Say: The windfalls are for Allah and the Messenger.

Say: The windfalls are for Allah and the Messenger. So be careful of (your duty to) Allah and set aright matters of your difference, and obey Allah and His Messenger if you are believers. In Tafseer Saafi, Imam Muhammad Baqir (a.s.) is reported to have said: ‘Anfaal is that which is gained from the land on which no blood has been shed. i.e. land which has been gained without war. Either the people make a peace treaty or give it of their own accord.

Uninhabited land and valleys will all be classified as Anfaal, and this is all the kingdom of Allah (s.w.t.). And so whatever is Allah (s.w.t.)’s belongs to the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.). It is up to him (s.a.w.) how he (s.a.w.) distributes it. After him (s.a.w.) it belongs to the Holy Imams (a.s.)’. It has also been narrated in Al Kafi that when a person dies without inheritors then his wealth is also Anfaal.

وَاعْلَمُواْ أَنَّمَا غَنِمْتُم مِّن شَيْءٍ فَأَنَّ لِلّهِ خُمُسَهُ وَلِلرَّسُولِ وَلِذِي الْقُرْبَى وَالْيَتَامَى وَالْمَسَاكِينِ وَابْنِ السَّبِيلِ إِن كُنتُمْ آمَنتُمْ بِاللّهِ وَمَا أَنزَلْنَا عَلَى عَبْدِنَا يَوْمَ الْفُرْقَانِ يَوْمَ الْتَقَى الْجَمْعَانِ وَاللّهُ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ [Shakir 8:41] And know that whatever thing you gain, a fifth of it is for Allah and for the Messenger and for the near of kin and the orphans and the needy and the wayfarer, if you believe in Allah and in that which We revealed to Our servant, on the day of distinction, the day on which the two parties met; and Allah has power over all things.

In Tafseer Saafi it is narrated that one of the meaning of this is that wealth which is gained by subduing the unbelievers. In Al Kafi there is a narration from Imam Ja’far Al Sadiq (a.s.) that this is the daily profit.

In Tafseer Saafi there is a reference from Al kafi that Imam Ali (a.s.) said: ‘What Allah (s.w.t.) has meant by Zil Qurba here are those that He (s.w.t.) has regard as near to Him (s.w.t.) and the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.) and so the orphans and the poor and the travellers are our orphans and our poor and our travellers. This is because he (s.w.t.) has kept no share for us in the charity and he has honoured us and the Holy prophet (s.a.w.) by keeping away from eating people’s dirt and filth.

In Al Tahzeeb Imam Ja’far Al Sadiq (a.s.) has been reported to have said: ‘Allah (s.w.t.)’s Khums is the Imam’s right and the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.)’s Khums as well as the near ones’ khums’.

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