be upon them] (1): “The Messenger of Allah—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—distributed the land of Khaybar among those who were present (2) at al-Hudaybiyyah; he distributed the spoils of Hunayn at al-Ji‘rānah (3) on his return from al-Tā’if; and he divided the estate of Sa‘d ibn al-Rabī‘.” (4)
And the jurists’ expressions:
The chapter (5) on the distribution of spoils, fay’ revenues, and alms (6); the division of estates; the chapter on partition; the discussion of undivided and partitioned property; compulsory and consensual partition; and similar matters.
And the arithmetician’s expression:
“Multiplication and division” refers only to dividing concrete objects existing in the external world, such that one of the two partners takes one share and the other takes another; and not (7) every name
(1) “May Allah be pleased with them” appears in A and B.
(2) N and M read: “witnessed.”
(3) Al-Bakrī states in *Muʿjam mā Istaʿjam*, 2:384: “Al-Jiʿirrāna is pronounced with kasra on the *jīm* and *ʿayn* and with a doubled, unpointed *rā*. Al-Asmaʿī, however, said that it is al-Jiʿrāna, with the *ʿayn* vowelless and the *rā* undoubled; Abū Sulaymān al-Khattābī said the same. It is a watering place between al-Tāʾif and Mecca, though closer to Mecca. There the Messenger of Allah—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—distributed the spoils of Hunayn, and from there he entered *ihrām* for his umrah on that journey.” See also *Muʿjam al-Buldān*.
(4) Saʿd ibn al-Rabīʿ ibn Amr ibn Abī Zuhayr attended al-ʿAqaba and was one of the twelve chiefs. He participated in Badr and Uhud and was martyred at Uhud, leaving no descendants. See his biography in Ibn Saʿd’s *al-Tabakāt*, 3:522–524, 612; Ibn Hajar’s *al-Isāba*, 2:24–52; and Ibn ʿAbd al-Barr’s *al-Istīʿāb*, 2:31–32.
(5) B reads: “follows.” In A, the word is unclear; it appears originally to have been written “chapter” and then altered into something resembling “follows.”
(6) N and M read: “*fayʾ* revenues, spoils, *fayʾ* revenues, and alms.”
(7) N and M read: “thus not.”