It is narrated from Sayyiduna ‘Ubada bin Samit (may Allah be pleased with him), he says: We went out with the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), I was with him in the Battle of Badr. When the people confronted each other, Allah Almighty defeated the enemies. Some people from the army of Islam began to pursue the enemies, defeating and killing them, while a group fell upon the spoils of war and began to gather them, and another group surrounded the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) so that the enemy might not take advantage of any negligence and harm the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). This continued until night fell and all the people returned. Those who had gathered the spoils said: We have collected this wealth, no one else has any share in it. The group that pursued the enemy said: You are not more entitled to this wealth than us; we drove the enemy away from this wealth and defeated them. And those who protected the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: You do not have more right to this wealth than us; we surrounded the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and we feared that the enemy might take advantage of any negligence and harm the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and thus we remained engaged there. At that time, this verse was revealed: {یَسْأَ لُونَکَ عَنْ الْأَ نْفَالِ، قُلْ الْأَ نْفَالُ لِلّٰہِ وَالرَّسُولِ، فَاتَّقُوا اللّٰہَ وَأَ صْلِحُوا ذَاتَ بَیْنِکُمْ} … They ask you about the spoils of war. Say: The spoils are for Allah and the Messenger. So fear Allah and set right the relations among yourselves. Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) distributed this wealth among the Muslims in the time it takes for a camel to be milked. When the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) attacked enemy territory, he would give an extra fourth share, and if it was on the return, due to the fatigue of the fighters, he would give an extra third share. However, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) disliked that people should be greedy for extra shares, so he used to say: Strong Muslims should include the weak in the extra shares.