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The reader: "His statement: 'From Mus'ab ibn Sa'd from his father, he said أخذ أبي من الخمس سيفا فأتى به النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم فقال : هب لي هذا ، فأبى قال : فأنزل الله تعالى : يسألونك عن الأنفال قل الأنفال لله والرسول My father took a sword from the fifth [share] and brought it to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and he said: "Give me this as a gift." But he refused. He said: So Allah, the Exalted, revealed: "They ask you about the war spoils. Say: The war spoils are for Allah and the Messenger.".' His statement 'from his father, he said: My father took' is a rhetorical device by al-Khatib, and its meaning is: From Mus'ab ibn Sa'd, he narrated from his father a hadith in which he said: 'My father took a sword from the share of the war spoils, to the end of it.'"
The Shaykh : It appears that the word "ruling" is extra; [he] took a sword from the war spoils, perhaps.
The reader: "The Qadi said: It is possible that this hadith was before the revelation of the verse and its permissibility. He said: This is the correct view, and the hadith indicates this. And in its full version, it was narrated what clarified the words of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) to Sa'd after the revelation of the verse: 'Take your sword, for you asked me for it, and it is not for me nor for you, but Allah has made it for me and I have made it for you.' He said: They differed regarding this verse. It was said that it is abrogated by His saying, the Exalted: 'And know that whatever you take as war spoils, then a fifth of it is for Allah and for the Messenger.' And that the implication of the verse of al-Anfal is that the war spoils were exclusively for the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in their entirety, then Allah made four-fifths of it for the takers of spoils by the other verse. This is the saying of Ibn Abbas and a group. It was said that it is a clear, decisive verse, and that the distribution is from the fifth. It was said that it is a clear, decisive verse, and that the Imam may distribute from the war spoils what he wishes to whom he wishes, according to what he sees. It was said that it is a clear, decisive verse, specific in meaning, and the intended meaning is the distribution of the expeditions."
The Shaykh : It means that what appears, and Allah knows best, is that initially it belonged to Allah and the Messenger, and the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) did with it what he wished. Then, after that, the detailed ruling was revealed. This is the implication of the order of the surah, because His saying:[Al-Anfal 8:1] is at the beginning of the surah, and [Al-Anfal 8:41] is in the middle of the surah.
So when the war spoils were distributed and four-fifths became for the takers of spoils, and the fifth is for Allah and the Messenger and for the close relatives and the orphans and the poor, the right of Allah and the Messenger returns to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). If he wishes, he gives from it, and if he wishes, he withholds.
The Shaykh : It appears that the word "ruling" is extra; [he] took a sword from the war spoils, perhaps.
The reader: "The Qadi said: It is possible that this hadith was before the revelation of the verse and its permissibility. He said: This is the correct view, and the hadith indicates this. And in its full version, it was narrated what clarified the words of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) to Sa'd after the revelation of the verse: 'Take your sword, for you asked me for it, and it is not for me nor for you, but Allah has made it for me and I have made it for you.' He said: They differed regarding this verse. It was said that it is abrogated by His saying, the Exalted: 'And know that whatever you take as war spoils, then a fifth of it is for Allah and for the Messenger.' And that the implication of the verse of al-Anfal is that the war spoils were exclusively for the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in their entirety, then Allah made four-fifths of it for the takers of spoils by the other verse. This is the saying of Ibn Abbas and a group. It was said that it is a clear, decisive verse, and that the distribution is from the fifth. It was said that it is a clear, decisive verse, and that the Imam may distribute from the war spoils what he wishes to whom he wishes, according to what he sees. It was said that it is a clear, decisive verse, specific in meaning, and the intended meaning is the distribution of the expeditions."
The Shaykh : It means that what appears, and Allah knows best, is that initially it belonged to Allah and the Messenger, and the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) did with it what he wished. Then, after that, the detailed ruling was revealed. This is the implication of the order of the surah, because His saying:
Say, "The [decision concerning] bounties is for Allah and the Messenger."
قل الأنفال لله والرسولAnd know that anything you obtain of war booty
واعلموا أنما غنمتم من شيءSo when the war spoils were distributed and four-fifths became for the takers of spoils, and the fifth is for Allah and the Messenger and for the close relatives and the orphans and the poor, the right of Allah and the Messenger returns to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). If he wishes, he gives from it, and if he wishes, he withholds.