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: Sounds like that sheep drinker had his own little mafia going on. Could someone please explain why a god would even consider talking to such a thug? : Volume 4, Book 53, Number 370: : Narrated Abu Qatada: : We set out in the company of Allah's Apostle on the day (of the battle) of Hunain. When we faced the enemy, the Muslims : retreated and I saw a pagan throwing himself over a Muslim. I turned around and came upon him from behind and hit him on : the shoulder with the sword He (i.e. the pagan) came towards me and seized me so violently that I felt as if it were death itself, : but death overtook him and he released me. I followed 'Umar bin Al Khattab and asked (him), "What is wrong with the people : (fleeing)?" He replied, "This is the Will of Allah," After the people returned, the Prophet sat and said, "Anyone who has killed : an enemy and has a proof of that, will posses his spoils." I got up and said, "Who will be a witness for me?" and then sat down. : The Prophet again said, "Anyone who has killed an enemy and has proof of that, will possess his spoils." I (again) got up and : said, "Who will be a witness for me?" and sat down. Then the Prophet said the same for the third time. I again got up, and : Allah's Apostle said, "O Abu Qatada! What is your story?" Then I narrated the whole story to him. A man (got up and) said, : "O Allah's Apostle! He is speaking the truth, and the spoils of the killed man are with me. So please compensate him on my : behalf." On that Abu Bakr As-Siddiq said, "No, by Allah, he (i.e. Allah's Apostle ) will not agree to give you the spoils gained : by one of Allah's Lions who fights on the behalf of Allah and His Apostle." The Prophet said, "Abu Bakr has spoken the truth." : So, Allah's Apostle gave the spoils to me. I sold that armor (i.e. the spoils) and with its price I bought a garden at Bani Salima, : and this was my first property which I gained after my conversion to Islam.

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