Abu Qatada reported,

My father told me, and Ibn Ishaq narrated to me from Yahya bin Saeed from Nafi al-Aqra Abu Muhammad, the freed slave of Banu Ghifar, from Abu Qatada, who said:Abu Qatada said, "I saw two men fighting, a Muslim and a polytheist, and there was another man from the polytheists who wanted to help his fellow polytheist against the Muslim. So I went after him and struck his hand, cutting it off. He then grabbed me with his other arm and embraced me. By Allah, he did not release me until I felt the scent of death upon me. Had he not bled out, he would have killed me. He collapsed, and I struck him and killed him. The fighting then drew me away from him, and a man from the people of Mecca passed by him and stripped him of his belongings.When we finished and the war had laid down its burdens, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'Whoever has killed a man and can prove it, the spoils are his.'I said, 'Messenger of Allah, I killed a man who had spoils worth taking, but the fighting drew me away from him, and I do not know who took his belongings.'A man from the people of Mecca said, 'He speaks the truth, Messenger of Allah. I took his spoils. So please satisfy him on my behalf regarding what I took.'Abu Bakr said, 'No, by Allah! You think you can go to one of the lions of Allah who fights on behalf of Allah and share his spoils with him? Return to him the spoils of the man he killed.'The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'He has spoken truly. Return to him the spoils of the one he killed.'"Abu Qatada said, "So I took the spoils from him and sold them, and with the proceeds I purchased a date orchard in Medina. That was the first property I ever owned."

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عن أبي قتادة قال

أبي وحدثني ابن إسحاق عن يحيى بن سعيد عن نافع الأقرع أبي محمد مولى بني غفار عن أبي قتادة قال قال أبو قتادة رأيت رجلين يقتتلان مسلم ومشرك وإذا رجل من المشركين يريد أن يعين صاحبه المشرك على المسلم فأتيته فضربت يده فقطعتها واعتنقني بيده الأخرى فوالله ما أرسلني حتى وجدت ريح الموت فلولا أن الدم نزفه لقتلني فسقط فضربته فقتلته وأجهضني عنه القتال ومر به رجل من أهل مكة فسلبه فلما فرغنا ووضعت الحرب أوزارها قال رسول الله ﷺ من قتل قتيلا فسلبه له قال قلت يا رسول الله قد قتلت قتيلا وأسلب فأجهضني عنه القتال فلا أدري من استلبه فقال رجل من أهل مكة صدق يا رسول الله أنا سلبته فارضه عني من سلبه قال فقال أبو بكر تعمد إلى أسد من أسد الله يقاتل عن الله عز وجل تقاسمه سلبه اردد عليه سلب قتيله قال رسول الله ﷺ صدق فاردد عليه سلب قتيله قال أبو قتادة فأخذته منه فبعته فاشتريت بثمنه مخرفا بالمدينة وإنه لأول مال اعتقدته