As for the two houses, ʿAqīl ibn Abī Ṭālib sold them after the Prophet’s migration. When the Prophet came to Makkah during the Farewell Pilgrimage, he was asked, “Which of your houses will you stay in?” He replied, “Did ʿAqīl leave us any houses?” He did not reclaim what ʿAqīl had sold, because ʿAqīl had gained control of them, and Makkah was an abode of war at that time; so he treated them according to the ruling applicable to property that had been consumed. Thus, these two houses passed out of his charitable endowments.
As for the residences of Allah’s Messenger’s wives in Medina, he had given each of them the house in which she lived and had made a bequest to that effect in their favor. If this was a gift transferring ownership, then the residences were excluded from his charitable endowments; but if it was a gift granting residence and use, then they formed part of his charitable endowments. Today, they have been incorporated into his mosque, and I do not think that any part of them remains outside it.
As for the personal effects of Allah’s Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), Hishām al-Kalbī narrated from ʿAwānah ibn al-Ḥakam that Abū Bakr handed ʿAlī the Messenger’s equipment, banner, and sandals, saying, “Everything apart from these is a charitable endowment.” Al-Aswad narrated from ʿĀʾishah (may Allah be pleased with her), who said, “Allah’s Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) died while his armor was pledged to a Jew for thirty ṣāʿs of barley.”
If this was his armor known as al-Batrāʾ, it has been related that it was worn by al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlī on the day he was killed, whereupon ʿUbayd Allāh ibn Ziyād took it. When al-Mukhtār killed ʿUbayd Allāh, the armor passed to ʿAbbād ibn al-Ḥusayn al-Ḥanẓalī. Then Khālid ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Khālid ibn Usayd—who was governor of Basra—asked ʿAbbād about it. When ʿAbbād denied having it, Khālid flogged him one hundred times. ʿAbd al-Malik ibn Marwān wrote to him, “A man like ʿAbbād should not be flogged. You should either have killed him or pardoned him.” No further report of the armor is known after that.
As for the mantle, Abān ibn Taghallub related that Allah’s Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) had given it to Kaʿb ibn Zuhayr, and that Muʿāwiyah bought it from him. It is the mantle worn by the caliphs. Ḍamrah ibn Rabīʿah related that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) had given this mantle to the people of Aylah. ʿAbd Allāh ibn Khālid ibn Abī Awfā took it from them—he was their governor on behalf of Marwān ibn Muḥammad—and sent it to him. It remained in his treasury until it was seized after he was killed. It was also said that Abū al-ʿAbbās al-Saffāḥ bought it for 300 dinars.
As for the staff, it is part of the estate of Allah’s Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), which is a charitable endowment. Along with the mantle, it became part of the regalia of the caliphs.