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suyuti:2-436bSahl b. Abiá Ḥathmah > ʿUmar Baʿathah > Kharṣ al-Tamr
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السيوطي:٢-٤٣٦b

"عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ أَبِى حَثْمَةَ أَنَّ عُمَرَ بَعَثَهُ عَلَى خَرْصِ التَّمْرِ، فَقَالَ، إِذَا أتَيْتَ أَرْضًا فَاخْرُصْهَا وَدَعْ لَهُمْ قَدْرَ مَا يَأكُلُونَ".  

مسدد، وابن سعد، [ق] البيهقى في السنن وهو صحيح

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[Machine] And he said: "When you come to a land, cultivate it and leave for them what they eat."  

الحاكم:١٤٦٥أَخْبَرْنَاهُ أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ أَنْبَأَ أَبُو الْمُثَنَّى ثنا مُسَدَّدٌ ثنا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ بُشَيْرِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ أَبِي حَثْمَةَ أَنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ بَعَثَهُ إِلَى خَرْصِ التَّمْرِ

وَقَالَ «إِذَا أَتَيْتَ أَرْضًا فَاخْرُصْهَا وَدَعْ لَهُمْ قَدْرَ مَا يَأْكُلُونَ»