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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»  


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muslim:1544Ḥasan b. ʿAlī al-Ḥulwānī > Abū Tawbah > Muʿāwiyah > Yaḥyá b. Abū Kathīr > Abū Salamah b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Abū Hurayrah

He who has land should cultivate it or lend it to his brother, but if he refuses, he should retain his land.  

مسلم:١٥٤٤حَدَّثَنَا حَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْحُلْوَانِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو تَوْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاوِيَةُ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَنْ كَانَتْ لَهُ أَرْضٌ فَلْيَزْرَعْهَا أَوْ لِيَمْنَحْهَا أَخَاهُ فَإِنْ أَبَى فَلْيُمْسِكْ أَرْضَهُ  

muslim:1550eʿAbdullāh b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Dārimī > ʿAbdullāh b. Jaʿfar al-Raqqī > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAmr > Zayd b. Abū Unaysah > ʿAbd al-Malik Abū Zayd > Ṭāwus > Ibn ʿAbbās

He who has land, it is better for him that he should let it out to his brother.  

مسلم:١٥٥٠eوَحَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الدَّارِمِيُّ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ الرَّقِّيُّ حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَمْرٍو عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَبِي أُنَيْسَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ أَبِي زَيْدٍ عَنْ طَاوُسٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ مَنْ كَانَتْ لَهُ أَرْضٌ فَإِنَّهُ أَنْ يَمْنَحَهَا أَخَاهُ خَيْرٌ  

muslim:1536lʿAbd b. Ḥumayd > Muḥammad b. al-Faḍl Laqabuh ʿĀrim / Abū al-Nuʿmān al-Sadūsī > Mahdī b. Maymūn > Maṭar al-Warrāq > ʿAṭāʾ > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

He who has land should cultivate it himself, but if he does not cultivate it himself, then he should let his brother cultivate it.  

مسلم:١٥٣٦lوَحَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ لَقَبُهُ عَارِمٌ وَهُوَ أَبُو النُّعْمَانِ السَّدُوسِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا مَهْدِيُّ بْنُ مَيْمُونٍ حَدَّثَنَا مَطَرٌ الْوَرَّاقُ عَنْ عَطَاءٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَنْ كَانَتْ لَهُ أَرْضٌ فَلْيَزْرَعْهَا فَإِنْ لَمْ يَزْرَعْهَا فَلْيُزْرِعْهَا أَخَاهُ  

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  

nasai:3874Ismāʿīl b. Masʿūd > Khālid b. al-Ḥārith > ʿAbd al-Malik > ʿAṭāʾ > Jābir

"Whoever has land, let him cultivate it. If he is unable to cultivate it, let him give it to his Muslim brother and not share-crop it with him."  

النسائي:٣٨٧٤حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدُ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ عَنْ عَطَاءٍ عَنْ جَابِرٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ مَنْ كَانَ لَهُ أَرْضٌ فَلْيَزْرَعْهَا فَإِنْ عَجَزَ أَنْ يَزْرَعَهَا فَلْيَمْنَحْهَا أَخَاهُ الْمُسْلِمَ وَلاَ يُزْرِعْهَا إِيَّاهُ  

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  

ibnmajah:2452Ibrāhīm b. Saʿīd al-Jawharī > Abū Tawbah al-Rabīʿ b. Nāfiʿ > Muʿāwiyah b. Salāam > Yaḥyá b. Abū Kathīr > Abū Salamah > Abū Hurayrah

“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.”  

ابن ماجة:٢٤٥٢حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الْجَوْهَرِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو تَوْبَةَ الرَّبِيعُ بْنُ نَافِعٍ حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ سَلاَّمٍ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَنْ كَانَتْ لَهُ أَرْضٌ فَلْيَزْرَعْهَا أَوْ لِيَمْنَحْهَا أَخَاهُ فَإِنْ أَبَى فَلْيُمْسِكْ أَرْضَهُ  

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  

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  

ahmad:3135Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > ʿAbd al-Malik b. Maysarah > Ṭāwus > Ibn ʿAbbās Innamā

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever has a piece of land that he presents to his brother, it is better for him."  

أحمد:٣١٣٥حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ مَيْسَرَةَ عَنْ طَاوُسٍ قَالَ قَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ إِنَّمَا

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَنْ كَانَتْ لَهُ أَرْضٌ أَنْ يَمْنَحَهَا أَخَاهُ خَيْرٌ لَهُ  

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»