Hazrat Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with both of them) said: I do not sell the share obtained in jihad, and I do not perform jihad for wealth.

Hazrat Shaqiq (may Allah have mercy on him) says that I asked Hazrat Abdullah bin Zubair (may Allah be pleased with him) about the spoils of war, so he replied: If you receive it, spend it in the way of Allah, and if you do not take it, that is better. I asked Hazrat Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both), so he replied: I only take that which Allah gives me without effort.

20682 - (W) (1) I asked Ibn Umar and he said: I would not accept a bribe except what Allah has given me (2).

Hazrat Ubaidullah bin Ajjam (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that I asked Hazrat Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with both of them) about the spoils of war. He replied that if you spend this wealth on any weapon or horse, then there is no harm in it, but if you spend it on a slave or a bondwoman, then it is not appropriate.

20684 - (He said) (1): And if you give it to a slave or a female slave, it is of no benefit (2).

Hazrat Abu Bakr bin Amr bin Utbah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that during the time of Hazrat Muawiyah (may Allah be pleased with him), people were once sent for jihad by compulsion. Hazrat Muawiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) wrote in a letter to Hazrat Jarir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) that we are not sending you and your son by force. Hazrat Jarir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) replied in writing that I have pledged allegiance at the blessed hand of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) to obey the leader and to wish well for the Muslims. If we are sent, we will go; otherwise, we will not provide strength to those who go.

Hazrat Aswad, may Allah have mercy on him, was asked: If a mujahid receives a greater share of the spoils of war than a non-mujahid, but he considers this greater share to be insufficient and demands more, what is this? He replied that there is no harm in it. Hazrat Shurayh, may Allah have mercy on him, was asked about this matter, and he said: Leave that which puts you in doubt and adopt that which does not put you in doubt.

20687 - Shurayh was asked about that and he said: Leave what makes you doubt for what does not make you doubt.

Hazrat Mak’hool (may Allah have mercy on him) did not see any harm in giving a larger share of the spoils of war to a particular tribe.

It is narrated from Hazrat Jubair bin Nufair Hadhrami (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Those people of my Ummah who strive in jihad and, after striving, take a greater share of the spoils of war than other mujahideen and use it as strength against the enemy—their example is like the mother of Hazrat Musa (peace be upon him), who used to nurse her son and (from Pharaoh) would take compensation for it.