Chapter on Spoils Specially Belonging to the Imam (Anfal)

Ali ibn al-Hasan ibn Faddal, from Muhammad ibn Ali, from Abu Jamilah, who said: Muhammad ibn al-Hasan narrated to me, from his father, from Abu Jamilah, from Muhammad ibn Ali al-Halabi, from Abu Abdillah عليه السلام: I (narrator) asked Imam عليه السلام about ‘the spoils (anfal).’ Imam عليه السلام said: "Whatever was from the lands whose people have perished, and in other than that, the spoils, it belongs to us (Ahlul Bayt عليه السلام)." And Imam عليه السلام said: "Surat al-Anfal contains the cutting off of the nose." And Imam عليه السلام said: "'Whatever Allah سبحانه وتعالى restored to His Messenger صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم from them, you did not drive against it any horses or riding camels, but Allah سبحانه وتعالى gives His messengers authority over whom He سبحانه وتعالى wills.'" (Surah Al-Hashr 59:6) And Imam عليه السلام said: "Fay' is whatever was from properties in which there was no spilling of blood or killing, and the spoils are like that; they are in its position."