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ibnmajah:2454ʿAmr b. ʿUthmān b. Saʿīd b. Kathīr b. Dīnār al-Ḥimṣī > Ḍamrah b. Rabīʿah > Ibn Shawdhab > Maṭar > ʿAṭāʾ > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ addressed us and said: 'Whoever has land, let him cultivate it or allow someone else to cultivate it, and not rent it out.' ”  

ابن ماجة:٢٤٥٤حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ سَعِيدِ بْنِ كَثِيرِ بْنِ دِينَارٍ الْحِمْصِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا ضَمْرَةُ بْنُ رَبِيعَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ شَوْذَبٍ عَنْ مَطَرٍ عَنْ عَطَاءٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ

خَطَبَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ مَنْ كَانَتْ لَهُ أَرْضٌ فَلْيَزْرَعْهَا أَوْ لِيُزْرِعْهَا وَلاَ يُؤَاجِرْهَا  


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muslim:1536lʿAbd b. Ḥumayd > Muḥammad b. al-Faḍl Laqabuh ʿĀrim / Abū al-Nuʿmān al-Sadūsī > Mahdī b. Maymūn > Maṭar al-Warrāq > ʿAṭāʾ > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

He who has land should cultivate it himself, but if he does not cultivate it himself, then he should let his brother cultivate it.  

مسلم:١٥٣٦lوَحَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ لَقَبُهُ عَارِمٌ وَهُوَ أَبُو النُّعْمَانِ السَّدُوسِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا مَهْدِيُّ بْنُ مَيْمُونٍ حَدَّثَنَا مَطَرٌ الْوَرَّاقُ عَنْ عَطَاءٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَنْ كَانَتْ لَهُ أَرْضٌ فَلْيَزْرَعْهَا فَإِنْ لَمْ يَزْرَعْهَا فَلْيُزْرِعْهَا أَخَاهُ  

muslim:1536pShaybān b. Farrūkh > Hammām

Did Jabir b. 'Abdullah (Allah be pleased with them) reported Allah's Apostle ﷺ as saying:" He who has land should cultivate it himself, or let his brother cultivate it, and should not give on rent"? He said: Yes.  

مسلم:١٥٣٦pوَحَدَّثَنَا شَيْبَانُ بْنُ فَرُّوخَ حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ قَالَ سَأَلَ سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ مُوسَى عَطَاءً فَقَالَ أَحَدَّثَكَ جَابِرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ مَنْ كَانَتْ لَهُ أَرْضٌ فَلْيَزْرَعْهَا أَوْ لِيُزْرِعْهَا أَخَاهُ وَلاَ يُكْرِهَا قَالَ نَعَمْ  

nasai:3877ʿĪsá b. Muḥammad / Abū ʿUmayr b. al-Naḥḥās Waʿīsá b. Yūnus > al-Fākhūrī > Ḍamrah > Ibn Shawdhab > Maṭar > ʿAṭāʾ > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

"The Messenger of Allah addressed us and said: 'Whoever has land, let him cultivate it or give it to someone else to cultivate, and let him not rent it out.'"  

النسائي:٣٨٧٧أَخْبَرَنَا عِيسَى بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ وَهُوَ أَبُو عُمَيْرِ بْنُ النَّحَّاسِ وَعِيسَى بْنُ يُونُسَ هُوَ الْفَاخُورِيُّ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا ضَمْرَةُ عَنِ ابْنِ شَوْذَبٍ عَنْ مَطَرٍ عَنْ عَطَاءٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ

خَطَبَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ مَنْ كَانَتْ لَهُ أَرْضٌ فَلْيَزْرَعْهَا أَوْ لِيُزْرِعْهَا وَلاَ يُؤَاجِرْهَا  

ibnmajah:2451ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Ibrāhīm al-Dimashqī > al-Walīd b. Muslim > al-Awzāʿī > ʿAṭāʾ > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

“I heard Jabir bin 'Abdullah say: Some men among us had extra land which they would rent out for one third or one quarter (of the crop). The Prophet ﷺ said: “Whoever has extra land, let him cultivate it (himself) or let him give it to his brother (for free, to cultivate it), and if he does not want to do that, let him keep his land.”  

ابن ماجة:٢٤٥١حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الدِّمَشْقِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ حَدَّثَنَا الأَوْزَاعِيُّ حَدَّثَنِي عَطَاءٌ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ جَابِرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ يَقُولُ كَانَتْ لِرِجَالٍ مِنَّا فُضُولُ أَرَضِينَ يُؤَاجِرُونَهَا عَلَى الثُّلُثِ وَالرُّبُعِ فَقَالَ

النَّبِيُّ ﷺ مَنْ كَانَتْ لَهُ فُضُولُ أَرَضِينَ فَلْيَزْرَعْهَا أَوْ لِيُزْرِعْهَا أَخَاهُ فَإِنْ أَبَى فَلْيُمْسِكْ أَرْضَهُ  

ahmad:14918Shāhid Ḥaddathak Jābir

Did Jabir b. 'Abdullah (Allah be pleased with them) reported Allah's Apostle ﷺ as saying:" He who has land should cultivate it himself, or let his brother cultivate it, and should not give on rent"? He said: Yes. (Using translation from Muslim 1536p)  

أحمد:١٤٩١٨وقَالَ لَهُ سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ مُوسَى وَأَنَا شَاهِدٌ حَدَّثَكَ جَابِرٌ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ مَنْ كَانَتْ لَهُ أَرْضٌ فَلْيَزْرَعْهَا أَوْ لِيُزْرِعْهَا أَخَاهُ وَلَا يُكْرِيهَا ؟ قَالَ عَطَاءٌ نَعَمْ  

ahmad:14967Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Saʿīd > Maṭar > ʿAṭāʾ > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said: "Whoever has land, let him plant it. And if he is unable to, let his brother plant it. And if neither of them can, then let it be left alone and not be left barren."  

أحمد:١٤٩٦٧حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدٌ حَدَّثَنَا مَطَرٌ عَنْ عَطَاءٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ مَنْ كَانَتْ لَهُ أَرْضٌ فَلْيَزْرَعْهَا فَإِنْ عَجَزَ عَنْهَا فَلْيُزْرِعْهَا أَخَاهُ وَإِلَّا فَلْيَدَعْهَا وَلَا يُكَارِيهَا  

ahmad:15006ʿAbdullāh b. al-Walīd > Sufyān > al-Aʿmash > Abū Sufyān > Jābir

“Whoever has land, let him cultivate it (himself) or let him give it to his brother (for free, to cultivate it), and if he does not want to do that, let him keep his land.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 2452)   

أحمد:١٥٠٠٦حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَنْ كَانَتْ لَهُ أَرْضٌ فَلْيَزْرَعْهَا أَوْ لِيَمْنَحْهَا أَخَاهُ  

ibnhibban:5189ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad b. Salm > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Ibrāhīm > al-Walīd > al-Awzāʿī > ʿAṭāʾ > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

“I heard Jabir bin 'Abdullah say: Some men among us had extra land which they would rent out for one third or one quarter (of the crop). The Prophet ﷺ said: “Whoever has extra land, let him cultivate it (himself) or let him give it to his brother (for free, to cultivate it), and if he does not want to do that, let him keep his land.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 2451)  

ابن حبّان:٥١٨٩أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَلْمٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَوْزَاعِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عَطَاءٌ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ جَابِرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ يَقُولُ كَانَتْ لِرِجَالٍ مِنَّا فُضُولُ أَرَضِينَ يُؤَاجِرُونَهَا عَلَى الثُّلُثِ وَالرُّبُعِ وَالنِّصْفِ فَقَالَ

رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «مَنْ كَانَتْ لَهُ فُضُولُ أَرَضِينَ فَلْيَزْرَعْهَا أَوْ لِيُزْرِعْهَا أَخَاهُ فَإِنْ أَبَى فَلْيُمْسِكْ أَرْضَهُ»  

ذِكْرُ خَبَرٍ قَدْ يُوهِمُ غَيْرَ الْمُتَبَحِّرِ فِي صِنَاعَةِ الْعِلْمِ أَنَّ إِجَارَةَ الْأَرْضِ بِالدَّرَاهِمِ غَيْرُ جَائِزَةٍ

ibnhibban:5148al-Ḥasan b. Sufyān > Ḥibbān > ʿAbdullāh > ʿAbd al-Malik b. Abū Sulaymān > ʿAṭāʾ > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever has land, let him cultivate it. And if he is unable to cultivate it, let him gift it to his brother and not rent it to him."  

ابن حبّان:٥١٤٨أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حِبَّانُ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ بْنُ أَبِي سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ عَطَاءٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «مَنْ كَانَتْ لَهُ أَرْضٌ فَلْيَزْرَعْهَا فَإِنْ لَمْ يَسْتَطِعْ أَنْ يَزْرَعَهَا فَلْيَمْنَحْهَا أَخَاهُ وَلَا يُؤَاجِرْهَا إِيَّاهُ»  

nasai-kubra:4589Hishām b. ʿAmmār > Yaḥyá / Ibn Ḥamzah > al-Awzāʿī > ʿAṭāʾ > Jābir

[Machine] "The Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , said: 'Whoever has land, let him cultivate it or allow it to be cultivated or keep it'." and Matr ibn Tahman agreed.  

الكبرى للنسائي:٤٥٨٩أَخْبَرَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ عَنْ يَحْيَى وَهُوَ ابْنُ حَمْزَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي الْأَوْزَاعِي عَنْ عَطَاءٍ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ كَانَ لِأُنَاسٍ فَضْلُ أَرَضِينَ يُكْرُونَهُ بِالنِّصْفِ وَالثُّلُثِ وَالرُّبُعِ فَقَالَ

رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «مَنْ كَانَتْ لَهُ أَرْضٌ فَلْيَزْرَعْهَا أَوْ يُزْرِعْهَا أَوْ يُمْسِكْهَا» وَافَقَهُ مَطَرُ بْنُ طَهْمَانَ  

nasai-kubra:4590ʿĪsá b. Muḥammad And ʿĪsá b. Yūnus > Ḍamrah > Ibn Shawdhab > Maṭar b. Ṭahmān > ʿAṭāʾ > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ addressed us and said: 'Whoever has land, let him cultivate it or allow someone else to cultivate it, and not rent it out.' ” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 2454)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٤٥٩٠أَخْبَرَنَا عِيسَى بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ وَعِيسَى بْنِ يُونُسَ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا ضَمْرَةُ عَنِ ابْنِ شَوْذَبٍ عَنْ مَطَرِ بْنِ طَهْمَانَ عَنْ عَطَاءٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ

خَطَبَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ «مَنْ كَانَتْ لَهُ أَرْضٌ فَلْيَزْرَعْهَا أَوْ لِيُزْرِعْهَا وَلَا يُؤَاجِّرْهَا»