What is meant by ghanimah, and how is it distributed?
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner asks: What is meant by ghanimah? Is it specific to certain things and not others?
Answer:
The term *ghanimah* (war spoils) refers to the wealth of the disbelievers that the Muslims seized through fighting. A fifth is taken from this, and the remainder is distributed among the fighters. Know that[Al-Anfal 8:41]. The remainder, which is four-fifths, is distributed among the *mujahideen* (those striving in the path of Allah). For the horseman, it is three shares: one share for him and two shares for his horse. For the infantryman, it is one share. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner asks: What is meant by ghanimah? Is it specific to certain things and not others?
Answer:
The term *ghanimah* (war spoils) refers to the wealth of the disbelievers that the Muslims seized through fighting. A fifth is taken from this, and the remainder is distributed among the fighters. 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
أَنَّمَا غَنِمْتُم مِّن شَيْءٍ فَأَنَّ لِلَّهِ خُمُسَهُ وَلِلرَّسُولِ وَلِذِي الْقُرْبَىٰ وَالْيَتَامَىٰ وَالْمَسَاكِينِ وَابْنِ السَّبِيلِ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [1478- 4717] ما المراد بالغنيمة،وكيف تقسم؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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