Once, Hazrat Amir Muawiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) asked Hazrat Ubadah (may Allah be pleased with him) about the man who had asked the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) for a rope before the distribution of the spoils of war. Hazrat Ubadah (may Allah be pleased with him) replied that the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Leave this request for now until the spoils of war are distributed. Then, if you wish, you will be given the rope, and if you wish, you will be given many times more than that."