Hazrat Shabir bin Alqamah narrates that during the Battle of Qadisiyyah, a man from the people of Persia stood up and challenged for combat. He mentioned his bravery. Then a short-statured man named Shabir bin Alqamah advanced towards him. The Persian champion lifted Shabir and threw him to the ground. Shabir grabbed the Persian champion's dagger and stabbed it into his stomach. Then he killed him. After that, he took his belongings and came to Hazrat Sa’d (may Allah be pleased with him). Hazrat Sa’d (may Allah be pleased with him) valued it at twelve thousand dirhams and gave it to him as spoils of war.

Hazrat Shabir bin Alqamah narrates that I fought with a non-Arab in the Battle of Qadisiyyah and killed him. Then I took his belongings and went to Hazrat Sa’d bin Abi Waqqas. Hazrat Sa’d announced among his companions that these are the belongings brought by Shabir and they are better than twelve thousand dirhams. And we gave them to him as spoils of war.

Hazrat Husain narrates from a mujahid who participated in the Battle of Qadisiyyah that a man was bathing when he found a gold brick in the water. He brought it and gave it to Hazrat Sa’d. Hazrat Sa’d said, "Put it in the spoils of war."

Hazrat Husain narrates from a mujahid who participated in the Battle of Qadisiyyah that a man bought a slave girl from the spoils of war. When the slave girl saw that she now belonged to him, she took out a lot of jewelry and gave it to him. The man said that he did not know what the ruling was regarding this jewelry. Then he took it to Hazrat Sa’d and asked about it, so Hazrat Sa’d said: "Put it among the Muslims’ spoils of war."

Hazrat Aswad bin Mukhramah narrates that Hazrat Sa’d bought a basin from a man of Hira for one thousand dirhams. He was informed that Hazrat Umar had come to know of this and was very displeased with him. After that, Hazrat Sa’d kept searching for that Christian, and after finding him, returned the basin to him and took back the one thousand dirhams.

Hazrat Jarir bin Abdullah narrates that during the Battle of Qadisiyyah, for three hours one day, blood flowed in place of water in the river of Qadisiyyah, and this was the blood of those polytheists whom we had killed.

Hazrat Harith narrates that when we returned from Yemen and stayed in Madinah Munawwarah, Hazrat Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) came to us. He made a round among the people of the tribe of Nakha’ and said to them,“O people of Nakha’! I see honor descending among you. You should go to Iraq or Persia.”They said,“O Commander of the Faithful! We want to migrate towards Syria.”Hazrat Umar said,“No, Iraq is better. I am pleased with Iraq for you.”Some of us said,“O Commander of the Faithful! There is no hardship in religion.”Hazrat Umar said,“There is no hardship in religion; Iraq is suitable for you. There are groups of non-Arabs there and we are only two and a half thousand.”Then we came to Qadisiyyah, and from among the Nakha’i people only one man was martyred, while from the rest eighty people were killed. When Hazrat Umar found out, he said,“What did the Nakha’i people do that only one of them was martyred among the rest? Did the people run away leaving them?”The people replied,“No, rather they themselves jumped into the difficult tasks willingly.”

Hazrat Harith narrates that Hazrat Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) passed by the people of Nakh‘a and counted them; they were two and a half thousand. Their leader’s name was Arta’ah. Hazrat Umar said: I see honor descending among you; go to your brothers in Iraq. They said: No, we will go to Syria. Hazrat Umar said: Go to Iraq. They said: There is no compulsion in religion. Hazrat Umar said: Go to Iraq. So they went to Iraq, and there they began to capture and slaughter foals. Hazrat Umar wrote them a letter: Set yourselves right, for in such matters, life is important.

Hazrat Abu Bakr bin Ayyash states that in the Battle of Qadisiyyah, there were four hundred from Banu Asad, three thousand from Bajilah, two thousand three hundred from Nakhai, and the same number from Kinda. All these people totaled ten thousand, and among the people, there was none less than the tribe of Mudar.

Hazrat Abu Bakr says that Hazrat Umar gave more to some—two thousand to some and six hundred to others.