and gathering it. A group stood around the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) so that the enemy would not strike him at an unguarded moment.

Those who gathered the spoils said: We secured and gathered them, so no one else has a share in them. Those who went out in pursuit of the enemy said: You are no more entitled to them than we are; we repelled the enemy from them and defeated them. And those who stood around the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: You are no more entitled to them than we are; we stood around the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) and feared that the enemy might strike him at an unguarded moment, so we were occupied with him. Then "They ask you about the anfal. Say: The anfal are for Allah and the Messenger. So fear Allah and settle your differences, and obey Allah and His Messenger if you are believers" was revealed. So the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) divided them among the Muslims, and he would say: "Let the strong among the Muslims restore to their weak." (1)

Ahmed ibn 'Uthman ibn Hakim informed us, in what he wrote to me, narrated to us Ahmed ibn Mufaddal, narrated to us Asbat, from al-Suddi, regarding "And settle your differences," he said: Do not insult one another.

8770 - My father narrated to us, narrated to us Hisham ibn 'Ammar, narrated to us al-Walid, narrated to us Sa'id ibn 'Abd al-'Aziz that he heard Makhul narrating: That the settling of their differences was that the spoils were returned, and then divided between those who remained with the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) and those who fought and gained them.

It was narrated from Qatadah and Matar that they both said: He commanded them to restore to one another.

[His saying, the Almighty: "And obey Allah and His Messenger"]

[The first aspect]

8771 - Al-Mundhir ibn Shadhan narrated to us, narrated to us Ya'la ibn 'Ubayd, narrated to us 'Abd al-Malik, from 'Ata', regarding his saying: "Obey Allah and His Messenger," he said: The obedience of the Messenger is following the Book and the Sunnah.

The second aspect:

8772 - 'Ali ibn al-Husayn narrated to us, narrated to us Abu al-Tahir, informed us Ibn Wahb, narrated to me Abu Sakhr, from Muhammad ibn Ka'b al-Qurazi, who said: And Abu Mu'awiyah al-Bajali informed us, from Sa'id ibn Jubayr, regarding "And obey Allah and His Messenger," he said: Surrender the sword to him. Then it was abrogated by "And know that whatever thing you gain, then for Allah is its fifth..."