حَدَّثَنَا وَهْبُ بْنُ بَقِيَّةَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا خَالِدٌ عَنْ دَاوُدَ عَنْ عِکْرِمَةَ عَنْ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَوْمَ بَدْرٍ مَنْ فَعَلَ کَذَا وَکَذَا فَلَهُ مِنْ النَّفَلِ کَذَا وَکَذَا قَالَ فَتَقَدَّمَ الْفِتْيَانُ وَلَزِمَ الْمَشْيَخَةُ الرَّايَاتِ فَلَمْ يَبْرَحُوهَا فَلَمَّا فَتَحَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِمْ قَالَ الْمَشْيَخَةُ کُنَّا رِدْئًا لَکُمْ لَوْ انْهَزَمْتُمْ لَفِئْتُمْ إِلَيْنَا فَلَا تَذْهَبُوا بِالْمَغْنَمِ وَنَبْقَی فَأَبَی الْفِتْيَانُ وَقَالُوا جَعَلَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَنَا فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ يَسْأَلُونَکَ عَنْ الْأَنْفَالِ قُلْ الْأَنْفَالُ لِلَّهِ وَالرَّسُولِ إِلَی قَوْلِهِ کَمَا أَخْرَجَکَ رَبُّکَ مِنْ بَيْتِکَ بِالْحَقِّ وَإِنَّ فَرِيقًا مِنْ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ لَکَارِهُونَ يَقُولُ فَکَانَ ذَلِکَ خَيْرًا لَهُمْ فَکَذَلِکَ أَيْضًا فَأَطِيعُونِي فَإِنِّي أَعْلَمُ بِعَاقِبَةِ هَذَا مِنْکُمْ
سنن ابودوٗد · Hadith 2737
Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said on the day of Badr: He who does such-and-such, will have such-and such. The young men came forward and the old men remained standing near the banners, and they did not move from there. When Allah bestowed victory on them, the old men said: We were support for you. If you had been defeated, you would have returned to us. Do not take this booty alone and we remain (deprived of it). The young men refused (to give), and said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ has given it to us. Then Allah sent down: "They ask thee concerning (things taken as) spoils of war, Say: (Such) spoils are at the disposal of Allah and the Messenger. . . . . . Just as they Lord ordered thee out of thy house in truth, even though a party among the believers disliked it. " This proved good for them. Similarly obey me. I know the consequence of this better than you.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020