Mishkat al-Masabih 4033

Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.

Abu Hurayra reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ‘One of the prophets went on a campaign and said to his people: Let no man follow me who has married a woman and wishes to consummate the marriage but has not yet done so; nor anyone who has built houses but not raised their roofs; nor any man who has bought sheep or pregnant camels and is awaiting their delivery. He then went on campaign and approached a village at the time of the afternoon prayer, or around then. He said to the sun: You are commanded, and I am commanded. O Allah, hold it back for us. So it was held back until Allah granted him victory. He gathered the spoils, and then the Fire came—that is, the fire—to consume them, but it would not eat them. He said: There is embezzlement among you. Let one man from each tribe pledge allegiance to me. A man’s hand stuck to his hand, and he said: The embezzlement is among you. They brought a head of gold like a cow’s head and placed it there; then the Fire came and consumed it.’ Another narration adds: ‘The spoils had not been lawful for anyone before us. Then Allah made them lawful for us, seeing our weakness and incapacity, and made them lawful for us.’