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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»  


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Collected by Muslim, Nasāʾī, Ibn Mājah, Aḥmad
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  

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  

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