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==Battle of Khaybar==

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After the [[Battle of Khandaq]] where Muslims defeated their opponents. The Jewish people of Fadak sent their representative to Prophet Muhammad (s) to negotiate and make [[peace]] with Muslims. According to their peace treaty, Jews were supposed to give half of their gardens and fields of Fadak to [[Prophet (s)]].<ref>Maqrizī, ''Imtāʿ al-asmāʿ'', vol. 1, p. 325.</ref> As dictated in the [[Quran]], the properties achieved for Muslims, in which they did not fight for, are owned only by Prophet (s). Such properties are called [[fay']] which belong to Prophet Muhammad (s) and he can transfer the ownership or control of such properties to whomever he decides.<ref>Fakhr al-Rāzī, ''Mafātīḥ al-ghayb'', vol. 29, p. 506; Ṭabāṭabāyī, ''al-Mīzān'', vol. 19, p. 203.</ref> The Holy Prophet (s) would give away the income achieved from Fadak to [[Banu Hashim]], the poor, and travellers in need of support. Subsequently, he (s) gave Fadak to Lady Fatima (a).  Following the [[revelation]] of verse 26 of [[Quran 17]]{{enote|{{ia|وَآتِ ذَا القُربىٰ حَقَّهُ وَالمِسكينَ وَابنَ السَّبيلِ وَلا تُبَذِّر تَبذيرًا}}: Give the relatives their [due] right, and the needy and the traveller [as well], but do not squander wastefully. (Qur'an 17:26)}}, Prophet Muhammad (s) gave Fadak to Lady Fatima (a).<ref>ʿAyyāshī, ''Tafsīr al-ʿAyyāshī'', vol. 2, p. 287; Ḥusaynī Jalālī, ''Fadak wa l-ʿawālī'', p. 141; Qummī, ''Tafsīr al-Qummī'', vol. 2, p. 18, Ibn Abī l-Ḥadīd, ''Sharḥ Nahj al-balāgha'', vol. 16, p. 216; Suyūtī, ''al-Durr al-manthūr'', vol. 2, p. 158; vol. 5, p. 273; Qundūzī, ''Yanābīʿ al-mawadda'', p. 138, 359.</ref>