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nasai:3871ʿAmr b. ʿAlī > Khālid / Ibn al-Ḥārith > Shuʿbah > ʿAbd al-Malik > Mujāhid > Ḥaddath Rāfiʿ b. Khadīj

"The Messenger of Allah came out to us and forbade something for us that had been beneficial for us. He said: 'Whoever has land, let him cultivate it or give it to someone else (to cultivate), or leave it.'"  

النسائي:٣٨٧١أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ خَالِدٍ وَهُوَ ابْنُ الْحَارِثِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَ رَافِعُ بْنُ خَدِيجٍ قَالَ

خَرَجَ إِلَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَنَهَانَا عَنْ أَمْرٍ كَانَ لَنَا نَافِعًا فَقَالَ مَنْ كَانَ لَهُ أَرْضٌ فَلْيَزْرَعْهَا أَوْ يَمْنَحْهَا أَوْ يَذَرْهَا  


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Collected by Nasāʾī, Ṭabarānī, Nasāʾī's Kubrá
nasai:3872ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Khālid > Ḥajjāj > Shuʿbah > ʿAbd al-Malik > ʿAṭāʾ And Ṭāws Wamujāhid > Rāfiʿ b. Khadīj

"The Messenger of Allah came out to us and forbade something for us that had been beneficial for us, but the command of Messenger of Allah is better for us. He said: 'Whoever has land, let him cultivate it or leave it or give it (to someone else to cultivate).'"  

النسائي:٣٨٧٢أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ خَالِدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي شُعْبَةُ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ عَنْ عَطَاءٍ وَطَاوُسٍ وَمُجَاهِدٍ عَنْ رَافِعِ بْنِ خَدِيجٍ قَالَ

خَرَجَ إِلَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَنَهَانَا عَنْ أَمْرٍ كَانَ لَنَا نَافِعًا وَأَمْرُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ خَيْرٌ لَنَا قَالَ مَنْ كَانَ لَهُ أَرْضٌ فَلْيَزْرَعْهَا أَوْ لِيَذَرْهَا أَوْ لِيَمْنَحْهَا وَمِمَّا يَدُلُّ عَلَى أَنَّ طَاوُسًا لَمْ يَسْمَعْ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ  

tabarani:4356ʿUbayd b. Ghannām > Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Abū Bakr b. ʿAyyāsh > Abū Ḥuṣayn > Mujāhid > Rāfiʿ b. Khadīj

"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade us from a matter that was of benefit for us. When one of us had some land and we would let someone use it for a portion of its produce or some Dirham. He said: 'When one of you has some land then let him grant it to his brother, or let him farm it.'" (Using translation from Tirmidhī 1384)   

الطبراني:٤٣٥٦حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ بْنُ غَنَّامٍ ثنا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ثنا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنِ عَيَّاشٍ عَنْ أَبِي حُصَيْنٍ عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ عَنْ رَافِعِ بْنِ خَدِيجٍ قَالَ

نَهَانَا رَسُولُ اللهِ عَنْ أَمْرٍ كَانَ لَنَا نَافِعًا نَهَانَا إِذَا كَانَ لِأَحَدِنَا أَرْضٌ أَنْ يُعْطِيَهَا بِبَعْضِ خَرْجِهَا بِثُلُثٍ أَوْ بِنِصْفٍ وَقَالَ «مَنْ كَانَتْ لَهُ أَرْضٌ فَلْيَزْرَعْهَا أَوْ لِيَمْنَحْهَا أَخَاهُ»  

tabarani:4359al-Ḥasan b. ʿAlī al-Maʿmarī > ʿAlī b. al-Madīnī > Sufyān > ʿAbd al-Karīm b. Abū al-Mukhāriq > Mujāhid > Rāfiʿ b. Khadīj > Rāḥ Ilaynā Khālāy

[Machine] My uncles came to us and said, "The Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , forbade us from doing something that was beneficial for us, and the obedience of Allah and His Messenger is more beneficial for us." He said, "Whoever has land, let him cultivate it or give it to his brother."  

الطبراني:٤٣٥٩حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْمَعْمَرِيُّ ثنا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْمَدِينِيِّ ثنا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْكَرِيمِ بْنِ أَبِي الْمُخَارِقِ عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ عَنْ رَافِعِ بْنِ خَدِيجٍ قَالَ

رَاحَ إِلَيْنَا خَالَايَ فَقَالَا نَهَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَنْ أَمْرٍ كَانَ لَنَا نَافِعًا وَطَاعَةُ اللهِ وَطَاعَةُ رَسُولِهِ لَنَا أَنْفَعُ قَالَ «مَنْ كَانَتْ لَهُ أَرْضٌ فَلْيَزْرَعْهَا أَوْ لِيَمْنَحْهَا أَخَاهُ»  

nasai-kubra:4584ʿAmr b. ʿAlī > Khālid / Ibn al-Ḥārith > Shuʿbah > ʿAbd al-Malik > Mujāhid > Ḥaddath Rāfiʿ b. Khadīj

"The Messenger of Allah came out to us and forbade something for us that had been beneficial for us. He said: 'Whoever has land, let him cultivate it or give it to someone else (to cultivate), or leave it.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3871)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٤٥٨٤أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ خَالِدٍ وَهُوَ ابْنُ الْحَارِثِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَ رَافِعُ بْنُ خَدِيجٍ قَالَ

خَرَجَ إِلَيْنَا النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَنَهَانَا عَنْ أَمْرٍ كَانَ لَنَا نَافِعًا فَقَالَ «مَنْ كَانَ لَهُ أَرْضٌ فَلْيَزْرَعْهَا أَوْ يَمْنَحْهَا أَخَاهُ أَوْ يَذَرْهَا»