30. Giving Life to the Dead Land
٣٠۔ كِتَابُ إِحْيَاءِ الْمَوَاتِ
[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said, "Whoever develops a land that belongs to no one, he is more entitled to it." Urwah said, "Umar ibn al-Khattab implemented this during his caliphate."
النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ مَنْ عَمَّرَ أَرْضًا لَيْسَتْ لِأَحَدٍ فَهُوَ أَحَقُّ بِهَا قَالَ عُرْوَةُ قَضَى بِذَلِكَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ فِي خِلَافَتِهِ
[Machine] The messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever revives a dead land, it is more rightful for him, and there is no right for an oppressor."
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَنْ أَحْيَا مَوَاتًا مِنَ الْأَرْضِ فَهُوَ أَحَقُّ بِهِ وَلَيْسَ لِعِرْقٍ ظَالِمٍ حَقٌّ
[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Whoever brings life to a dead land, for him is the reward of what the living beings have eaten, and it is a form of charity for him." And Abu Abdullah Al-Hafiz and Abu Saeed bin Abi Amr reported to us, they said: Abu Abbas narrated to us, he said: Ahmed bin Abdul Jabbar narrated to us, he said: Abu Muawiya informed us from Hisham, from Ubaidullah bin Abdul Rahman bin Rafi, from Jabir bin Abdullah, he said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "He mentioned it to me except that it is a form of charity for him." And Hammad bin Zaid narrated it from Hisham, from Wahb bin Kaysan, from Jabir, and Abu Hassan Al-Muqri informed us, and Al-Hasan bin Muhammad bin Ishaq narrated to us, Yusuf bin Ya'qub narrated to us, Muhammad bin Ubaid narrated to us, Hammad bin Zaid narrated to us, Hisham bin Urwah mentioned it, except that he said: "And it is for him." And Abu Hassan Al-Muqri informed us, Al-Hasan bin Muhammad bin Ishaq narrated to us, Yusuf bin Ya'qub narrated to us, Abdul Wahid bin Ghayath narrated to us, Hammad bin Salama narrated to us, from Abu Al-Zubair, from Jabir, that the Prophet ﷺ mentioned it in a similar Hadith to the Hadith of Abu Muawiya from Hisham, with the addition of birds and wild animals.
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ مَنْ أَحْيَا أَرْضًا مَيْتَةً فَلَهُ فِيهَا أَجْرُ مَا أَكَلَتِ الْعَافِيَةُ فَهُوَ لَهُ صَدَقَةٌ 11815 وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ وَأَبُو سَعِيدِ بْنُ أَبِي عَمْرٍو قَالَا ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ ثنا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ عَنْ هِشَامٍ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ رَافِعٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَذَكَرَهُ زَادَ مِنْهَا فَهُوَ لَهُ صَدَقَةٌ 11816 وَرَوَاهُ حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنْ هِشَامٍ عَنْ وَهْبِ بْنِ كَيْسَانَ عَنْ جَابِرٍ أَخْبَرَنَاهُ أَبُو الْحَسَنِ الْمُقْرِئُ أنبأ الْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ ثنا يُوسُفُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ ثنا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ ثنا هِشَامُ بْنُ عُرْوَةَ فَذَكَرَهُ إِلَّا أَنَّهُ قَالَ فَهِيَ لَهُ 11817 وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ الْمُقْرِئُ أنبأ الْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ ثنا يُوسُفُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ بْنُ غِيَاثٍ ثنا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ فَذَكَرَهُ بِمِثْلِ حَدِيثِ أَبِي مُعَاوِيَةَ عَنْ هِشَامٍ زَادَ يَعْنِي الطَّيْرَ وَالسِّبَاعَ
The Prophet ﷺ said: If anyone surrounds a land with a wall, it belongs to him. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3077)
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَنْ أَحَاطَ حَائِطًا عَلَى أَرْضٍ فَهِيَ لَهُ
[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whatever I have informed you about, it is for you, and whatever I have not informed you about, it is for Allah and His Messenger."
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَا أَحَطْتُمْ عَلَيْهِ فَهُوَ لَكُمْ وَمَا لَمْ يُحِطْ عَلَيْهِ فَهُوَ لِلَّهِ وَلِرَسُولِهِ
[Machine] People used to abandon land during the time of Umar. So he said, "Whoever brings life to a land, it belongs to him, with all its produce." Yahya said, "It is as if he did not allow for it to belong to him until he brings it to life."
كَانَ النَّاسُ يَحْجُرَونَ عَلَى عَهْدِ عُمَرَ ؓ فَقَالَ مَنْ أَحْيَا أَرْضًا فَهِيَ لَهُ زَادَ مَالِكٌ مَوَاتًا قَالَ يَحْيَى كَأَنَّهُ لَمْ يَجْعَلْهَا لَهُ بِالتَّحَجُّرِ حَتَّى يُحْيِيَهَا
[Machine] That Umar made the stoning punishment three years, so if he leaves it until three years pass and someone else revives it, he is more deserving of it.
أَنَّ عُمَرَ جَعَلَ التَّحَجُّرَ ثَلَاثَ سِنِينَ فَإِنْ تَرَكَهَا حَتَّى يَمْضِيَ ثَلَاثُ سِنِينَ فَأَحْيَاهَا غَيْرُهُ فَهُوَ أَحَقُّ بِهَا
[Machine] Everyone has only what their walls surround them with. Indeed, reviving the dead can only be done through planting or digging, or by being surrounded by walls. The Sheikh said, "His statement that reviving the dead until its end is, I think, from the statement of Al-Shafi'i, for he said"
لَيْسَ لِأَحَدٍ إِلَّا مَا أَحَاطَتْ عَلَيْهِ جُدْرَانُهُ إِنَّ إِحْيَاءَ الْمَوَاتِ مَا يَكُونُ زَرْعًا أَوْ حَفِيرًا أَوْ يُحَاطُ بِالْجُدْرَانِ قَالَ الشَّيْخُ قَوْلُهُ إِنَّ إِحْيَاءَ الْمَوَاتِ إِلَى آخِرِهِ أَظُنُّهُ مِنْ قَوْلِ الشَّافِعِيِّ؛ فَقَدْ
[Machine] To reward them for what they have revived with a structure or cultivation.
أَنْ أَجِزْ لَهُمْ مَا أَحْيَوْا بِبُنْيَانٍ أَوْ حَرْثٍ