Another man uses his horse to gain self reliance and up-
standingness and does not forget Allah's right on their necks and
backs (i.e. he does not ill treat or over-work them). Horses are a
protection for him .
Another man uses them out of pride to
show them off and in hostility to the people of Islam. They are a
burden on that man."
The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless
him and grant him peace, was asked about donkeys, and he said,
"Nothing has been revealed to me about them except this single all-
inclusive ayat, 'Whoever does an atom of good will see it, and whoever
does an atom of evil, will see it.' " (Sura 99 Ayats 7,8) .
Then
Abu Bakr advised Yazid, "You will find a people who claim to have
totally given themselves to Allah. Leave them to what they claim to
have given themselves. You will find a people who have shaved the
middle of their heads, strike what they have shaved with the sword.
"I advise you ten things:
Yahya said, I heard Malik
say, "This tradition is not unanimously agreed upon, so one does not
act on it."
Malik when asked whether safe conduct promised by
gesture had the same status as that promised by speech, said, "Yes. I
think that one can request an army not to kill someone by gesturing
for safe conduct, because as far as I am concerned, gesture has the
same status as speech. I have heard that Abdullah ibn Abbas said,
'There is no people who betray a pledge, but that Allah gives their
enemies power over them.' "
Malik was asked about a man who pledged himself to go on a
military campaign, equipped himself,and when he wanted to go out, one
or both of his parents prevented him. He said, "He should not
contradict them. Let him put it off for another year. As for the
equipment, I think that he should store it until he needs it. If he
fears that it will spoil, let him sell it and keep its price so that
he can readily buy what is needed fora military expedition. If he is
well-to-do, he will find the like of his equipment when he goes out,
so let him do what he likes with his equipment."
Malik said
about the paid labourer in military expeditions, "If he is present at
the battle and is with the people in the battle and he is a free man,
he has his share. If he is not present, he has no share."
Malik summed up, "I think that the booty is only divided among free
men who have been present at the battle. "
Malik said, "I think that any camels,
cattle and sheep (taken as booty) are considered as food which the
Muslims can eat in enemy territory. If they could not be eaten until
the people had gathered for the division and the spoils had been
distributed among them, that would be harmful for the army. I do not
see any objection to eating such things within acceptable limits. I do
not think, however, that anyone should store up any of it to take back
to his family."
Malik was asked whether it was proper for a
man who obtained food in enemy territory and ate some of it and made
provision so that there was some of it left over to keep and eat with
his family, or to sell before he had come to his country and make use
of its price. He said, "If he sells it while he is on a military
expedition, I think that he should put its price into the booty of the
Muslims. If he takes it back to his country, I see no objection to his
eating it and using it if it is a small insignificant thing."
I heard Malik say about muslim
property that had been seized by the enemy, "If it is noticed before
the distribution, then it is returned to itsowner. Whatever has
already been distributed is not returned to anyone."
Malik,
when asked about a man whose young male slave was taken by the idol
worshippers and then the Muslims re-captured him, said, "The owner is
more entitled to him without having to pay his price or value or
having to incur any loss before the distribution takes place. If the
distribution has already taken place then I think that the slave
belongs to his master for his price if the master wants him back."
Regarding an umm walad of a Muslim man who has been taken by
the idol worshippers and then recaptured by the Muslims and allotted
in the distribution of spoils and then recognised by her master after
the distribution, Malik said, "She is not to be enslaved. I think that
the Imam should pay a ransom for her for her master. If he does not
do it, then her master must pay a ransom for her and not leave her. I
do not think that she should be made a slave by whoever takes her and
intercourse with her is not halal. She is in the position of a free
woman because her master would be required to pay compensation if she
injured somebody and so she is in the same position (as a wife). He
must not leave the mother of his son to be enslaved nor may
intercourse with her be made halal."
Malik was asked about a
man who went to enemy territory to pay ransom or to trade, and he
bought a free man or a slave, or they were given to him. He said, "As
for the free man, the price he buys him for is a debt against the man
and he is not made a slave. If the captive is given to him freely, he
is free and owes nothing unless the man gave something in recompense
for him. That is a debt against the free man, the same as if a ransom
had been paid for him. As for a slave, his former master can choose to
take him back and pay his price to the man who bought him or he can
choose to leave him, as he wishes. If he was given to the man, the
former master is more entitled to him, and he owes nothing for him
unless the man gave something for him in recompense. Whatever he gave
for him is a loss against the master if he wants him back."
He continued, "I met Umar ibn al-Khattab and said to
him, 'What's going on with the people?' He replied, 'The Command of
Allah.' Then the people took hold of the battle and the Messenger of
Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, 'Whoever has
killed one of the dead and can prove it, can strip him of his personal
effects.' I stood up and said, 'Who will testify for me?' and then I
sat down. The Messenger of Allah repeated, 'Whoever has killed one of
the dead and can prove it, can strip him of his personal effects.' I
stood up and said, 'Who will testify for me?' then I sat down. Then he
repeated his statement a third time, so I stood up, and the Messenger
of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, 'What's the
matter with you, Abu Qatada?' So I related my story to him. A man
said, 'He has spoken the truth, Messenger of Allah. I have the effects
of that slain person with me, so give him compensation for it,
Messenger of Allah.'
Abu Bakr said, 'No, by Allah! He did not
intend that one of the lions of Allah should fight for Allah and His
Messenger and then give you his spoils.' The Messenger of Allah, may
Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, 'He has spoken the truth,
hand it over to him.' He gave it to me, and I sold the breast-plate
and I bought a garden in the area of the Banu Salima with the money.
It was my first property, and I acquired it in Islam."
Then the man repeated his question, and Ibn Abbas
repeated his answer. Then the man said, "What are the spoils which He,
the Blessed, the Exalted, mentioned in His Book?" He kept on asking
until Ibn Abbas was on the verge of being annoyed, then Ibn Abbas
said, "Do you know who this man is like? Ibn Sabigh, who was beaten by
Umar ibn al-Khattab because he was notorious for asking foolish
questions."
Yahya said that Malik was asked whether someone
who killed one of the enemy could keep the man's effects without the
permission of the Imam. He said, "No one can do that without the
permission of the Imam. Only the Imam can make ijtihad. I have not
heard that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him
peace, ever said, 'Whoever kills someone can have his effects,' on any
other day than the day of Hunayn."
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Malik said, "That is the best of what I have heard on the matter."
Malik was asked about bonuses and whether they were taken
from the first of the spoils, and he said, "That is only decided
according to the ijtihad of the Imam. We do not have a known reliable
command about that other than it is up to the ijtihad of the Sultan. I
have not heard that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and
grant him peace, gave bonuses in all his raids. I have only heard that
he gave bonuses in one of them, namely the day of Hunayn. It depends
on the ijtihad of the Imam whether they are taken from the first of
the spoils or what is after it."
Malik added, "I continue to
hear the same."
Malik, when asked whether a man who was
present with several horses took a share for all of them, said, "I
have never heard that. I think that there is only a share for the
horse on which he fought."
Malik said, "I think that foreign
horses and half-breeds are considered as horses because Allah, the
Blessed, the Exalted, said in His Book, 'All horses, and mules, and
asses, for you to ride, and as an adornment.' (Sura16 ayat 8). He
said, the Mighty, the Majestic, 'Make ready for them whatever force
and strings of horses you can, to terrify thereby the enemy of Allah
and your enemy.' (Sura 8 ayat 60). I think that foreign breeds and
half-breeds are considered as horses if the governor accepts them."
Said ibn al-Musayyab was asked about working horses, and
whether there was zakat on them. He said, "Is there any zakat on
horses.?"
The man said, 'I didn't mean
that, Messenger of Allah. I meant being killed in the way of Allah.'
The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said,
'Being killed in the way of Allah has no like! There is no place on
the earth which I would prefer my grave to be than here (meaning
Madina). He repeated it three times.' "
Malik said, "That is the sunna for
someone who is killed on the battleground and is not reached until he
is already dead. Someone who is carried off and lives for as long as
Allah wills after it, is washed and prayed over as was Umar ibn al-
Khattab."
Ishaq added, "She
travelled on the sea in the time of Muawiya, and when she landed, she
was thrown from her mount and killed."
Abu Bakr as-Siddiq said,
"Messenger of Allah! Is it absolutely necessary that one be called
from one of these gates? Can someone be called from all of these
gates?" He said, "Yes, and I hope you are among them ."
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Acquisition of the Land of Those who Surrender from the People of
Dhimma
Malik said, "There
is no harm in burying two or three men in the same grave due to
necessity. The oldest one is put next to the qibla."