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Allah said,
ِلُﺱاَو ِِّ ُلََا ُِ ِلََا َِ ََََُْی ...
They ask you about
Al-Anfal
(the spoils of war). Say:"
Al-Anfal
are for Allah and the Messenger.''
Meaning of Anfal
Al-Bukhari recorded that Ibn Abbas said,"Al-Anfal are the spoils of war.''Al-Bukhari also recorded that Sa`id bin Jubayr said,"I said to Ibn Abbas, `
Surah Al-Anfal
!'He said, `It was revealed concerning (the battle of)
Badr
.'''Ali bin Abi Talhah reported, as Al-Bukhari recorded from IbnAbbas without a chain of narration, that Ibn Abbas said,"
Al-Anfal
are the spoils of war; they were for theMessenger of Allah, and none had a share in them.''Similar was said by Mujahid, Ikrimah, Ata, Ad-Dahhak,Qatadah, Ata Al-Khurasani, Muqatil bin Hayyan, Abdur-Rahman bin Zayd bin Aslam and several others.It was also said that the
Nafl
(singular for
Anfal
) refersto the portion of the spoils of war that the commandergives to some of the fighters after dividing the bulk of the spoils.It was also said that
Anfal
refers to the
Khumus
; one-fifth of the captured goods after four-fifths are divided(between the fighters).It was also said that the
Anfal
refers to the
Fay'
, thepossessions taken from the disbelievers without fighting,and the animals, servants or whatever other possessionsescape from the disbelievers to Muslims.Ibn Jarir recorded that Ali bin Salih bin Hay said: