What is the difference between ghanimah (war spoils) and fay'?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: The jurists (may Allah have mercy on them) mentioned that the difference between ghanimah (war spoils) and fay' is that ghanimah (war spoils) is what the Muslims took from the disbelievers through fighting and force, while fay' is what they took through fear and without fighting. Is this a correct distinction?
Answer:
Yes. This is one of the types of fay': they left it out of fear of the Muslims and departed from it out of fear of the Muslims. This occurred without fighting, and it is a type of fay'. Among the types of fay' is what the Muslims obtained through fighting, and among them is what the Muslims took through a truce with the disbelievers. So fay' has various types. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: The jurists (may Allah have mercy on them) mentioned that the difference between ghanimah (war spoils) and fay' is that ghanimah (war spoils) is what the Muslims took from the disbelievers through fighting and force, while fay' is what they took through fear and without fighting. Is this a correct distinction?
Answer:
Yes. This is one of the types of fay': they left it out of fear of the Muslims and departed from it out of fear of the Muslims. This occurred without fighting, and it is a type of fay'. Among the types of fay' is what the Muslims obtained through fighting, and among them is what the Muslims took through a truce with the disbelievers. So fay' has various types. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [3436/3361] ما الفرق بين الغنيمة والفيء؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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