When does ownership of the four-fifths share of spoils of war (ghanimah) become established for the combatants?

Chapter on Zakat on Debt and Charity

Al-Mughni

Book of Zakat

Book 8 · Issue 1 · Bab 7

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The ownership of four-fifths of the spoils of war is established for the combatants upon the cessation of hostilities.