Those who were present at Khaybar were allotted shares—and likewise those who had been absent. Of the people who had witnessed al-Ḥudaybiyyah, the only one not present at Khaybar was Jābir ibn ʿAbd Allāh, yet his share was set aside for him.
He said: The participants at al-Ḥudaybiyyah numbered one thousand four hundred men, and they had two hundred horses. Each horse counted for two shares. Accordingly, one share from the eighteen principal shares was assigned to every hundred men, and the two hundred horsemen received an additional four hundred shares on account of their mounts.
Al-Bayhaqī (1) transmitted the same report through Sufyān ibn ʿUyaynah, from Yaḥyā ibn Saʿīd, from Ṣāliḥ ibn Kaysān: they were one thousand four hundred men with two hundred horses.
I say: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ also drew a share alongside them; the very first share in the sector of al-Shiqq was registered with ʿĀṣim ibn ʿAdī.
Ibn Isḥāq (2) said: Al-Katībah constituted the one-fifth due to Allah Most High—the share of the Prophet ﷺ, the share of his near relatives, the orphans, the poor, and the wayfarer—together with sustenance for the Prophet’s wives ﷺ and for certain men who had taken part in negotiating the treaty of Fadak. Among these was Muḥayyiṣah ibn Masʿūd, to whom the Messenger of Allah ﷺ granted thirty wasqs of dates and thirty wasqs of barley.
He added: Its two valleys on which the allotments were based were called Wādī al-Sarīr and Wādī Khāṣ. Ibn Isḥāq then listed the individual grants in detail, excelling in both accuracy and benefit—may Allah have mercy on him.
He said: The division and bookkeeping were overseen by Jabbār ibn Ṣakhr ibn Umayyah ibn Khansāʾ, of Banū Salamah, together with Zayd ibn Thābit—may Allah be pleased with them both.
I add: The officer in charge of estimating (kharṣ) the produce of Khaybar’s date-palms was ʿAbd Allāh ibn Rawāḥah. He carried out the assessment for two consecutive years, and when he was martyred—may Allah be pleased with him—at the Battle of Muʾtah, Jabbār ibn Ṣakhr succeeded him, may Allah be pleased with him.
Al-Bukhārī (3) recorded: Ismāʿīl related to us; Mālik narrated to me, from ʿAbd al-Majīd ibn Suhayl, from Saʿīd ibn al-Musayyib, from Abū Saʿīd al-Khudrī and Abū Hurayrah, that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ appointed a man over Khaybar. The man brought him fine quality dates (janīb), whereupon the Messenger of Allah ﷺ asked,
“Are all the dates of Khaybar like this?”
He replied, “No, by Allah, O Messenger of Allah. We exchange one sâʿ of this type for two sâʿs of ordinary dates, and two sâʿs for three.”
The Prophet ﷺ said, “Do not do that. Sell the mixed dates for silver, and then buy janīb with the silver.”
Al-Bukhārī added: al-Darāwardī reported from ʿAbd al-Majīd, from Saʿīd ibn al-Musayyib, that Abū Saʿīd and Abū Hurayrah told him the Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent the brother of Banū ʿAdī from among the Anṣār to Khaybar and placed him in charge there. ʿAbd al-Majīd likewise narrated, from Abū Ṣāliḥ al-Sammān, from Abū Saʿīd and Abū Hurayrah, a report to the same effect.
I say: The Prophet’s personal share—which he received alongside the Muslims—comprised what was apportioned at Khaybar, the entirety of Fadak (a sizeable tract of Khaybar whose people had descended from their forts out of overwhelming fear of him, blessings and peace be upon him, and therefore concluded a treaty with him), and the properties of Banū al-Naḍīr mentioned earlier. Over none of these had the Muslims spurred horse or camel; hence these estates belonged exclusively to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.