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tabarani:14453ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > Abū Nuʿaym > Bukayr b. ʿĀmir > al-Shaʿbī > ʿUtbah b. Farqad Ābtāʿ Arḍ Bishaṭ al-Furāt Fāttakhadhahā Qaṣab Falammā Atá ʿUmar Dhakar > Ābtāʿ Arḍ > Lah Mimman

[Machine] From its owners. When it was late evening, his companions gathered and he called them, and said, "From whom did you buy the land?" They said, "From its owners." He said, "Did you buy it for anything?" They said, "No." He said, "Indeed, these are its owners, so return the land to the one you bought it from and take the payment."  

الطبراني:١٤٤٥٣حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ ثَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ ثَنَا بُكَيْرُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ أَنَّ عُتْبَةَ بْن فَرْقَدٍ ابْتَاعَ أَرْضًا بِشَطِّ الْفُرَاتِ فَاتَّخَذَهَا قَصَبًا فَلَمَّا أَتَى عُمَرَ ذَكَرَ أَنَّه ابْتَاعَ أَرْضًا فَقَالَ لَهُ «مِمَّنْ؟» قَالَ

مِن أَرْبَابِهَا فَلَمَّا كَان الْعَشِيُّ اجْتَمَعَ أَصْحَابُهُ فَدَعَاه فَقَالَ مِمَّنْ ابْتَعْتَ الْأَرْضَ؟ قَالَ مِنْ أَرْبَابِهَا قَالَ «هَل بِعْتُمُوهُ شَيْئًا؟» قَالُوا لَا قَالَ «فَإِنَّ هَؤُلَاءِ أَرْبَابُهَا فَرُدَّ الْأَرْضَ إِلَى مَنِ اشْتَرَيْتَ واقْبِضَ الثَّمَنَ»