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nasai:3875ʿAmr b. ʿAlī > Yaḥyá > ʿAbd al-Malik > ʿAṭāʾ > Jābir

The Messenger of Allah said: "Whoever has land, let him cultivate it or give it to his brother, and not lease it to him."  

النسائي:٣٨٧٥أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ عَنْ عَطَاءٍ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَنْ كَانَتْ لَهُ أَرْضٌ فَلْيَزْرَعْهَا أَوْ لِيَمْنَحْهَا أَخَاهُ وَلاَ يُكْرِيهَا تَابَعَهُ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَمْرٍو الأَوْزَاعِيُّ  


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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  

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: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  

ذِكْرُ خَبَرٍ ثَانٍ يُصَرِّحُ بِصِحَّةِ مَا تَأَوَّلْنَا اللَّفْظَةَ الَّتِي تَقَدَّمَ ذِكْرُنَا لَهَا

ibnhibban:5190al-Ḥasan b. Sufyān > ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad b. Asmāʾ > Mahdī b. Maymūn > Maṭar al-Warrāq > ʿAṭāʾ > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] Regarding the Prophet ﷺ , he said, "Whoever has land, let him cultivate it. And if he is unable to do so, then let him gift it to his brother."  

ابن حبّان:٥١٩٠أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَسْمَاءَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي مَهْدِيُّ بْنُ مَيْمُونٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مَطَرُ الْوَرَّاقُ عَنْ عَطَاءٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «مَنْ كَانَتْ لَهُ أَرْضٌ فَلْيَزْرَعْهَا فَإِنْ عَجَزَ عَنْهَا فَلْيَمْنَحْهَا أَخَاهُ»  

tabarani:11008ʿAbdullāh b. Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal from my father > Isḥāq b. Yūsuf al-Azraq > Misʿar > ʿAbd al-Malik b. Maysarah > Ṭāwus > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said, "Whoever has land should cultivate it or give it to his brother."  

الطبراني:١١٠٠٨حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ حَنْبَلٍ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي ثنا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ الْأَزْرَقُ ثنا مِسْعَرٌ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ مَيْسَرَةَ عَنْ طَاوُسٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ «مَنْ كَانَتْ لَهُ أَرْضٌ فَلْيَزْرَعْهَا أَوْ يَمْنَحْهَا أَخَاهُ»  

nasai-kubra:4588ʿAmr b. ʿAlī > Yaḥyá > ʿAbd al-Malik > ʿAṭāʾ > Jābir

The Messenger of Allah said: "Whoever has land, let him cultivate it or give it to his brother, and not lease it to him." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3875)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٤٥٨٨أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ عَنْ عَطَاءٍ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «مَنْ كَانَتْ لَهُ أَرْضٌ فَلْيَزْرَعْهَا أَوْ لِيَمْنَحْهَا أَخَاهُ وَلَا يُكْرِيهَا» تَابَعَهُ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَمْرٍو الْأَوْزَاعِي  

nasai-kubra:4594Aḥmad b. Yaḥyá > Abū Nuʿaym > Hammām b. Yaḥyá

"Whoever has land, let him cultivate it or give it to his brother to cultivate, and not lease it to his brother." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3881)   

الكبرى للنسائي:٤٥٩٤أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامُ بْنُ يَحْيَى قَالَ سَأَلَ عَطَاءٌ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنَ مُوسَى قَالَ حَدَّثَ جَابِرٌ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «مَنْ كَانَتْ لَهُ أَرْضٌ فَلْيَزْرَعْهَا أَوْ لِيُزْرِعْهَا أَخَاهُ وَلَا يُكْرِيهَا أَخَاهُ» قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ وَقَدْ رَوَى النَّهْيَ عَنِ الْمُحَاقَلَةِ يَزِيدُ بْنُ نُعَيْمٍ عَنْ جَابِرٍ