30. Giving Life to the Dead Land
٣٠۔ كِتَابُ إِحْيَاءِ الْمَوَاتِ
[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever occupies a land that does not belong to anyone, then he has more right to it." Urwah said, "Umar ibn al-Khattab ruled according to this during his caliphate."
رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَنَّهُ قَالَ مَنْ عَمَّرَ أَرْضًا لَيْسَتْ لِأَحَدٍ فَهُوَ أَحَقُّ بِهَا قَالَ عُرْوَةُ قَضَى بِذَلِكَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ فِي خِلَافَتِهِ
The Prophet ﷺ said: If anyone brings barren land into cultivation, it belongs to him, and the unjust vein has no right. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3073)
عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ مَنْ أَحْيَا أَرْضًا مَيْتَةً فَهِيَ لَهُ وَلَيْسَ لِعِرْقٍ ظَالِمٍ حَقٌّ
I testify that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ decided that the land is the land of Allah, and the servants are the servants of Allah. If anyone brings barren land into cultivation, he has more right to it. This tradition has been transmitted to us from the Prophet ﷺ by those who transmitted the traditions about prayer from him. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3076)
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَضَى أَنَّ الْأَرْضَ أَرْضُ اللهِ وَالْعِبَادَ عِبَادُ اللهِ وَمَنْ أَحْيَا مَوَاتًا فَهُوَ أَحَقُّ بِهِ جَاءَنَا بِهَذَا عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ الَّذِينَ جَاءُونَا بِالصَّلَوَاتِ عَنْهُ
[Machine] About his father, he narrates from the Prophet ﷺ that he said, "Whoever brings a dead land to life, it belongs to him and not to any unjust person."
عَنْ أَبِيهِ يَرْفَعُهُ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّهُ قَالَ مَنْ أَحْيَا مَوَاتًا مِنَ الْأَرْضِ فَهِيَ لَهُ وَلَيْسَ لِعِرْقٍ ظَالِمٍ حَقٌّ
[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever revives a dead land, he is the rightful owner of it and no unjust person has the right to it." Hisham also said, "The unjust person is the one who comes to the wealth of others and digs into it."
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَنْ أَحْيَا أَرْضًا مَيْتَةً فَهُوَ أَحَقُّ بِهَا وَلَيْسَ لِعِرْقٍ ظَالِمٍ حَقٌّ قَالَ وَقَالَ هِشَامٌ الْعِرْقُ الظَّالِمُ أَنْ يَأْتِيَ مَالَ غَيْرِهِ فَيَحْفِرَ فِيهِ
[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever revives a dead land that no one has owned before, it belongs to him and not to any unjust person. It is his right." He said, "The narrator of this Hadith told me that he saw two men from Bayadhah disputing in front of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about a piece of land. One of them had planted a palm tree in it. So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ruled in favor of the owner of the land and ordered the owner of the palm tree to remove it. He said, "I saw him striking the roots of the palm tree with an axe, and indeed, it was a healthy palm tree." Yahya bin Adam said, "Al-'Um is referred to by some as neither short nor long." Some said, "Al-'Um is the old one," and others said, "The tall one." The Sheikh said, "It has been narrated from Muhammad bin Ishaq bin Yasar that he said, 'Al-'Um is the youth.'"
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَنْ أَحْيَا أَرْضًا مَيْتَةً لَمْ تَكُنْ لِأَحَدٍ قَبْلَهُ فِهيَ لَهُ وَلَيْسَ لِعِرْقٍ ظَالِمٍ حَقٌّ قَالَ فَلَقَدْ حَدَّثَنِي صَاحِبُ هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ أَنَّهُ أَبْصَرَ رَجُلَيْنِ مِنْ بَيَاضَةَ يَخْتَصِمَانِ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فِي أَجَمَةٍ لِأَحَدِهِمَا غَرَسَ فِيهَا الْآخَرُ نَخْلًا فَقَضَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لِصَاحِبِ الْأَرْضِ بِأَرْضِهِ وَأَمَرَ صَاحِبَ النَّخْلِ أَنْ يُخْرِجَ نَخْلَهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ فَلَقَدْ رَأَيْتُهُ يَضْرِبُ فِي أُصُولِ النَّخْلِ بِالْفُئُوسِ وَإِنَّهُ لَنَخْلٌ عُمٌّ قَالَ يَحْيَى بْنُ آدَمَ وَالْعُمُّ قَالَ بَعْضُهُمُ الَّذِي لَيْسَ بِالْقَصِيرِ وَلَا بِالطَّوِيلِ وَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمُ الْعُمُّ الْقَدِيمُ وَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمُ الطَّوِيلُ قَالَ الشَّيْخُ وَقَدْ رُوِيَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ يَسَارِ أَنَّهُ قَالَ الْعُمُّ الشَّبَابُ
[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Whoever revives a dead land without right over a Muslim, it belongs to him and not to an unjust oppressor."
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ مَنْ أَحْيَا مَوَاتًا مِنَ الْأَرْضِ فِي غَيْرِ حَقِّ مُسْلِمٍ فَهُوَ لَهُ وَلَيْسَ لِعِرْقٍ ظَالِمٍ حَقٌّ
[Machine] The Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , said: "Whoever has control over something, he has more right to it, and there is no right for an oppressor over it."
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَنْ أَحَاطَ عَلَى شَيْءٍ فَهُوَ أَحَقُّ بِهِ وَلَيْسَ لِعِرْقٍ ظَالِمٍ حَقٌّ
I came to the Prophet ﷺ, and took the oath of allegiance to him. He said: If anyone reaches a water which has not been approached before by any Muslim, it belongs to him. The people, therefore, went out running and marking (on the land). (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3071)
أَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَبَايَعْتُهُ فَقَالَ مَنْ سَبَقَ إِلَى مَا لَمْ يَسْبِقْهُ إِلَيْهِ مُسْلِمٌ فَهُوَ لَهُ قَالَ فَخَرَجَ النَّاسُ يَتَعَادَوْنَ يَتَخَاطَوْنَ