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Sahih al-Bukhari 6707 (Book 83, Hadith 84) #6451
The Consequences of Stealing War Booty

SUMMARY: This hadith is about the consequences of stealing from war booty and how it can lead to punishment in the afterlife.

Narrated Abu Huraira: We went out in the company of Allah's Messenger ﷺ on the day of (the battle of) Khaibar, and we did not get any gold or silver as war booty, but we got property in the form of things and clothes. Then a man called Rifa'a bin Zaid, from the tribe of Bani Ad-Dubaib, presented a slave named Mid'am to Allah's Apostle. Allah's Messenger ﷺ headed towards the valley of Al-Qura, and when he was in the valley of Al- Qura an arrow was thrown by an unidentified person, struck and killed Mid'am who was making a she-camel of Allah's Messenger ﷺ kneel down. The people said, "Congratulations to him (the slave) for gaining Paradise". Allah's Messenger ﷺ said, "No! By Him in Whose Hand my soul is, for the sheet which he stole from the war booty before its distribution on the day of Khaibar, is now burning over him". When the people heard that, a man brought one or two Shiraks (leather straps of shoes) to the Prophet. The Prophet ﷺ said, "A Shirak of fire, or two Shiraks of fire".
حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ، عَنْ ثَوْرِ بْنِ زَيْدٍ الدِّيلِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي الْغَيْثِ، مَوْلَى ابْنِ مُطِيعٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ خَرَجْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَوْمَ خَيْبَرَ فَلَمْ نَغْنَمْ ذَهَبًا وَلاَ فِضَّةً إِلاَّ الأَمْوَالَ وَالثِّيَابَ وَالْمَتَاعَ، فَأَهْدَى رَجُلٌ مِنْ بَنِي الضُّبَيْبِ يُقَالُ لَهُ رِفَاعَةُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ غُلاَمًا يُقَالُ لَهُ مِدْعَمٌ، فَوَجَّهَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِلَى وَادِي الْقُرَى حَتَّى إِذَا كَانَ بِوَادِي الْقُرَى بَيْنَمَا مِدْعَمٌ يَحُطُّ رَحْلاً لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا سَهْمٌ عَائِرٌ فَقَتَلَهُ، فَقَالَ النَّاسُ هَنِيئًا لَهُ الْجَنَّةُ‏.‏ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ ‏"‏ كَلاَّ وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ إِنَّ الشَّمْلَةَ الَّتِي أَخَذَهَا يَوْمَ خَيْبَرَ مِنَ الْمَغَانِمِ، لَمْ تُصِبْهَا الْمَقَاسِمُ، لَتَشْتَعِلُ عَلَيْهِ نَارًا ‏"‏‏.‏ فَلَمَّا سَمِعَ ذَلِكَ النَّاسُ جَاءَ رَجُلٌ بِشِرَاكٍ أَوْ شِرَاكَيْنِ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ ‏"‏ شِرَاكٌ مِنْ نَارٍ ـ أَوْ ـ شِرَاكَانِ مِنْ نَارٍ
TOPICS
theft  *  punishment  *  booty  *  afterlife  *  ghish  *  auqoobah  *  alaakhirah

QUICK LESSONS:
Be honest and truthful with your actions so you can gain rewards instead of punishments when you die.

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith is about a man named Rifa'a bin Zaid, who presented a slave named Mid'am to Allah's Messenger. On their way, an arrow was thrown by an unidentified person and killed Mid'am. People congratulated him for gaining paradise but Allah's Messenger said that he was being punished for stealing something from the war booty before its distribution on the day of Khaibar. To prove his point, he said that a sheet which he stole was burning over him in the afterlife as punishment. This hadith teaches us that we should not steal anything from war booties or any other place as it will be punished in this world or in the hereafter. We should always be honest and truthful with our actions so we can gain rewards instead of punishments when we die.

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