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 208 It is related from Abú Umamah, from the Prophet, that he said, "Verily God has given me pre-eminence over the Prophets." Or he said, "He has given my people pre-eminence over other people, and has made plunder lawful for us."'—At Tirmidhí.

It is related from Anas that, 'The Apostle of God said on that day, namely the day of (the battle of) Ḥunain, "Whoever kills an infidel will get his goods." And Abú Ṭalḥah that day killed twenty men and took their effects."'—At Tirmidhí

It is related from Mujammiʿ bin Járiyah that he said, 'The spoils of Khaibár were divided amongst the people who were present at Ḥudaibah. And the Apostle of God divided it into eighteen portions. And the army consisted of fifteen hundred men, of whom three hundred were cavalry. Then he gave each horseman two shares and each footman one share.'—Abú Dáud. And he said, 'The tradition of Ibn ʿOmar is more correct and he action taken on it, and an error has crept into the tradition of Mujammiʿ in that he said, "Three hundred cavalry," when there were only two hundred cavalry.'

It is related from ʿAbduʾlláh bin ʿAmru that he said, 'When the Apostle of God obtained plunder he used to call Bilál, and he used to call the people; and they used to bring their plunder. Then the Prophet used to take his fifth and divide the remainder. And there came a man on a certain day after that bringing a halter made of hair. And the man said, "O Apostle of God, this is a part of that which we took in plunder." He replied, "Didst thou hear Bilál call three times?" He said, "Yes." He said, "Then what prevented thee from bringing it then?" Then the man made some excuse for himself. The Prophet said, "Let be now; for thou wilt bring it on the day of resurrection; for I will never accept it from thee,"—Abú Dáud.

It is related from ʿAbduʾr-Raḥmán bin ʿAwf that he said, 'Verily I was standing in the ranks on the day of (the battle of) Bedr; and I looked on my right hand and on my left, and behold! I was between two youths of the Helpers who were young in years. And I wished to stand between men stronger than they. Then one of them signed to me and said, "O my uncle, dost thou know Abú Jahl?" I replied, "Yes, what dost