It was asked from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abi Awfa (may Allah be pleased with him): "Was khums (one-fifth) taken from food during the time of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)?" He replied: "We reached the food at Khaybar, so every man would take according to his need and then leave."

Ibrahim (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "Those people would take out the khums, then eat from it themselves, and would distribute the fodder."

Mujahid (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "They would eat honey and fruit and use fodder, but they would not take wheat without extracting the khums from it."

It is narrated from Abdullah bin Salamah (may Allah have mercy on him): When Salman (may Allah be pleased with him) obtained a goat from the spoils of war, he would slaughter it or have it slaughtered, then make a bag from its skin, prepare a rope from its hair, and dry its meat to make (qadeed). He would benefit from the skin himself, give the rope to someone whose horse had fallen, and keep the meat preserved to eat during the days. When he was asked about this, he would say: "For me to get by for a few days with dried meat is better than letting it spoil and then having to stretch my hand out to people."

It is narrated from an elder (may Allah have mercy on him), who had witnessed the era of Sayyiduna Uthman bin Affan (may Allah be pleased with him) and the noble Companions (may Allah be pleased with them): He said, "When we would go out for jihad and find fruits and grapes appearing on the trees in the field, we would benefit from them. But when the fruits were stored in the houses, we would only take them by purchasing."

Ata (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "When people obtain food and cheese, they should eat it, and whatever is left over, return it to the Imam."

Abu Wa'il (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "We used to eat fruit during military expeditions, and we did not consider there to be any harm in it."

Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) wrote a letter saying, "Eat the cheese that is lawful, and leave that which is not slaughtered."

The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "When the purity of the vessels is not certain, do not consider the clothes to be lawful; wash them and then eat in them."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Tha’labah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said:“Wash the utensils of the polytheists with water and then eat from them.”