of plotters, and Allah is the One who grants success.

42 – ʿAbdullāh ibn Masʿūd (may Allah be pleased with him) said: “On the Day of Ḥunayn the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) favored certain people in the distribution of the spoils. He gave al-Aqraʿ ibn Ḥābis one hundred camels, ʿUyainah ibn Ḥuṣn the same, and likewise bestowed generous shares upon other nobles of the Arabs, singling them out on that day. A man then exclaimed, ‘By Allah, this division is unjust, and in it the Face of Allah was not sought!’ I said, ‘By Allah, I shall inform the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).’ So I went to him and reported what the man had said. The Prophet’s face changed until it became as red as the dye known as ṣarf, and he declared, ‘Who will be just if Allah and His Messenger are not just?’ Then he added, ‘May Allah have mercy on Moses; he was harmed with worse than this, yet he remained patient.’ I thereupon said, ‘Never again will I convey such a statement to him.’” (Agreed upon).

His words “like ṣarf” mean a deep red dye.

[Explanation]
This hadith, cited by the author (may Allah have mercy on him) from ʿAbdullāh ibn Masʿūd (may Allah be pleased with him), concerns the Battle of Ḥunayn, also called the expedition of Ṭāʾif, which took place after the conquest of Mecca. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) fought them and captured an enormous amount of booty—camels, sheep, silver, and gold. He then halted at al-Jiʿrānah, a place situated at the outer boundary of the Sacred Precinct on the Ṭāʾif side, where he