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Wednesday, December 13, 2017

Chapter: Emphatic prohibition against stealing from the spoils of war; and that no one will enter paradise except the believers

It is narrated on the authority of 'Umar b. Khattab that when it was the day of Khaibar a party of Companions of the Apostle (ﷺ) came there and said:
So and so is a martyr, till they happened to pass by a man and said: So and so is a martyr. Upon this the Messenger of Allah remarked: Nay, not so verily I have seen him in the Fire for the garment or cloak that he had stolen from the booty, Then the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Umar son of Khattab, go and announce to the people that none but the believers shall enter Paradise. He ('Umar b. Khattab) narrated: I went out and proclaimed: Verily none but the believers would enter Paradise.
Explanation
-Ghulool (stealing booty) is a major sin 
-Burning war booty is abrogated or weak, whether he returns it or not, the Muslims are allowed to keep it unlike the previous Shariah

Sharh Muslim, 2/144-147

and Allah knows best

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