Sunan Ibn Majah
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
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It was narrated that Tha‘labah ibn al-Hakam said: ‘We came upon some sheep belonging to the enemy and seized them as plunder. We set up our cooking pots, and the Prophet ﷺ passed by them and ordered that they be overturned. Then he said, “Plunder is not lawful.”’