English
Salamah ibn al-Akwa‘ (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) sent his camels with Rabah, his slave, and I was with him. At dawn, Abdur-Rahman al-Fazari raided the camels. I stood on a hill, faced Madinah, and shouted three times: “Ya Sabahah!” I pursued the raiders, shooting arrows and reciting: “I am Ibn al-Akwa‘, today is the day of infants.” I kept shooting and hamstrung their camels, recovering all the Prophet’s camels. They dropped over thirty cloaks and thirty spears to lighten their load. I marked each with stones for the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and his Companions to recognize. The Prophet’s horsemen arrived, and Abu Qatadah, his horseman, caught and killed Abdur-Rahman. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “Our best horseman today is Abu Qatadah, and our best foot soldier is Salamah.” 1 He gave me two shares—a horseman’s and a foot soldier’s—combined for me. Then he let me ride behind him on Al-Adhba’ returning to Madinah. [Narrated by Muslim]
Ibn Hibban narrated: Salamah was a foot soldier in that campaign, and he was given from the Prophet’s fifth, not the Muslims’ shares.
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Commentary and footnotes (2)
Note 1
(1) The statement: “He gave me two shares—a horseman’s and a foot soldier’s”: He gave me a horseman’s share alongside a foot soldier’s because most of the spoils’ recovery was due to Salamah. The leader may give extra from the fifth, not the Muslims’ shares, to one who exerts great effort. He did not give all due to no prior tanfil before the battle. Post-battle tanfil is from the fifth, as detailed by As-Sarakhsi. As in (Al-Mirqat), (Fath al-Qadir), and (Radd al-Mukhtar).
Note 1
(١) قوله: ثم أعطاني رسول الله صلي الله عليه واله وسلم سهمين سهم الفارس وسهم الراجل إلخ: أي أعطاني سهم فارس مع سهمراجل؛ لأن معظم أخذ تلك الغنيمة كانت بسبب سلمة،وللإمام أن يعطي من كثر سعيه في الجهاد شيئًا زائدًا علىنصيبه من الخمس لا من سهمان المسلمين، وإنما لم يعطه صلي الله عليه واله وسلم الجميع؛ لأنه لم ينفل صلي الله عليه واله وسلم قبل القتال، وكل ما وردمن التنفيل بعد القتال فهو محمول عندنا على أنه من الخمس، كما بسطه السرخسي. التقطته من (المرقاة) و(فتحالقدير) و (رد المختار).