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tabarani:4366[Chain 1] Yūsuf al-Qāḍī > ʿAmr b. Marzūq [Chain 2] Muḥammad b. ʿAbdūs > ʿAlī b. al-Jaʿd > Shuʿbah > ʿAbd al-Malik b. Maysarah > Mujāhid > Rāfiʿ b. Khadīj

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah came to us and forbade us from an action that was beneficial to us, while the command of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ is better. He said, "Whoever has land should cultivate it, bestow it, or leave it as it is." This was mentioned to Tawus, and he said, "Indeed, Ibn Abbas knew better." Ibn Abbas said, "For a man to bestow his land upon his brother is better for him."  

الطبراني:٤٣٦٦حَدَّثَنَا يُوسُفُ الْقَاضِي ثنا عَمْرُو بْنُ مَرْزُوقٍ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدُوسٍ ثنا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْجَعْدِ قَالَا أَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ مَيْسَرَةَ عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ عَنْ رَافِعِ بْنِ خَدِيجٍ قَالَ

خَرَجَ عَلَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ فَنَهَانَا عَنْ أَمْرٍ كَانَ لَنَا نَافِعًا وَأَمْرُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ خَيْرٌ قَالَ «مَنْ كَانَتْ لَهُ أَرْضٌ فَلْيَزْرَعْهَا أَوْ لِيَمْنَحْهَا أَوْ لِيَذَرْهَا» فَذُكِرَ ذَلِكَ لِطَاوُسٍ فَقَالَ إِنَّ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ كَانَ أَعْلَمَ قَالَ قَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ «لِأَنْ يَمْنَحَ الرَّجُلُ أَخَاهُ أَرْضَهُ خَيْرٌ لَهُ»  


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Collected by Nasāʾī, Aḥmad, Ṭabarānī
nasai:3872ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Khālid > Ḥajjāj > Shuʿbah > ʿAbd al-Malik > ʿAṭāʾ And Ṭāws Wamujāhid > Rāfiʿ b. Khadīj

"The Messenger of Allah came out to us and forbade something for us that had been beneficial for us, but the command of Messenger of Allah is better for us. He said: 'Whoever has land, let him cultivate it or leave it or give it (to someone else to cultivate).'"  

النسائي:٣٨٧٢أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ خَالِدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي شُعْبَةُ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ عَنْ عَطَاءٍ وَطَاوُسٍ وَمُجَاهِدٍ عَنْ رَافِعِ بْنِ خَدِيجٍ قَالَ

خَرَجَ إِلَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَنَهَانَا عَنْ أَمْرٍ كَانَ لَنَا نَافِعًا وَأَمْرُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ خَيْرٌ لَنَا قَالَ مَنْ كَانَ لَهُ أَرْضٌ فَلْيَزْرَعْهَا أَوْ لِيَذَرْهَا أَوْ لِيَمْنَحْهَا وَمِمَّا يَدُلُّ عَلَى أَنَّ طَاوُسًا لَمْ يَسْمَعْ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ  

ahmad:2598Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > ʿAbd al-Malik b. Maysarah > Ṭāwus And ʿAṭāʾ Wamujāhid > Rāfiʿ b. Khadīj

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ came to us and advised us against something that was beneficial to us, but what the Messenger of Allah ﷺ advised us to do was better for us than what he advised us against. He said, "Whoever owns land, let him cultivate it, or let him leave it as it is, or let him give it as a gift." I mentioned this to Ta'us, and he considered Ibn Abbas to be the most knowledgeable among them. Ibn Abbas said, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said that it is better for whoever owns land to give it as a gift to his brother."  

أحمد:٢٥٩٨حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ مَيْسَرَةَ عَنْ طَاوُسٍ وَعَطَاءٍ وَمُجَاهِدٍ عَنْ رَافِعِ بْنِ خَدِيجٍ قَالَ

خَرَجَ إِلَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَنَهَانَا عَنْ أَمْرٍ كَانَ لَنَا نَافِعًا وَأَمْرُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ خَيْرٌ لَنَا مِمَّا نَهَانَا عَنْهُ قَالَ مَنْ كَانَتْ لَهُ أَرْضٌ فَلْيَزْرَعْهَا أَوْ لِيَذَرْهَا أَوْ لِيَمْنَحْهَا قَالَ فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لِطَاوُسٍ وَكَانَ يَرَى أَنَّ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ مِنْ أَعْلَمِهِمْ قَالَ قَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ إِنَّمَا قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَنْ كَانَتْ لَهُ أَرْضٌ أَنْ يَمْنَحَهَا أَخَاهُ خَيْرٌ لَهُ  

tabarani:4355Muḥammad b. ʿUthmān b. Abū Shaybah > Jubārah b. Mughallis And ʿUbādah b. Ziyād > Qays b. al-Rabīʿ > Abū Ḥuṣayn > Qays b. Rifāʿah from his grandfather Rāfiʿ b. Khadīj

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade us from a matter that was beneficial to us, and he ﷺ forbade us from scratching our heads and eyes with some of what comes out of it and with a discarded leaf. He said, "Whoever has land, let him cultivate it or give it to his brother."  

الطبراني:٤٣٥٥حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ثنا جُبَارَةُ بْنُ مُغَلِّسٍ وَعُبَادَةُ بْنُ زِيَادٍ قَالَا ثنا قَيْسُ بْنُ الرَّبِيعِ عَنْ أَبِي حُصَيْنٍ عَنْ قَيْسِ بْنِ رِفَاعَةَ عَنْ جَدِّهِ رَافِعِ بْنِ خَدِيجٍ قَالَ

نَهَانَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَنْ أَمْرٍ كَانَ لَنَا نَافِعًا وَأَمْرُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ عَلَى الرَّأْسِ وَالْعَيْنَيْنِ نَهَانَا أَنْ نُكْرِيَ أَرْضَنَا بِبَعْضِ مَا يَخْرُجُ مِنْهَا وبِوَرِقٍ مَنْقُودَةٍ وَقَالَ «مَنْ كَانَتْ لَهُ أَرْضٌ فَلْيَزْرَعْهَا أَوْ لِيَمْنَحْهَا أَخَاهُ»