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Sahih al-Bukhari, 3074
sahih

Narrated `Abdullah bin `Amr:

There was a man who looked after the family and the belongings of the Prophet (ﷺ) and he was called Karkara. The man died and Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "He is in the '(Hell) Fire." The people then went to look at him and found in his place, a cloak he had stolen from the war booty.

حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ عَمْرٍو، عَنْ سَالِمِ بْنِ أَبِي الْجَعْدِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو، قَالَ كَانَ عَلَى ثَقَلِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم رَجُلٌ يُقَالُ لَهُ كِرْكِرَةُ فَمَاتَ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏

‏ هُوَ فِي النَّارِ ‏

‏‏.‏ فَذَهَبُوا يَنْظُرُونَ إِلَيْهِ فَوَجَدُوا عَبَاءَةً قَدْ غَلَّهَا‏.‏ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ ابْنُ سَلاَمٍ كَرْكَرَةُ، يَعْنِي بِفَتْحِ الْكَافِ، وَهْوَ مَضْبُوطٌ كَذَا‏.‏

References2 variants
In-Book Reference
Book 56, Hadith 279
USC-MSA web (English) reference
Vol. 4, Book 52, Hadith 308 (deprecated numbering scheme)
Sharh · explanationclick to expand
The Islamic law sternly warns against Ghulool (i.e., stealthily take something from the spoils of war before they are divided among the soldiers, without the commander’s knowledge), which involves treason and theft from the spoils of war before their division, and clarifies the punishment designated for it which will be executed on the Day of Judgment before all people. In this hadeeth, ‘Abdullaah ibn ‘Amr (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that there was a man who looked after the family and the belongings of the Prophetﷺ, meaning the luggage during travels, and his name was Kirkirah. After this man died, Allah's Messenger ﷺ said, "He is in Hellfire." This was one of the incidents when Allah, Exalted is He, imparted knowledge of the unseen (which is exclusive to Him) to the Prophet ﷺ. People were astonished and went to investigate the matter and look at him and found in his place a cloak he had stolen from the spoils of war before they were divided. This indicates that Ghuloolis forbidden regardless of the value of what is being stealthily taken from the spoils of war before their division, and that the thief bears the sin in all cases..
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