The Spoils (Gains)
يَسْأَلُونَكَ عَنِ الْأَنْفَالِ ۖ قُلِ الْأَنْفَالُ لِلَّهِ وَالرَّسُولِ ۖ فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَأَصْلِحُوا ذَاتَ بَيْنِكُمْ ۖ وَأَطِيعُوا اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ مُؤْمِنِينَ {1}
They are asking you about the Anfaal. Say: ‘The Anfaal is for Allah and the Rasool, therefore fear Allah and reconcile what is between you, and obey Allah and His Rasool if you were Momineen’ [8:1]
و عنه: بإسناده عن سعد بن عبد الله، عن أبي جعفر، عن محمد بن خالد البرقي، عن إسماعيل ابن سهل، عن حماد بن عيسى، عن حريز بن عبد الله، عن محمد بن مسلم، قال: سمعت أبا عبد الله (عليه السلام)، أنه سئل عن الأنفال، فقال: «كل قرية يهلك أهلها أو يجلون عنها فهي نفل لله عز و جل، نصفها يقسم بين الناس، و نصفها لرسول الله (صلى الله عليه و آله)، فما كان لرسول الله (صلى الله عليه و آله) فهو للإمام
And from him, (Al Sadouq), by his chain, from Sa’ad Bin Abdullah, from Abu Ja’far, from Muhammad Bin Khalid Al Barqy, from Ismail Ibn Sahl, from Hamaad Bin Isa, from Hareez Bin Abdullah, from Muhammad Bin Muslim who said,
‘I heard Abu Abdullah-asws say, having been asked about the Anfaal, so he-asws said: ‘Every town whose inhabitants have perished or have left (abandoned) it, so it is for Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic. Half of it is to be distributed between the people, and half of it is for Rasool-Allah-saww. Thus, whatever was for Rasool-Allah-saww, so it is for the Imam-asws’’.[1]
[1] التهذيب 4: 133/ 372