It is narrated from Hazrat Ubadah bin Samit (may Allah be pleased with him) that we set out with the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). I participated in the Battle of Badr. When the two parties confronted each other, Allah caused the enemy to be defeated. A group of Muslims pursued them, defeating and killing them, while another group turned towards their camps and began collecting the spoils of war, and a third group remained to protect the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) so that the enemy would not suddenly attack and harm him. When night fell and people began to return, those who had collected the spoils said, "We have gathered this, so no one else has a share in it." Those who had gone in pursuit of the enemy said, "You have no more right to it than us; we drove the enemy away and defeated them." Those who protected the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "You have no more right to it than us; we protected the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) because we feared that the enemy might suddenly attack him by deception while we were negligent." Upon this, the verse was revealed: "They ask you about the spoils of war..." Thus, the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) distributed it equally among all the Muslims. And it was the practice of the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that when he attacked the enemy's territory, he would give a quarter as a reward, and when returning from there, he would distribute a third as a reward among all the people. Apart from this, he considered extra spoils inappropriate and said that the strong Muslim should help the weak.