Another group surrounded the Messenger of Allah, so that the enemy could not attack him suddenly. Another group of us came to the battlefield collecting the spoils of war. When the two armies met, Allah defeated the enemy and some of us pursued them inflicting utter defeat and casualties. Imam Ahmad recorded that Abu Umamah said that `Ubadah bin As-Samit said, 'We went with the Messenger of Allah to the battle of Badr. The Messenger divided it equally among Muslims.'' So Allah took Al-Anfal from us and gave it to the Messenger of Allah. Imam Ahmad recorded that Abu Umamah said, 'I asked `Ubadah about Al-Anfal and he said, `It was revealed about us, those who participated in (the battle of) Badr, when we disputed about An-Nafl and our dispute was not appealing. Another Reason behind revealing the Ayah 8:1 Say: 'Al-Anfal are for Allah and the Messenger').Ību Dawud, At-Tirmidhi and An-Nasa'i collected this Hadith, At-Tirmidhi said, 'Hasan Sahih'.

Ibn Jarir recorded that `Ali bin Salih bin Hay said: 'It has reached me that,

It was also said that the Anfal refers to the Fay', the possessions taken from the disbelievers without fighting, and the animals, servants or whatever other possessions escape from the disbelievers to Muslims. It was also said that Anfal refers to the Khumus one-fifth of the captured goods after four-fifths are divided between the fighters.

It was also said that the Nafl (singular for Anfal) refers to the portion of the spoils of war that the commander gives to some of the fighters after dividing the bulk of the spoils.

In the Name of Allah the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful Meaning of AnfalĪl-Bukhari recorded that Ibn `Abbas said, 'Al-Anfal are the spoils of war.' Al-Bukhari also recorded that Sa`id bin Jubayr said, 'I said to Ibn `Abbas, `Surat Al-Anfal' He said, `It was revealed concerning (the battle of) Badr.'' `Ali bin Abi Talhah reported, as Al-Bukhari recorded from Ibn `Abbas without a chain of narration, that Ibn `Abbas said, 'Al-Anfal are the spoils of war they were for the Messenger of Allah, and none had a share in them.' Similar was said by Mujahid, `Ikrimah, `Ata', Ad-Dahhak, Qatadah, `Ata' Al-Khurasani, Muqatil bin Hayyan, `Abdur-Rahman bin Zayd bin Aslam and several others.

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