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SPOILS OF WAR
|H 59
“When one of the prophets, peace be upon them, was preparing for
battle, he told his people before setting off that none of the following
were to accompany him: Anyone who had made a contract to marry
and intended bringing her home but had not yet do so. Any person
who had built the walls of a house but had not yet put a roof on it.
Anyone who had purchased pregnant ewes or she-camels and was
waiting for them to give birth.
Then he set off. He reached the town a little before the afternoon
prayer and said to the sun, „You are commissioned and I am also
commissioned.‟ Then he supplicated, „Lord, delay it's setting for us.‟
And the sun was prevented from setting until Allah had given him
the victory. After the battle when the spoils had been gathered for
|H 59
“When one of the prophets, peace be upon them, was preparing for
battle, he told his people before setting off that none of the following
were to accompany him: Anyone who had made a contract to marry
and intended bringing her home but had not yet do so. Any person
who had built the walls of a house but had not yet put a roof on it.
Anyone who had purchased pregnant ewes or she-camels and was
waiting for them to give birth.
Then he set off. He reached the town a little before the afternoon
prayer and said to the sun, „You are commissioned and I am also
commissioned.‟ Then he supplicated, „Lord, delay it's setting for us.‟
And the sun was prevented from setting until Allah had given him
the victory. After the battle when the spoils had been gathered for