30. Giving Life to the Dead Land
٣٠۔ كِتَابُ إِحْيَاءِ الْمَوَاتِ
[Machine] The Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , took charity from the tribal mines, and he used to give Bilal ibn al-Harith the aqeeq stone to cut for him. When Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) became the caliph, he said to Bilal, "The Messenger of Allah did not cut you off to exclude you from people, he only cut for you to work." Bilal said, "So Umar ibn al-Khattab cut aqeeq stones for the people."
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أَخَذَ مِنَ الْمَعَادِنِ الْقَبَلِيَّةِ الصَّدَقَةَ وَإِنَّهُ أَقْطَعَ بِلَالَ بْنَ الْحَارِثِ الْعَقِيقَ أَجْمَعَ فَلَمَّا كَانَ عُمَرُ ؓ قَالَ لِبِلَالٍ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ لَمْ يُقْطِعْكَ لِتُحْجِرَهُ عَنِ النَّاسِ لَمْ يُقْطِعْكَ إِلَّا لِتَعْمَلَ قَالَ فَأَقْطَعَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ لِلنَّاسِ الْعَقِيقَ
[Machine] Bilal ibn al-Harith al-Muzani came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, so he gave him a piece of land. When Umar became the caliph, he said to him, "O Bilal, you took a long and wide piece of land that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ had given you, but the Messenger of Allah ﷺ did not withhold anything that was asked of him. However, you are unable to manage what is in your possession." Bilal replied, "Yes." Umar said, "Then see what you can handle from it, keep it, and whatever you cannot manage, return it to us so that we can distribute it among the Muslims." Bilal refused, saying, "By Allah, I will not do that. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ cut it for me." Umar said, "By Allah, you will do it." So, he took from Bilal what he was unable to manage and divided it among the Muslims.
جَاءَ بِلَالُ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ الْمُزَنِيُّ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَاسْتَقْطَعَهُ أَرْضًا فَقَطَعَهَا لَهُ طَوِيلَةً عَرِيضَةً فَلَمَّا وَلِيَ عُمَرُ قَالَ لَهُ يَا بِلَالُ إِنَّكَ اسْتَقْطَعْتَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أَرْضًا طَوِيلَةً عَرِيضَةً قَطَعَهَا لَكَ وَإِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ لَمْ يَكُنْ لِيَمْنَعَ شَيْئًا يُسْأَلُهُ وَإِنَّكَ لَا تُطِيقُ مَا فِي يَدَيْكَ فَقَالَ أَجَلْ قَالَ فَانْظُرْ مَا قَوِيتَ عَلَيْهِ مِنْهَا فَأَمْسِكْهُ وَمَا لَمْ تُطِقْ فَادْفَعْهُ إِلَيْنَا نَقْسِمْهُ بَيْنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ فَقَالَ لَا أَفْعَلُ وَاللهِ شَيْءٌ أَقْطَعَنِيهِ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ عُمَرُ وَاللهِ لَتَفْعَلَنَّ فَأَخَذَ مِنْهُ مَا عَجَزَ عَنْ عِمَارَتِهِ فَقَسَمَهُ بَيْنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ
[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ slaughtered one sheep. When Omar grew older, he gave him a part of it and distributed the rest to the people.
قَطَعَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ الْعَقِيقَ رَجُلًا وَاحِدًا فَلَمَّا كَانَ عُمَرُ ؓ كَثُرَ عَلَيْهِ فَأَعْطَاهُ بَعْضَهُ وَقَطَعَ سَائِرَهُ النَّاسَ