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that Abu Bakr As-Siddiq wrote to him the law of Zakat which was made obligatory by Allah's
Apostle. He wrote: 'Partners possessing joint property (sheep) have to pay its Zakat equally.
Sahih al-Bukhari Book 47, Hadith 5
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The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "When the people of Ash`ari tribe ran short of food during the holy battles, or the
food of their families in Medina ran short, they would collect all their remaining food in one sheet and
then distribute it among themselves equally by measuring it with a bowl. So, these people are from
me, and I am from them."
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My grandfather said, "We were in the company of the Prophet (ﷺ) at Dhul-Hulaifa. The people felt
hungry and captured some camels and sheep (as booty). The Prophet (ﷺ) was behind the people. They
hurried and slaughtered the animals and put their meat in pots and started cooking it. (When the
Prophet came) he ordered the pots to be upset and then he distributed the animals (of the booty),
regarding ten sheep as equal to one camel. One of the camels fled and the people ran after it till they
were exhausted. At that time there were few horses. A man threw an arrow at the camel, and Allah
stopped the camel with it. The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Some of these animals are like wild animals, so if you
lose control over one of these animals, treat it in this way (i.e. shoot it with an arrow)." Before
distributing them among the soldiers my grandfather said, "We may meet the enemies in the future
and have no knives; can we slaughter the animals with reeds?" The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Use whatever
causes blood to flow, and eat the animals if the name of Allah has been mentioned on slaughtering
them. Do not slaughter with teeth or fingernails and I will tell you why: It is because teeth are bones
(i.e. cannot cut properly) and fingernails are the tools used by the Ethiopians (whom we should not
imitate for they are infidels).