Narrated Jabir bin `Abdullah: While Allah's Apostle was distributing the booty at Al-Ja'rana, somebody said to him Be just (in your distribution). The Prophet replied, Verily I would be miserable if I did not act justly.
Read More..Narrated Jubair bin Mut`im: The Prophet talked about war prisoners of Badr saying, Had Al-Mut`im bin Adi been alive and interceded with me for these mean people, I would have freed them for his sake.
Read More..Narrated Jubair bin Mut`im: I and `Uthman bin `Affan went to Allah's Apostle and said, O Allah's Apostle! You have given to Bani Al-Muttalib and left us although they and we are of the same kinship to you. Allah's Apostle said, Bani Muttalib and Bani Hashim are one and the same. The Prophet did not give a share to Bani `Abd Shams and Bani Naufai. (Ibn 'Is-haq said, Abd Shams and Hashim and Al-Muttalib were maternal brothers and their mother was 'Atika bint Murra and Naufal was their paternal brother.)
Read More..Narrated `Abdur-Rahman bin `Auf: While I was standing in the row on the day (of the battle) of Badr, I looked to my right and my left and saw two young Ansari boys, and I wished I had been stronger than they. One of them called my attention saying, O Uncle! Do you know Abu Jahl? I said, Yes, What do you want from him, O my nephew? He said, I have been informed that he abuses Allah's Apostle. By Him in Whose Hands my life is, if I should see him, then my body will not leave his body till either of us meet his fate. I was astonished at that talk. Then the other boy called my attention saying the same as the other had said. After a while I saw Abu Jahl walking amongst the people. I said (to the boys), Look! This is the man you asked me about. So, both of them attacked him with their swords and struck him to death and returned to Allah'S Apostle to inform him of that. Allah's Apostle asked, Which of you has killed him? Each of them said, I Have killed him. Allah's Apostle asked, Have you cleaned your swords? They said, No. He then looked at their swords and said, No doubt, you both have killed him and the spoils of the deceased will be given to Mu`adh bin `Amr bin Al-Jamuh. The two boys were Mu`adh bin 'Afra and Mu`adh bin `Amr bin Al-Jamuh.
Read More..Narrated Abu Qatada: We set out in the company of Allah's Apostle on the day (of the battle) of Hunain. When we faced the enemy, the Muslims retreated and I saw a pagan throwing himself over a Muslim. I turned around and came upon him from behind and hit him on the shoulder with the sword He (i.e. the pagan) came towards me and seized me so violently that I felt as if it were death itself, but death overtook him and he released me. I followed `Umar bin Al Khattab and asked (him), What is wrong with the people (fleeing)? He replied, This is the Will of Allah, After the people returned, the Prophet sat and said, Anyone who has killed an enemy and has a proof of that, will posses his spoils. I got up and said, Who will be a witness for me? and then sat down. The Prophet again said, Anyone who has killed an enemy and has proof of that, will possess his spoils. I (again) got up and said, Who will be a witness for me? and sat down. Then the Prophet said the same for the third time. I again got up, and Allah's Apostle said, O Abu Qatada! What is your story? Then I narrated the whole story to him. A man (got up and) said, O Allah's Apostle! He is speaking the truth, and the spoils of the killed man are with me. So please compensate him on my behalf. On that Abu Bakr As-Siddiq said, No, by Allah, he (i.e. Allah's Apostle ) will not agree to give you the spoils gained by one of Allah's Lions who fights on the behalf of Allah and His Apostle. The Prophet said, Abu Bakr has spoken the truth. So, Allah's Apostle gave the spoils to me. I sold that armor (i.e. the spoils) and with its price I bought a garden at Bani Salima, and this was my first property which I gained after my conversion to Islam.
Read More..Narrated `Urwa bin Az-Zubair: Hakim bin Hizam said, I asked Allah's Apostle for something, and he gave me. I asked him again, and he gave me, and said to me. 'O Hakim! This wealth is like green sweet (i.e. fruit), and if one takes it without greed, then one is blessed in it, and if one takes it with greediness, then one is not blessed in it, and will be like the one who eats without satisfaction. And an upper (i.e. giving) hand is better than a lower (i.e. taking) hand,' I said, 'O Allah's Apostle! By Him Who has sent you with the Truth. I will not ask anyone for anything after you till I leave this world. So, when Abu Bakr during his Caliphate, called Hakim to give him (some money), Hakim refused to accept anything from him. Once `Umar called him (during his Caliphate) in order to give him something, but Hakim refused to accept it, whereupon `Umar said, O Muslims! I give him (i.e. Haklm) his right which Allah has assigned to him) from this Fai '(booty), but he refuses to take it. So Haklm never took anything from anybody after the Prophet till he died.
Read More..