JIHAD SECTION · 138 – It is forbidden to raid for food in a hostile land when provisions are scarce.
According to the narration of Abu Lubayd, he said:
He was in the company of Abdurrahman ibn Samura in Kaba. People acquired spoils and plundered them. Then Abdurrahman ibn Samura addressed them, saying: “I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) forbidding plunder. Return what you have taken.”
He distributed the food amongst them (in a proper manner).
Abdullah ibn Abi Aufa (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated:
I said to someone from the companions, “Did you used to set aside a fifth [of food] from among your sustenance during the era of prosperity?” He said, "On the day of Khaybar, we obtained provisions. A person would come and take what sufficed him, then return.”
It is narrated from a person of the Ansar that he said:
We accompanied the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on an expedition when severe need and scarcity afflicted the people. They came upon a flock of sheep and plundered it. Our pots were boiling. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ walked, leaning on his bow, and overturned our pots. Then he continued to spill the meat onto the ground. After that, he said: “To rush for spoils of war before distribution is more unlawful than eating a dead animal.”
Hennat doubted or said, "A dead animal is more lawful than rushing."
EXPLANATION:
Just as the meat of an animal that dies without being slaughtered is forbidden, taking from the spoils of war before distribution is also forbidden.