Holy Prophet of Islam - Hazrat Muhammad Mustafa — Page 209
The Holy Prophet of Islam, Hadrat Muhammad Mustafa sa remaining force was defeated and they ran away. . Distribution of the Spoils of the Battles of. Hunain and Autās sa sa. Ji'rānah is a town located between Ta'if and Mecca on the road to. Iraq. It is around 12 miles from Mecca. After the Battle of Ḥunain, the. Holy Prophet left the prisonors of the Banu Hawazin and the war-booty at. Ji‘rānah and went for the siege of Ta'if. After the end of the siege of Ța'if the Holy Prophet" came back to Ji‘rānah so that war booty, etc. could be divided. Already three weeks had passed since ending the battle and the booty had not yet been distributed. However, the Holy Prophet delayed the distribution for another few days in order to wait for the people of. Hawazin and to talk with them about the captives and other war booty before distribution. When people from Hawazin did not show up, the Holy. Prophet started distribution of the war booty. The spoils of the war collected by the Muslims were as follows: sa sa. Prisoners: 6,000; Camels: 24,000; Goats: 40,000; Silver: 4,000. Auqiyyas. sa. The Holy Prophet divided the booty into five parts. One part was kept for Baitul Mal and the rest was divided between the Muslim fighters. . The Holy Prophet* appointed Ḥadrat Zaid bin Thābit" to count the soldiers and do the distribution. . In this battle many new Muslims and some rich people of Mecca who had just basic knowledge of Islam had taken part. In order to win their hearts towards Islām the Holy Prophet" gave to many of them extra from the Baitul Mal portion of the spoils. Some amongst the Ansar saw this distribution as if favor had been done to the Quraish of Mecca who were the people of the Holy Prophet", over them. Accordingly, some of them openly said that the Holy Prophet had given extra booty to the Meccans sa sa 209