English
Ya‘la ibn Umayya (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) announced an expedition, and I was an elderly man with no servant. I sought a hireling to take my place and found a man. I offered him three dinars. When his share of the spoils was due, I wanted to give him his share but remembered the dinars. I came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and mentioned it to him. He said: I find no reward for him in this expedition, in this world or the Hereafter, except the dinars he was promised.
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Commentary and footnotes (2)
Note 2
(2) Regarding the saying: I sought a hireling to take my place, etc.: In Al-Alamgiriyya: If the hireling is with the army, Muhammad said: If he abandons his employer’s service and fights, he earns a share; if he does not abandon service, he gets nothing. The principle is: One who enters to fight earns a share, whether he fights or not; one who enters for other purposes does not earn a share unless he fights and is fit to fight. One who enters as a fighter with the army, whether he fights or not due to illness or otherwise, gets his share—cavalry if a horseman, infantry if a foot soldier. One who enters as a fighter, is captured, and escapes before the spoils are distributed gets his share. [Al-Siraj al-Wahhaj]
Note 2
(٢) قوله: فالتمست أجيرا يكفيني إلخ: قال في (العالمكيرية): إن كان الأجير مع العسكر. قال محمد : إن تركخدمة صاحبه، وقاتل استحق السهم، وإن لم يترك الخدمة فلا شيء له. والأصل أن من دخل للقتال استحق السهم،قاتل أو لم يقاتل، ومن دخل لغير القتال لم يستحق إلا أن يقاتل، وهو من أهل القتال، ومن دخل مقاتلً مع العسكر،فقاتل أو لم يقاتل لمرض أو غيره فله سهمه، إن كان فارسًا ففارس أو راجلً فراجل، ومن دخل مقاتلا ثم أسِر ثمتخلص قبل إخراج الغنيمة فله سهمه. كذا في (السراج الوهاب).