23. Giving Life to the Dead Land
٢٣۔ كِتَابُ إِحْيَاءِ الْمَوَاتِ
[Machine] The following passage is a hadith (saying) of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ: "Whoever revives a dead land that does not belong to anyone, then he has more right to it." Haywah ibn Shurayh disagreed with him.
عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «مَنْ أَحْيَا أَرْضًا مَيِّتَةً لَيْسَتْ لِأَحَدٍ فَهُوَ أَحَقُّ بِهَا» خَالَفَهُ حَيْوَةُ بْنُ شُرَيْحٍ
[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever revives dead land that does not belong to anyone, then it is his and no unjust person has any right to it." Muhammad said, Urwah reported that the unjust person is he who cultivates the ruined land which does not belong to him, while the people have been unable to do so, and thus they leave it until it becomes ruined.
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «مَنْ أَحْيَا أَرْضًا مَوَاتًا لَيْسَتْ لِأَحَدٍ فَهِيَ لَهُ وَلَا حَقَّ لِعِرْقٍ ظَالِمٍ» قَالَ مُحَمَّدٌ قَالَ عُرْوَةُ الْعِرْقُ الظَّالِمُ الرَّجُلُ يُعَمِّرُ الْأَرْضَ الْخَرِبَةَ وَهِيَ لِلنَّاسِ قَدْ عَجَزُوا عَنْهَا فَتَرَكُوهَا حَتَّى خَرِبَتْ
[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever revives a dead land, it belongs to him and not to any oppressive group." Yahya ibn Said and Laith ibn Saad opposed him.
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «مَنْ أَحْيَا أَرْضًا مَيِّتَةً فَهِيَ لَهُ وَلَيْسَ لِعِرْقٍ ظَالِمٍ حَقٌّ» خَالَفَهُ يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ وَلَيْثُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ
[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever brings life back to dead land, it belongs to him and not to any unjust claimant." Al-Layth said, "Then I wrote to Hisham ibn Urwah, and he wrote back to me with a similar narration from Yahya ibn Sa'id."
إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «مَنْ أَحْيَا أَرْضًا مَيِّتَةً فَهِيَ لَهُ وَلَيْسَ لِعِرْقٍ ظَالِمٍ حَقٌّ» قَالَ اللَّيْثُ ثُمَّ كَتَبْتُ إِلَى هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ فَكَتَبَ إِلَيَّ بِمِثْلِ حَدِيثِ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ
[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever knows the land upon which he treads, it belongs to him."
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «مَنْ أَحَاطَ مَا يَطَأُ عَلَى أَرْضٍ فَهِيَ لَهُ»