The prohibition of plunder Sunan Ibn Majah 3938
Arabic hadith text
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الأَحْوَصِ، عَنْ سِمَاكٍ، عَنْ ثَعْلَبَةَ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ، قَالَ أَصَبْنَا غَنَمًا لِلْعَدُوِّ فَانْتَهَبْنَاهَا فَنَصَبْنَا قُدُورَنَا فَمَرَّ النَّبِيُّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ بِالْقُدُورِ فَأَمَرَ بِهَا فَأُكْفِئَتْ ثُمَّ قَالَ " إِنَّ النُّهْبَةَ لاَ تَحِلُّ "
Translation
It was narrated that Tha’labah bin Hakam said
“We came acrosssomeof the enemy’s sheep and plundered them, and set up ourcooking pots.The Prophet (ﷺ) passed by the pots and ordered thatthey beoverturned, then he said: ‘Plunder is not permissible.’”