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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  


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nasai:3876Hishām b. ʿAmmār > Yaḥyá b. Ḥamzah > al-Awzāʿī > ʿAṭāʾ > Jābir

"Some people had some extra land which they leased out in return for half of the yield, or one-third, or one-quarter. The Messenger of Allah said: 'Whoever has land, let him cultivate it, or give it to his brother to cultivate or keep it (without cultivating it).'"  

النسائي:٣٨٧٦أَخْبَرَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ حَمْزَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الأَوْزَاعِيُّ عَنْ عَطَاءٍ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ

كَانَ لأُنَاسٍ فُضُولُ أَرَضِينَ يُكْرُونَهَا بِالنِّصْفِ وَالثُّلُثِ وَالرُّبُعِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَنْ كَانَتْ لَهُ أَرْضٌ فَلْيَزْرَعْهَا أَوْ يُزْرِعْهَا أَوْ يُمْسِكْهَا وَافَقَهُ مَطَرُ بْنُ طَهْمَانَ  

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  

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