TRANCENDENTING DECENTRALISTIC SOVEREIGNTY AND RESPONSIBILITY 4

 

A STRAP OF FIRE

OR TWO STRAP OF FIRE

Abü Hurairah said:

"We went out with the Prophet

to Khaibar, and Allah granted

victory to us. We did not seize

any gold or silver as spoils of war,

rather we seized goods, food and

clothing. Then we went to the

valley, and there was with the

Messenger of Allah jW a slave

who had been given to him by a

man from Judhâm who was

called Rifâ'ah bin Zaid, from

Banü Ad-Dubaib. When we

camped in the valley, the slave of

the Messenger of Allah went

to unpack the luggage, and was

struck by an arrow and died. We

said: 'Congratulations to him, he

is a martyr, 0 Messenger of

Allah.' The Messenger of Allah

said: 'No. By the One in

Whose hand is the soul of

Muhammad, the cloak that he

took from the spoils of war on

the day of Khaibar before its

distribution is burning him with

fire.' The people panicked, and a

man brought one strap or two

straps,' and said: '0 Messenger

of Allah, I took this on the day of

Ihaibar.' The Messenger of

Allah PBUH said: 'A strap of fire, or

two straps of fire."

The Sacred Legal Way of The Prophet.

Muslim, The Authentic  No. 310