Warning against unjustly taking land
[AI] I was with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ when two men came to him disputing over a piece of land. One of them said: This man seized my land, O Messenger of Allah, in the pre-Islamic period. He was Imru al-Qays ibn Abis al-Kindi, and his opponent was Rabiah ibn Abdan. He said to him, "Your evidence?" He said: I have no evidence. He said, "Then his oath." He said: Then he will take it. He said, "You have nothing but that." He said: Then when he stood up to swear, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever takes land unjustly will meet Allah ﷻ on the Day of Resurrection while He is angry with him."
كُنْتُ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، فَأَتَاهُ رَجُلَانِ يَخْتَصِمَانِ فِي أَرْضٍ، فَقَالَ أَحَدُهُمَا: إِنَّ هَذَا انْتَزَى عَلَى أَرْضِي يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ، وَهُوَ امْرُؤُ الْقَيْسِ بْنُ عَابِسٍ الْكِنْدِيُّ، وَخَصْمُهُ رَبِيعَةُ بْنُ عَبْدَانَ. فَقَالَ لَهُ «بَيِّنَتُكَ». قَالَ: لَيْسَ لِي بَيِّنَةٌ. قَالَ: «يَمِينُهُ». قَالَ: إِذًا يَذْهَبُ بِهَا. قَالَ: «لَيْسَ لَكَ إِلَّا ذَلِكَ». قَالَ: فَلَمَّا قَامَ لِيَحْلِفَ، قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: «مَنْ اقْتَطَعَ أَرْضًا ظَالِمًا لَقِيَ اللهَ ﷻ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ وَهُوَ عَلَيْهِ غَضْبَانُ».
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