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ahmad:3263Sufyān > ʿAmr > Ṭāwus > Aʿlamuhum > And Lakin Yamnaḥ Akhāh Khayr Lah Min

[Machine] But he would rather give his brother a favor than to give him a known amount for it.  

أحمد:٣٢٦٣حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ عَمْرٍو عَنْ طَاوُسٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي أَعْلَمُهُمْ قَالَ

وَلَكِنْ يَمْنَحُ أَخَاهُ خَيْرٌ لَهُ مِنْ أَنْ يُعْطِيَهُ عَلَيْهَا خَرْجًا مَعْلُومًا  


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Collected by Ibn Mājah, Aḥmad, Ṭabarānī, Suyūṭī
ibnmajah:2464Abū Bakr b. Khalāad al-Bāhilī And Muḥammad b. Ismāʿīl > Wakīʿ > Sufyān > ʿAmr b. Dīnār > Ṭāwus > Ibn ʿAbbās Innamā

“For one of you to give (land) to his brother is better for him than if he were to take a set amount in rent for it.”  

ابن ماجة:٢٤٦٤حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ خَلاَّدٍ الْبَاهِلِيُّ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ دِينَارٍ عَنْ طَاوُسٍ قَالَ قَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ إِنَّمَا

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لأَنْ يَمْنَحَ أَحَدُكُمْ أَخَاهُ الأَرْضَ خَيْرٌ لَهُ مِنْ أَنْ يَأْخُذَ لَهَا خَرَاجًا مَعْلُومًا  

ahmad:2541ʿAffān > Ḥammād b. Zayd > ʿAmr b. Dīnār > Ṭāwus > Man > Aʿlam Bih Minhum / ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAbbās

“For one of you to give (land) to his brother is better for him than if he were to take a set amount in rent for it.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 2464)   

أحمد:٢٥٤١حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ دِينَارٍ أَنَّ طَاوُسًا قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي مَنْ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِهِ مِنْهُمْ يَعْنِي عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ لَأَنْ يَمْنَحَ الرَّجُلُ أَخَاهُ أَرْضَهُ خَيْرٌ لَهُ مِنْ أَنْ يَأْخُذَ عَلَيْهَا خَرْجًا مَعْلُومًا  

tabarani:10882ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > ʿĀrim Abū al-Nuʿmān > Ḥammād b. Zayd > ʿAmr b. Dīnār > Ṭāwus > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] The Prophet of Allah, ﷺ , said, "It is better for a person to give his brother his land as a gift than to charge him a known rental fee for it."  

الطبراني:١٠٨٨٢حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ ثنا عَارِمٌ أَبُو النُّعْمَانِ ثنا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ دِينَارٍ عَنْ طَاوُسٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «لِأَنْ يَمْنَحَ الرَّجُلُ أَخَاهُ أَرْضَهُ خَيْرٌ لَهُ مِنْ أَنْ يَأْخُذَ عَلَيْهَا خَرْجًا مَعْلُومًا»  

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"لأنْ يَمْنَح الرَّجُلُ أخَاهُ أَرْضَهُ خَيرٌ لَهُ مِنْ أنْ يأَخُذَ عَلَيَهَا خَرَاجًا مَعْلُومًا".

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