1125 – Maʿn ibn Yazīd (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ proclaim, “No additional allotment (nafal) may be given until the one-fifth (khumus) has first been set aside.” Reported by Ahmad and Abu Dawud, and declared authentic by al-Tahawi. (1)

• Hadith status:
  The hadith is sound.
  Its editor states: Abu ʿUbayd recorded it in Al-Amwāl, saying, “ʿAffān narrated to us from Abu ʿAwanah from Abu al-Jawriyah, from Maʿn ibn Yazīd, that he heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, ‘No nafal except after the khumus.’” Abu ʿUbayd then cited the report through another chain up to Habīb ibn Maslamah, raising it to the Prophet, and he also mentioned a report from ʿUmar ibn al-Khattab, adding: “The same is related from the Successors as well.” The author comments: “Al-Tahawi authenticated it.” End quote. Ibn ʿAbd al-Hādī in Al-Muḥarrar remarks: “Ahmad and Abu Dawud transmitted it with a sound chain.”

• Vocabulary of the hadith:
  – al-khumus: the statutory one-fifth of war booty, divided into five shares:

1. A share for Allah and His Messenger, allocated to public welfare.
2. A share for the Prophet’s relatives.
3. A share for orphans.
4. A share for the needy.
5. A share for the wayfarer.