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nasai:3881Aḥmad 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."  

النسائي:٣٨٨١أَخْبَرَنِي أَحْمَدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامُ بْنُ يَحْيَى قَالَ سَأَلَ عَطَاءً سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ مُوسَى قَالَ حَدَّثَ جَابِرٌ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ مَنْ كَانَتْ لَهُ أَرْضٌ فَلْيَزْرَعْهَا أَوْ لِيُزْرِعْهَا أَخَاهُ وَلاَ يُكْرِيهَا أَخَاهُ وَقَدْ رَوَى النَّهْىَ عَنِ الْمُحَاقَلَةِ يَزِيدُ بْنُ نُعَيْمٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ  


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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  

muslim:1536rḤajjāj b. al-Shāʿir > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAbd al-Majīd > Salīm b. Ḥayyān > Saʿīd b. Mīnāʾ > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

He who has surplus of land should either cultivate it himself, or let his brother cultivate it, an should not sell it. I (the narrator) said to Sa'id: What does his statement" do not sell it" mean? Does it imply" rent"? He said: Yes.  

مسلم:١٥٣٦rوَحَدَّثَنِي حَجَّاجُ بْنُ الشَّاعِرِ حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمَجِيدِ حَدَّثَنَا سَلِيمُ بْنُ حَيَّانَ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ مِينَاءَ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ جَابِرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ يَقُولُ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ مَنْ كَانَ لَهُ فَضْلُ أَرْضٍ فَلْيَزْرَعْهَا أَوْ لِيُزْرِعْهَا أَخَاهُ وَلاَ تَبِيعُوهَا فَقُلْتُ لِسَعِيدٍ مَا قَوْلُهُ وَلاَ تَبِيعُوهَا يَعْنِي الْكِرَاءَ 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:14967Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Saʿīd > Maṭar > ʿAṭāʾ > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said: "Whoever has land, let him plant it. And if he is unable to, let his brother plant it. And if neither of them can, then let it be left alone and not be left barren."  

أحمد:١٤٩٦٧حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدٌ حَدَّثَنَا مَطَرٌ عَنْ عَطَاءٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ مَنْ كَانَتْ لَهُ أَرْضٌ فَلْيَزْرَعْهَا فَإِنْ عَجَزَ عَنْهَا فَلْيُزْرِعْهَا أَخَاهُ وَإِلَّا فَلْيَدَعْهَا وَلَا يُكَارِيهَا  

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