11 - Commentary on Surah al-Fath (48) - Review of Verse 15

In this Ramadan series of lectures, Shaykh Saleem reviews Surah al-Fath (48) - The Chapter of the Victory.

In part 11, he goes over the fifteenth verse: "When soon, you, Muḥammad and the Muslims that took part in the Peace treaty of Ḥudaybiyyah, will travel towards Khaybar and will be victorious so that you can take the spoils of war, those Aʿrab Bedouins who were left behind, and did not accompany you in the Umrah and the Peace Treat of Ḥudaybiyyah, will soon say, “Allow us to follow you to also benefit from the spoils of war.” They, those Aʿrab Bedouins, seek
to change the decision of Allāh which was that other than those present at Ḥudaybiyyah, no others are allowed to come and share in the spoils of war of
Khaybar. Say to them O Muḥammad: “You shall never  be allowed to follow us in the expedition to conquer the fortress of Khaybar and have a share of the
spoils of war; this is what Allāh had said earlier about all of you.” Then they, the Aʿrab that did not accompany you at Ḥudaybiyyah, will soon say: “You are jealous of us and you don’t want us to also have a share in the spoils of war and your not wanting to share the wealth with us has nothing to do with a command from Allah.” However this is not the case as inreality,  indeed they, the Aʿrab, were not capable of understanding except a little due to their own spiritual state - as if they had understood your status, Muḥammad they would not talk in this way.”