[Machine] "Known to various knowledgeable people whom I have met regarding apostasy, it is said that Abu Bakr (May Allah be pleased with him) said, 'Verily, the spoils of war are only for those who witnessed the battle.'"  

مَعْلُومٌ عِنْدَ غَيْرِ وَاحِدٍ مِمَّنْ لَقِيتُ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ بِالرِّدَّةِ أَنَّ أَبَا بَكْرٍ ؓ قَالَ إِنَّمَا الْغَنِيمَةُ لِمَنْ شَهِدَ الْوَقْعَةَ  

[Machine] Ash-Shafi'i, may Allah have mercy on him, wrote to Abu Bakr and Abu Bakr wrote that the spoils of war are only for those who witnessed the battle and did not receive anything for 'Ikrimah, because he did not witness the battle. So Ziyad spoke to his companions and they agreed to share with 'Ikrimah and his companions voluntarily. And this is our statement.  

الشَّافِعِيُّ رَحِمَهُ اللهُ فَإِنَّ زِيَادًا كَتَبَ فِيهِ إِلَى أَبِي بَكْرٍ ؓ وَكَتَبَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ ؓ إِنَّمَا الْغَنِيمَةُ لِمَنْ شَهِدَ الْوَقْعَةَ وَلَمْ يَرَ لِعِكْرِمَةَ شَيْئًا؛ لِأَنَّهُ لَمْ يَشْهَدِ الْوَقْعَةَ فَكَلَّمَ زِيَادٌ أَصْحَابَهُ فَطَابُوا أَنْفُسًا بِأَنْ أَشْرَكُوا عِكْرِمَةَ وَأَصْحَابَهُ مُتَطَوِّعِينَ عَلَيْهِمْ وَهَذَا قَوْلُنَا  

[Machine] And Omar bin Al-Khattab replied to them: "Indeed, the spoils are for those who witnessed the battle."  

وَكَانَتْ أُذُنُ عَمَّارٍ جُدِعَتْ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَكَتَبُوا إِلَى عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ فَكَتَبَ إِلَيْهِمْ عُمَرُ إِنَّ الْغَنِيمَةَ لِمَنْ شَهِدَ الْوَقْعَةَ  

[Machine] About Umar (may Allah be pleased with him).  

عَنْ عُمَرَ ؓ  

[Machine] If it is proved true about him, we would accept it faster than him. Then, he mentioned the disagreement of Abu Yusuf's hadith about Umar. The Shiekh said, it is disconnected and narrated by Mujalid who is weak, and the hadith of Tariq ibn Shihab, its chain of narration is authentic without a doubt, and Allah knows best. Al-Shafi'i, may Allah have mercy on him, said that something has been narrated from the Prophet ﷺ in a similar meaning to what has been narrated from Abu Bakr and Umar, but I don't remember its wording. The Shiekh said, he only intended, and Allah knows best, the hadith of Abu Hurairah in the story of Aban ibn Sa'id ibn al-As when he, along with his companions, encountered the Prophet ﷺ at Khaybar after its conquest and he did not distribute its spoils among them. And that had passed with its chains of narration along with what has been narrated in this topic in the book of division.  

وَلَوْ ثَبَتَ عَنْهُ كُنَّا أَسْرَعَ إِلَى قَبُولِهِ مِنْهُ ثُمَّ ذَكَرَ مُخَالَفَةَ أَبِي يُوسُفَ حَدِيثَ عُمَرَ هَذَا قَالَ الشَّيْخُ وَهُوَ مُنْقَطِعٌ وَرِوَايَةُ مُجَالِدٍ وَهُوَ ضَعِيفٌ وَحَدِيثُ طَارِقِ بْنِ شِهَابٍ إِسْنَادُهُ صَحِيحٌ لَا شَكَّ فِيهِ وَاللهُ أَعْلَمُ قَالَ الشَّافِعِيُّ رَحِمَهُ اللهُ وَقَدْ رُوِيَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ شَيْءٌ يَثْبُتُ فِي مَعْنَى مَا رُوِيَ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ ؓ لَا يَحْضُرُنِي حِفْظُهُ قَالَ الشَّيْخُ إِنَّمَا أَرَادَ وَاللهُ أَعْلَمُ حَدِيثَ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ فِي قِصَّةِ أَبَانَ بْنِ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْعَاصِ حِينَ وَقَعَ مَعَ أَصْحَابِهِ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ بِخَيْبَرَ بَعْدَ أَنْ فَتَحَهَا وَلَمْ يَقْسِمْ لَهُمْ وَقَدْ مَضَى ذَلِكَ بِأَسَانِيدِهِ مَعَ سَائِرِ مَا رُوِيَ فِي هَذَا الْبَابِ فِي كِتَابِ الْقَسْمِ  

[Machine] The spoils of war go to those who witnessed the event.  

الْغَنِيمَةُ لِمَنْ شَهِدَ الْوَقْعَةَ