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"مَنْ أَحَاطَ عَلَى شيْءٍ فَهُو أَحَقُّ بِهِ، وَلَيسَ لِعْرق ظالِمٍ حَقٌّ".  

[ق] البيهقى في السنن عن سمرة

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bayhaqi:11813 – Abū al-Qāsim ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. ʿUbaydullāh al-Ḥurfī > Aḥmad b. Salmān > ʿAbd al-Malik b. Muḥammad al-Raqāshī > Abū ʿĀmir > Kathīr b. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAmr b. ʿAwf from his father from his grandfather

[Machine] The messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever revives a dead land, it is more rightful for him, and there is no right for an oppressor."  

البيهقي:١١٨١٣ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْقَاسِمِ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ الْحُرْفِيُّ بِبَغْدَادَ ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سَلْمَانَ ثنا عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الرَّقَاشِيُّ ثنا أَبُو عَامِرٍ ثنا كَثِيرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ عَوْفٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَنْ أَحْيَا مَوَاتًا مِنَ الْأَرْضِ فَهُوَ أَحَقُّ بِهِ وَلَيْسَ لِعِرْقٍ ظَالِمٍ حَقٌّ  

bayhaqi:11778 – Abū al-Ḥusayn b. Bishrān > Abū Jaʿfar Muḥammad b. ʿAmr al-Razzāz > ʿAbd al-Malik b. Muḥammad > Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Anṣārī > Saʿīd b. Abū ʿArūbah > Qatādah > al-Ḥasan > Samurah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , said: "Whoever has control over something, he has more right to it, and there is no right for an oppressor over it."  

البيهقي:١١٧٧٨ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحُسَيْنِ بْنُ بِشْرَانَ ثنا أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو الرَّزَّازُ ثنا عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ ثنا سَعِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي عَرُوبَةَ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَنْ أَحَاطَ عَلَى شَيْءٍ فَهُوَ أَحَقُّ بِهِ وَلَيْسَ لِعِرْقٍ ظَالِمٍ حَقٌّ