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bukhari:2335 – Yaḥyá b. Bukayr > al-Layth > ʿUbaydullāh b. Abū Jaʿfar > Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > ʿUrwah > ʿĀʾishah

The Prophet ﷺ said, "He who cultivates land that does not belong to anybody is more rightful (to own it)." ʿUrwa said, "ʿUmar gave the same verdict in his Caliphate."  

البخاري:٢٣٣٥ – حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ بُكَيْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ؓ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ مَنْ أَعْمَرَ أَرْضًا لَيْسَتْ لأَحَدٍ فَهْوَ أَحَقُّ قَالَ عُرْوَةُ قَضَى بِهِ عُمَرُ ؓ فِي خِلاَفَتِهِ  

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ahmad:24883 – Mūsá b. Dāwud > Ibn Lahīʿah > Abū al-Aswad > ʿUrwahaʿan ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever develops or cultivates a land that does not belong to anyone, he has the most right to it."  

أحمد:٢٤٨٨٣ – حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ دَاوُدَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ عَنْ أَبِي الْأَسْوَدِ عَنْ عُرْوَةَعَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَنْ عَمَرَ أَرْضًا لَيْسَتْ لِأَحَدٍ فَهُوَ أَحَقُّ بِهَا  

bayhaqi:11812 – Abū ʿAmr al-Adīb > Abū Bakr al-Ismāʿīlī > Aḥmad b. Muḥammad b. Muʿāwiyah al-Rāzī > Abū Zurʿah al-Rāzī > Yaḥyá b. Bukayr > al-Layth > ʿUbaydullāh b. Abū Jaʿfar > Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > ʿUrwah > ʿĀʾishah

[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."  

البيهقي:١١٨١٢ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَمْرٍو الْأَدِيبُ أنبأ أَبُو بَكْرٍ الْإِسْمَاعِيلِيُّ أَخْبَرَنِي أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُعَاوِيَةَ الرَّازِيُّ ثنا أَبُو زُرْعَةَ الرَّازِيُّ ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ بُكَيْرٍ ثنا اللَّيْثُ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ؓ عَنِ

النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ مَنْ عَمَّرَ أَرْضًا لَيْسَتْ لِأَحَدٍ فَهُوَ أَحَقُّ بِهَا قَالَ عُرْوَةُ قَضَى بِذَلِكَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ فِي خِلَافَتِهِ  

رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ بُكَيْرٍ
bayhaqi:11771 – Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū al-Faḍl Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm al-Hāshimī > Abū ʿAbdullāh Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm b. Saʿīd > Muḥammad b. Khallād > al-Layth b. Saʿd Abū al-Ḥārith > ʿUbaydullāh b. Abū Jaʿfar > Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > ʿUrwah > ʿĀʾishah > Rasūl

[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."  

البيهقي:١١٧٧١ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ ثنا أَبُو الْفَضْلِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْهَاشِمِيُّ ثنا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ خَلَّادٍ ثنا اللَّيْثُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ أَبُو الْحَارِثِ حَدَّثَنِي عُبَيْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ؓ عَنْ

رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَنَّهُ قَالَ مَنْ عَمَّرَ أَرْضًا لَيْسَتْ لِأَحَدٍ فَهُوَ أَحَقُّ بِهَا قَالَ عُرْوَةُ قَضَى بِذَلِكَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ فِي خِلَافَتِهِ  

رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ بُكَيْرٍ عَنِ اللَّيْثِ