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Sunan Abi Dawud 2711 (Book 15, Hadith 235) #23001
Taking Unlawful Gains in War

SUMMARY: The hadith is about a man who was killed by an arrow and the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) said that he will not go to paradise because he took something from the spoils of war which was not among the shares divided.

Abu Hurairah said "We went out along with the Apostle of Allaah in the year of Khaibar. We did not get gold or silver in the booty of war except clothes, equipment and property. The Apostle of Allaah sent (a detachment) towards Wadi Al Qura. The Apostle of Allaah was presented a black slave called Mid’am. And while they were in Wadi Al Qura and Mid’am was unsaddling a Camel belonging to the Apostle of Allaah he was struck by a random arrow which killed him. The people said "Congratulations to him, he will go to paradise. But the Apostle of Allaah said "Not at all. By Him in Whose hand my soul is the cloak he took on the day of Khaibar from the spoils which was not among the shares divided will blaze with fire upon him. When they (the people) heard that, a man brought a sandal strap or two sandal straps to the Apostle of Allaah. The Apostle of Allaah said "A sandal strap of fire or two sandal straps of fire".
حَدَّثَنَا الْقَعْنَبِيُّ، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ ثَوْرِ بْنِ زَيْدٍ الدِّيلِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي الْغَيْثِ، مَوْلَى ابْنِ مُطِيعٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، أَنَّهُ قَالَ خَرَجْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ عَامَ خَيْبَرَ فَلَمْ يَغْنَمْ ذَهَبًا وَلاَ وَرِقًا إِلاَّ الثِّيَابَ وَالْمَتَاعَ وَالأَمْوَالَ - قَالَ - فَوَجَّهَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ نَحْوَ وَادِي الْقُرَى وَقَدْ أُهْدِيَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ عَبْدٌ أَسْوَدُ يُقَالُ لَهُ مِدْعَمٌ حَتَّى إِذَا كَانُوا بِوَادِي الْقُرَى فَبَيْنَا مِدْعَمٌ يَحُطُّ رَحْلَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ إِذْ جَاءَهُ سَهْمٌ فَقَتَلَهُ فَقَالَ النَّاسُ هَنِيئًا لَهُ الْجَنَّةُ ‏.‏ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ‏"‏ كَلاَّ وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ إِنَّ الشَّمْلَةَ الَّتِي أَخَذَهَا يَوْمَ خَيْبَرَ مِنَ الْمَغَانِمِ لَمْ تُصِبْهَا الْمَقَاسِمُ لَتَشْتَعِلُ عَلَيْهِ نَارًا ‏"‏ ‏.‏ فَلَمَّا سَمِعُوا ذَلِكَ جَاءَ رَجُلٌ بِشِرَاكٍ أَوْ شِرَاكَيْنِ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ‏"‏ شِرَاكٌ مِنْ نَارٍ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ أَوْ قَالَ ‏"‏ شِرَاكَانِ مِنْ نَارٍ

TOPICS
war  *  spoils  *  gains  *  paradise  *  qital  *  fai  *  midam  *  khaibar

QUICK LESSONS:
Strive for righteousness and justice even if no one else is watching you. Do not take anything unlawfully even if it's small or insignificant.

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith is about a man named Midam who went out with the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) during a battle in Khaibar. During this battle, Midam took something from the spoils of war which was not among his share. Unfortunately, he was killed by an arrow and people congratulated him for going to paradise but Prophet Muhammad said that it would be impossible as taking something unlawfully would cause him to be punished in hellfire. This hadith teaches us that we should never take anything unlawfully even if it is small or insignificant as it can lead us to severe punishment on judgement day. We should also remember that whatever we do will have consequences and we must always strive for righteousness and justice even if no one else is watching us.

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