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the successful raid on the infidel was guaranteed all the usual spoils of war—plunder and slaves, including concubines¶; whoever died during this jihad was guaranteed similar but greater spoils in the afterlife. Either way, they won: “I guarantee him either admission to Paradise,” said Muhammad, “or return to whence he set out with a reward or booty.”
Sword and Scimitar: Fourteen Centuries of War between Islam and the West
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