Narrated Abu Maryam al-Azdi: When I entered upon Muawiyah, he said: How good your visit is to us, O father of so-and-so. (This is an idiom used by the Arabs on such occasions). I said: I tell you a tradition which I heard (from the Prophet). I heard the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم say: If Allah puts anyone in the position of authority over the affairs of the Muslims, and he secludes himself (from them), not fulfilling their needs, wants, and poverty, Allah will keep Himself away from him, not fulfilling his need, want and poverty. He said: He (Muawiyah) appointed a man to fulfil the needs of the people.

Narrated Abu Hurairah: The Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم said: It is not on my own that I give you or withhold from you: I am just a treasure, putting it where I have been commanded.

Narrated Umar ibn al-Khattab: Malik ibn Aws ibn al-Hadthan said: One day Umar ibn al-Khattab mentioned the spoils of war and said: I am not more entitled to this spoil of war than you; and none of us is more entitled to it than another, except that we occupy our positions fixed by the Book of Allah, Who is Great and Glorious, and the division made by the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم , people being arranged according to their precedence in accepting Islam, the hardship they have endured their having children and their need.

Narrated Abdullah ibn Umar: Zayd ibn Aslam said: Abdullah ibn Umar entered upon Muawiyah. He asked: (Tell me) your need, Abu Abdur Rahman. He replied: Give (the spoils) to those who were set free, for I saw the first thing the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم did when anything came to him was to give something to those who had been set free.

Narrated Aishah, Ummul Muminin: The Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم was brought a pouch containing bead and divided it among free women and slave women. Aishah said: My father used to divide things between free men and slave.

Narrated Awf bin Malik: When the spoils (fai') came to the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم , he divided it that day ; he gave two portions to a married man and one to a bachelor. The narrator Ibn al-Musaffa added: We were summoned, and I would be summoned before Ammar. So I was summoned and he gave me two portions, for I had a family ; then Ammar bin Yasir was summoned after me and given one.

Narrated Jabir ibn Abdullah: The Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم said: I am nearer to the believers than themselves, so if anyone leaves property, it goes to his heirs, and if anyone leaves debt and dependants, let the matter come to me and I shall be responsible.

Narrated Abu Hurairah: The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم as saying: If anyone leaves property, it goes to his heirs. And if anyone leaves dependents (without resources), they come to us.

Narrated Jabir bin Abdullah: The Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم as saying: I am nearer to every believer than himself, and if anyone leaves, it goes to his heirs.

Narrated Nafi: That Ibn Umar was presented before the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم on the day of Uhud, when he was fourteen years old, but he did not allow him. He was again presented to him on the day of Khandaq (the battle of Trench) when he was fifteen years old, he allowed him.