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The Muslim army took the women, children and livestock as spoils and divided them amongst themselves. Each person received ten camels or its equivalent in sheep with every camel being the equivalent of ten sheep. <ref name=":1" /> | The Muslim army took the women, children and livestock as spoils and divided them amongst themselves. Each person received ten camels or its equivalent in sheep with every camel being the equivalent of ten sheep. <ref name=":1" /> | ||
===The killing of a person who had declared Islam at the hands of Usamah=== | ===The killing of a person who had declared Islam at the hands of Usamah=== | ||
After gathering together, they realised that Usamah ibn Zayd had not come back to the camp as he had gone in pursuit of a man named Nahik ibn Mirdas. A portion of the night passed before he returned and upon his arrival, the commander of the Muslims, Ghalib ibn Abdullah, severely reprimanded him, saying, <blockquote> “Do you not remember the pledge I made with you?” </blockquote> He replied, <blockquote> “I went in pursuit of a man who was making fun of me, but when he saw the point of the sword on his throat, he said, ‘There is no God but Allah and Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah.’” </blockquote> The commander asked, ‘Did you sheath your sword (and spare his life)?’ He replied, ‘No, by Allah, I did not sheath my sword until I killed him!’ The Muslims said, ‘By Allah, you have committed a bad action! You killed a man who said ‘There is no God but Allah!’ Usamah was then remorseful of his actions. <ref name=":1" /> | After gathering together, they realised that Usamah ibn Zayd had not come back to the camp as he had gone in pursuit of a man named Nahik ibn Mirdas. A portion of the night passed before he returned and upon his arrival, the commander of the Muslims, Ghalib ibn Abdullah, severely reprimanded him, saying, <blockquote> “Do you not remember the pledge I made with you?” </blockquote> He replied, <blockquote> “I went in pursuit of a man who was making fun of me, but when he saw the point of the sword on his throat, he said, ‘There is no God but Allah and Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah.’” </blockquote> The commander asked, ‘Did you sheath your sword (and spare his life)?’ He replied, ‘No, by Allah, I did not sheath my sword until I killed him!’ The Muslims said, ‘By Allah, you have committed a bad action! You killed a man who said ‘There is no God but Allah!’ Usamah was then remorseful of his actions. <ref name=":1" /> | ||
In his commentary, al-Qummi believes this man to be Mirdas ibn Nahik al-Fadaki who was a Jew. He said, When he felt that the Prophet’s soldiers were coming, he gathered his wealth and family and took shelter in a cave. Usamah ibn Zayd passed by him and he started to say, <blockquote> “There is no God but Allah and Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah” </blockquote>, but Usamah plunged his sword into him and killed him. <ref name=":2">Tafsīr al-Qummī Volume 1 Page 148-149</ref> | In his commentary, al-Qummi believes this man to be Mirdas ibn Nahik al-Fadaki who was a Jew. He said, When he felt that the Prophet’s soldiers were coming, he gathered his wealth and family and took shelter in a cave. Usamah ibn Zayd passed by him and he started to say, <blockquote> “There is no God but Allah and Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah” </blockquote>, but Usamah plunged his sword into him and killed him. <ref name=":2">Tafsīr al-Qummī Volume 1 Page 148-149</ref> | ||
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