be pleased with them, reminding each other of the statements of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.
Abu Ad-Darda' said to `Ubadah, "O `Ubadah! What about the words of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ during such and such battle, about the fifth ( of the war booty )" `Ubadah said, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ led them in prayer, facing a camel from the war booty.
When he finished the prayer, he stood up, held pelt of a camel between his fingers and said,
«إِنَّ هَذِهِ مِنْ غَنَائِمِكُمْ وَإِنَّهُ لَيْسَ لِي فِيهَا إِلَّا نَصِيبِي مَعَكُمْ إِلَّا الْخُمُسُ، وَالْخُمُسُ مَرْدُودٌ عَلَيْكُمْ، فَأَدُّوا الْخَيْطَ وَالْمَخِيطَ، وَأَكْبَرَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ وَأَصْغَرَ، وَلَا تَغُلُّوا فَإِنَّ الْغُلُولَ نَارٌ وَعَارٌ عَلَى أَصْحَابِهِ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ، وَجَاهِدُوا النَّاسَ فِي اللهِ الْقَرِيبَ وَالْبَعِيدَ، وَلَا تُبَالُوا فِي اللهِ لَوْمَةَ لَائِمٍ، وَأَقِيمُوا حُدُودَ اللهِ فِي الْحَضَرِ وَالسَّفَرِ، وَجَاهِدُوا فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ، فَإِنَّ الْجِهَادَ بَابٌ مِنْ أَبْوَابِ الْجَنَّةِ عَظِيمٌ، يُنْجِي بِهِ اللهُ مِنَ الْهَمِّ وَالْغَم»
( This is also a part of the war booty you earned.
Verily, I have no share in it, except my own share, the fifth designated to me.
Even that fifth will be given to you (indicating the Prophet's generosity ).
Therefore, surrender even the needle and the thread, and whatever is bigger or smaller than that ( from the war spoils ).
Do not cheat with any of it, for stealing from the war booty before its distribution is Fire and a shame on its people in this life and the Hereafter.
Perform Jihad against the people in Allah's cause, whether they are near or far, and do not fear the blame of the blamers, as long as you are in Allah's cause.
Establish Allah's rules while in your area and while traveling.
Perform Jihad in Allah's cause, for Jihad is a tremendous door leading to Paradise.
Through it, Allah saves ( one ) from sadness and grief.)" This is a tremendous Hadith, but I did not find it in any of the six collections of Hadith through this chain of narration.
However, Imam Ahmad, Abu Dawud and An-Nasa'i recorded a Hadith from `Amr bin Shu`ayb, from his father, from his grandfather `Abdullah bin `Amr, from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and this narration is similar to the one above, and a version from `Amr bin `Anbasah was recorded by Abu Dawud and An-Nasa'i.
The Prophet used to choose some types of the war booty for himself; a servant, a horse, or a sword, according to the reports from Muhammad bin Sirin, `Amir Ash-Sha`bi and many scholars.
For instance, Imam Ahmad and At-Tirmidhi -- who graded it Hasan -- recorded from Ibn `Abbas that the Messenger ﷺ of Allah chose a sword called `Dhul-Fiqar' on the day of Badr.
`A'ishah narrated that Safiyyah was among the captured women, and the Prophet chose and married her ( upon his own choice and before distribution of war booty ), as Abu Dawud narrated in the Sunan.
As for the share of the Prophet's relatives, it is paid to Bani Hashim and Bani Al-Muttalib, because the children of Al-Muttalib supported Bani Hashim in Jahiliyyah after Islam.
They also went to the mountain pass of Abu Talib in support of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and to protect him ( when the Quraysh boycotted Muslims for three years ).
Those who were Muslims ( from Bani Al-Muttalib ) did all this in obedience to Allah and His Messenger , while the disbelievers among them did so in support of their tribe and in obedience to Abu Talib, the Messenger's uncle. Allah said next, وَالْيَتَـمَى ( the orphans ), in reference to Muslim orphans, وَابْنِ السَّبِيلِ ( and the wayfarer ), the traveler and those who intend to travel for a distance during which shortening the prayer is legislated, but do not have resources to spend from.
We will explain this subject in Surah Bara'h 9:60, Allah willing, and our reliance and trust is in Him alone. Allah said, إِن كُنتُمْ ءَامَنْتُم بِاللَّهِ وَمَآ أَنزَلْنَا عَلَى عَبْدِنَا ( If you have believed in Allah and in that which We sent down to Our servant ) Allah says, `Adhere to what We legislated for you, such as the ruling about one-fifth of the war spoils, if you truly believe in Allah, the Last Day and what We have revealed to Our Messenger .' In the Two Sahihs, it is recorded that `Abdullah bin `Abbas said, - while narrating the lengthy Hadith about the delegation of Bani Abdul Qays - that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to them, s
«وآمُرُكُمْ بِأَرْبَعٍ، وَأَنْهَاكُمْ عَنْ أَرْبَعٍ.
آمُرُكُمْ بِالْإِيمَانِ بِاللهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ: هَلْ تَدْرُونَ مَا الْإِيمَــانُ بِاللهِ؟ شَهَــــادَةُ أَن لَّا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ، وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولُ اللهِ، وَإِقَامُ الصَّلَاةِ وَإِيتَاءُ الزَّكَاةِ، وَأن تُؤَدُّوا الْخُمُسَ مِنَ الْمَغْنَم»
I command you with four and forbid four from you.
I command you to believe in Allah.
Do you know what it means to believe in Allah Testifying that there is no deity worthy of worship except Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, establishing the prayer, giving Zakah and honestly surrendering one-fifth of the war spoils.) Therefore, the Messenger listed surrendering one-fifth of the war booty as part of faith.
This is why Al-Bukhari wrote a chapter in his Sahih entitled, "Chapter: Paying the Khumus ( one-fifth ) is Part of Faith." He then narrated the above Hadith from Ibn `Abbas.
Allah said next, يَوْمَ الْفُرْقَانِ يَوْمَ الْتَقَى الْجَمْعَانِ وَاللَّهُ عَلَى كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ ( on the Day of Criterion, the Day when the two forces met; and Allah is Able to do all things. ) Allah is making His favors and compassion towards His creation known, when He distinguished between truth and falsehood in the battle of Badr.
That day was called, `Al-Furqan', because Allah raised the word of faith above the word of falsehood, He made His religion apparent and supported His Prophet and his group.
`Ali bin Abi Talhah and Al-`Awfi reported that Ibn `Abbas said, "Badr is YawmAl-Furqan; during it, Allah separated between truth and falsehood." Al-Hakim collected this statement.
Similar statements were reported from Mujahid, Miqsam, `Ubaydullah bin `Abdullah, Ad-Dahhak, Qatadah, Muqatil bin Hayyan and several others.

(8:41) Know that one fifth of the spoils that you obtain belongs to Allah, to the Messenger, to the near of kin, to the orphans, and the needy, and the wayfarer. *32 This you must observe if you truly believe In Allah and in what We sent down on Our servant *33 on the day when the true was distinguished from the false, the day on which the two armies met in battle. Allah has power over all things.

And know that anything you obtain of meaning

*32).
This verse lay's down the law for distributing the spoils of war.
Spoils of war, as mentioned earlier, essentially belong to God and His Messenger.
They alone have the right to dispose of them.
As for the soldiers who fight, they are not the rightful owners of the spoils; whatever they do receive should be considered an extra reward from God rather than their legitimate right.

Here it is stated how God and His Messenger decided to dispose of the spoils.
The prescribed rule is that the soldiers should depbsit all the spoils with the ruler or the commander without making any effort to conceal anything.
One-fifth of the spoils thus deposited would be assigned for the purposes mentioned in the present verse and four-fifths would be distributed among the soldiers who had taken part in the fighting.
In keeping with the directive contained in the present verse, after every battle the Prophet ( peace be on him ) used to proclaim: 'These are your spoils.
My own share in them is no more than one-fifth and even that fifth is spent on you.
Bring everything, even if it be a piece of thread or a needle, or anything bigger or smaller, and take nothing by stealth ( gulal ), for taking by stealth is a shameful deed, and would lead to Hell.' ( Ahmad b.
Hanbal, Musnad, vol.
5, p.
316 - Ed. )
It is pertinent to remember that the share of God and His Messenger ( peace be on him ) in the spoils signifies that a part of the spoils should be earmarked for the struggle to exalt the Word of God and to establish Islam as an operational system of life..

As to the word 'kinsmen' in the verse, during the Prophet's lifetime, it stood for his relatives.
Since the Prophet ( peace be on him ) devoted all his time to the cause of Islam, he was not in a position to earn his own living.
Hence, some arrangement had to be made for the maintenance of the Prophet ( peace be on him ) as well as for his family, and the relatives dependent upon him for financial support.
Hence a part of khums ( one-fifth of the spoils of war ) was specified for that purpose.
There is, however, some disagreement among jurists as to whom this share should go to after the Prophet's death.
Some jurists are of the view that after the Prophet's death the rule stands repealed.
According to other jurists, this part should go to relatives of those who succeeded him to Caliphate.
Other jurists are of the view that this share should be distributed among the poor members of the Prophet's family.
To the best of my knowledge, the Rightly-Guided Caliphs followed the last practice.
( See the comments of Qurtubi, Ibn Kathir and Jassas on the verse.
See also Ibn Rushd, Bidayat al-Mujtahid, vol.
1, pp.
377-8 - Ed.
)
*33).
This refers to the support and help from God which brought about victory for the Muslims.

 

Ruling on the Spoils of War ( Ghanimah and Fai ) Allah explains the spoils of war in detail, as He has specifically allowed it for this honorable Ummah over all others.
We should mention that the `Ghanimah' refers to war spoils captured from the disbelievers, using armies and instruments of war.
As for `Fai', it refers to the property of the disbelievers that they forfeit in return for peace, what they leave behind when they die and have no one to inherit from them, and the Jizyah ( tribute tax ) and Khiraj ( property tax ).
Allah said, وَاعْلَمُوا أَنَّمَا غَنِمْتُم مِّن شَىْءٍ فَأَنَّ للَّهِ خُمُسَهُ ( And know that whatever of war booty that you may gain, verily, one-fifth of it is assigned to Allah ) indicating that the one-fifth should be reserved and paid in full to Muslim leaders whether it was little or substantial, even a yarn and needle. وَمَن يَغْلُلْ يَأْتِ بِمَا غَلَّ يَوْمَ الْقِيَـمَةِ ثُمَّ تُوَفَّى كُلُّ نَفْسٍ مَّا كَسَبَتْ وَهُمْ لاَ يُظْلَمُونَ ( And whosoever deceives (his companions over the booty ), he shall bring forth on the Day of Resurrection that which he took ( illegally ).
Then every person shall be paid in full what he has earned, and they shall not be dealt with unjustly.) 3:161 Allah's statement, فَأَنَّ للَّهِ خُمُسَهُ وَلِلرَّسُولِ ( verily, one-fifth of it is assigned to Allah, and to the Messenger, ) was explained by Ibn `Abbas, as Ad-Dahhak reported from him, "Whenever the Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent an army, he used to divide the war booty they collected into five shares, reserving one-fifth and divided it into five shares." Then he recited; وَاعْلَمُوا أَنَّمَا غَنِمْتُم مِّن شَىْءٍ فَأَنَّ للَّهِ خُمُسَهُ وَلِلرَّسُولِ ( And know that whatever of war booty that you may gain, verily, one-fifth of it is assigned to Allah, and to the Messenger, ) Ibn Abbas said, "Allah's statement, فَأَنَّ للَّهِ خُمُسَهُ ( verily, one-fifth of it is assigned to Allah ) is inclusive of the Messenger's share, just as the following Ayah is inclusive of Allah owning whatever is on the earth also, لِّلَّهِ مَا فِي السَّمَـوتِ وَمَا فِى الاٌّرْضِ ( To Allah belongs all that is in the heavens and on the earth )2:284." So He addressed the share of Allah and the share of His Messenger in the same statement. Ibrahim An-Nakha`i, Al-Hasan bin Muhammad bin Al-Hanifiyyah, Al-Hasan Al-Basri, Ash-Sha`bi, `Ata' bin Abi Rabah, `Abdullah bin Buraydah, Qatadah, Mughirah and several others, all said that the share designated for Allah and the Messenger is one and the same.
Supporting this is what Imam Al-Hafiz Abu Bakr Al-Bayhaqi recorded, with a Sahih chain of narrators, that `Abdullah bin Shaqiq said that a man from Bilqin said, "I came to the Prophet when he was in Wadi Al-Qura inspecting a horse.
I asked, `O Allah's Messenger! What about the Ghanimah' He said, «للهِ خُمُسُهَا وَأَرْبَعَةُ أَخْمَاسِهَا لِلْجَيْش» ( Allah's share is one fifth and four-fifths are for the army. ) I asked, `None of them has more right to it than anyone else' He said, «لَا، وَلَا السَّهْمُ تَسْتَخْرِجُهُ مِنْ جَنْبِكَ لَيْسَ أَنْتَ أَحَقَّ بِهِ مِنْ أَخِيكَ الْمُسْلِم» ( No.
Even if you remove an arrow that pierced your flank, you have no more right to it than your Muslim brother. )" Imam Ahmad recorded that Al-Miqdam bin Ma`dikarib Al-Kindi sat with `Ubadah bin As-Samit, Abu Ad-Darda' and Al-Harith bin Mu`awiyah Al-Kindi, may Allah be pleased with them, reminding each other of the statements of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.
Abu Ad-Darda' said to `Ubadah, "O `Ubadah! What about the words of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ during such and such battle, about the fifth ( of the war booty )" `Ubadah said, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ led them in prayer, facing a camel from the war booty.
When he finished the prayer, he stood up, held pelt of a camel between his fingers and said, «إِنَّ هَذِهِ مِنْ غَنَائِمِكُمْ وَإِنَّهُ لَيْسَ لِي فِيهَا إِلَّا نَصِيبِي مَعَكُمْ إِلَّا الْخُمُسُ، وَالْخُمُسُ مَرْدُودٌ عَلَيْكُمْ، فَأَدُّوا الْخَيْطَ وَالْمَخِيطَ، وَأَكْبَرَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ وَأَصْغَرَ، وَلَا تَغُلُّوا فَإِنَّ الْغُلُولَ نَارٌ وَعَارٌ عَلَى أَصْحَابِهِ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ، وَجَاهِدُوا النَّاسَ فِي اللهِ الْقَرِيبَ وَالْبَعِيدَ، وَلَا تُبَالُوا فِي اللهِ لَوْمَةَ لَائِمٍ، وَأَقِيمُوا حُدُودَ اللهِ فِي الْحَضَرِ وَالسَّفَرِ، وَجَاهِدُوا فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ، فَإِنَّ الْجِهَادَ بَابٌ مِنْ أَبْوَابِ الْجَنَّةِ عَظِيمٌ، يُنْجِي بِهِ اللهُ مِنَ الْهَمِّ وَالْغَم» ( This is also a part of the war booty you earned.
Verily, I have no share in it, except my own share, the fifth designated to me.
Even that fifth will be given to you (indicating the Prophet's generosity ).
Therefore, surrender even the needle and the thread, and whatever is bigger or smaller than that ( from the war spoils ).
Do not cheat with any of it, for stealing from the war booty before its distribution is Fire and a shame on its people in this life and the Hereafter.
Perform Jihad against the people in Allah's cause, whether they are near or far, and do not fear the blame of the blamers, as long as you are in Allah's cause.
Establish Allah's rules while in your area and while traveling.
Perform Jihad in Allah's cause, for Jihad is a tremendous door leading to Paradise.
Through it, Allah saves ( one ) from sadness and grief.)" This is a tremendous Hadith, but I did not find it in any of the six collections of Hadith through this chain of narration.
However, Imam Ahmad, Abu Dawud and An-Nasa'i recorded a Hadith from `Amr bin Shu`ayb, from his father, from his grandfather `Abdullah bin `Amr, from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and this narration is similar to the one above, and a version from `Amr bin `Anbasah was recorded by Abu Dawud and An-Nasa'i.
The Prophet used to choose some types of the war booty for himself; a servant, a horse, or a sword, according to the reports from Muhammad bin Sirin, `Amir Ash-Sha`bi and many scholars.
For instance, Imam Ahmad and At-Tirmidhi -- who graded it Hasan -- recorded from Ibn `Abbas that the Messenger ﷺ of Allah chose a sword called `Dhul-Fiqar' on the day of Badr.
`A'ishah narrated that Safiyyah was among the captured women, and the Prophet chose and married her ( upon his own choice and before distribution of war booty ), as Abu Dawud narrated in the Sunan.
As for the share of the Prophet's relatives, it is paid to Bani Hashim and Bani Al-Muttalib, because the children of Al-Muttalib supported Bani Hashim in Jahiliyyah after Islam.
They also went to the mountain pass of Abu Talib in support of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and to protect him ( when the Quraysh boycotted Muslims for three years ).
Those who were Muslims ( from Bani Al-Muttalib ) did all this in obedience to Allah and His Messenger , while the disbelievers among them did so in support of their tribe and in obedience to Abu Talib, the Messenger's uncle. Allah said next, وَالْيَتَـمَى ( the orphans ), in reference to Muslim orphans, وَابْنِ السَّبِيلِ ( and the wayfarer ), the traveler and those who intend to travel for a distance during which shortening the prayer is legislated, but do not have resources to spend from.
We will explain this subject in Surah Bara'h 9:60, Allah willing, and our reliance and trust is in Him alone. Allah said, إِن كُنتُمْ ءَامَنْتُم بِاللَّهِ وَمَآ أَنزَلْنَا عَلَى عَبْدِنَا ( If you have believed in Allah and in that which We sent down to Our servant ) Allah says, `Adhere to what We legislated for you, such as the ruling about one-fifth of the war spoils, if you truly believe in Allah, the Last Day and what We have revealed to Our Messenger .' In the Two Sahihs, it is recorded that `Abdullah bin `Abbas said, - while narrating the lengthy Hadith about the delegation of Bani Abdul Qays - that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to them, s «وآمُرُكُمْ بِأَرْبَعٍ، وَأَنْهَاكُمْ عَنْ أَرْبَعٍ.
آمُرُكُمْ بِالْإِيمَانِ بِاللهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ: هَلْ تَدْرُونَ مَا الْإِيمَــانُ بِاللهِ؟ شَهَــــادَةُ أَن لَّا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ، وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولُ اللهِ، وَإِقَامُ الصَّلَاةِ وَإِيتَاءُ الزَّكَاةِ، وَأن تُؤَدُّوا الْخُمُسَ مِنَ الْمَغْنَم» I command you with four and forbid four from you.
I command you to believe in Allah.
Do you know what it means to believe in Allah Testifying that there is no deity worthy of worship except Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, establishing the prayer, giving Zakah and honestly surrendering one-fifth of the war spoils.) Therefore, the Messenger listed surrendering one-fifth of the war booty as part of faith.
This is why Al-Bukhari wrote a chapter in his Sahih entitled, "Chapter: Paying the Khumus ( one-fifth ) is Part of Faith." He then narrated the above Hadith from Ibn `Abbas.
Allah said next, يَوْمَ الْفُرْقَانِ يَوْمَ الْتَقَى الْجَمْعَانِ وَاللَّهُ عَلَى كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ ( on the Day of Criterion, the Day when the two forces met; and Allah is Able to do all things. ) Allah is making His favors and compassion towards His creation known, when He distinguished between truth and falsehood in the battle of Badr.
That day was called, `Al-Furqan', because Allah raised the word of faith above the word of falsehood, He made His religion apparent and supported His Prophet and his group.
`Ali bin Abi Talhah and Al-`Awfi reported that Ibn `Abbas said, "Badr is YawmAl-Furqan; during it, Allah separated between truth and falsehood." Al-Hakim collected this statement.
Similar statements were reported from Mujahid, Miqsam, `Ubaydullah bin `Abdullah, Ad-Dahhak, Qatadah, Muqatil bin Hayyan and several others.

( And know ) O believers ( that whatever ) of wealth ( you take as spoils of war, lo! a fifth thereof is for Allah ) a fifth of the spoils of war is given in the way of Allah, ( and for the messenger ) and for the use of the Messenger ( and for the kinsmen ) and for the kinsmen of the Prophet ( pbuh ) ( and orphans ) who are other than the orphans of the Banu ’Abd al-Muttalib ( and the needy ) other than those of the Banu ’Abd al-Muttalib ( and the wayfarer ) and for the weak who is in need of help, whoever he may be. This fifth used to be divided at the time of the Prophet ( pbuh ) into five shares: one share for the Prophet ( pbuh ) which was the share given for the sake of Allah ( Allah’s share ); a share for the Prophet’s kinsmen, because the Prophet ( pbuh ) used to give to his kinsmen on behalf of Allah; a share for the orphans; a share for the needy; and a share for the wayfarer. When the Prophet ( pbuh ) died, the share of the Prophet ( pbuh ) and that of his kinsmen were cancelled due to the saying of Abu Bakr: I heard Allah’s Messenger ( pbuh ) say: each prophet has, while still alive, an assigned means of subsistence, and when he dies, it is cancelled and belongs to no one. Abu Bakr, ’Umar, ’Uthman and ’Ali in their respective reigns divided the fifth into three shares: a share for the orphans, other than the orphans of Banu ’Abd al-Muttalib, a share for the needy, other than the needy of ’Abd al-Muttalib, and a share for the wayfarers who are weak and in need of help; ( if ye believe in Allah and that which We revealed unto Our slave ) Muhammad ( pbuh ) ( on the Day of Discrimination ) and the day of the alternation of power and victory of Muhammad ( pbuh ); it is also said that the Day of Discrimination means the day when Allah discriminated between truth and falsehood, i.e. the Day of Badr, when Allah decreed victory and the spoils of war for the Prophet ( pbuh ) and his Companions, while inflicting death and defeat upon Abu Jahl and his host, ( the day when the two armies ) the army of Muhammad ( pbuh ) and that of Abu Sufyan ( met. And Allah is Able to do all things ): victory and the possession of the spoils of war for the Prophet ( pbuh ) and death and defeat for Abu Jahl and his host.

And know that whatever of war-booty that you may gain, verily one-fifth (1/5th) of it is assigned to Allah, and to the Messenger, and to the near relatives [of the Messenger (Muhammad SAW)], (and also) the orphans, Al-Masakin (the poor) and the wayfarer, if you have believed in Allah and in that which We sent down to Our slave (Muhammad SAW) on the Day of criterion (between right and wrong), the Day when the two forces met (the battle of Badr) - And Allah is Able to do all things.

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