(Peace Be Upon Him) selected her and offered to marry her. But she refused to give up her faith and so he kept her as his concubine. The Prophet (Peace Be Upon Him) laid down that one-fifth of the spoils of war should go to him and the rest were to be divided between the soldiers. The women and children who remained after the division was complete were bartered for war horses and weapons. You know that in Islam one-fifth of the spoils of battle go towards the income of the state? This rule originated from this episode in the Prophet’s (Peace Be Upon Him) life. Have you heard this episode?’
