Sunan Abi Dawud · Tribute, Spoils, and Rulership (Kitab Al-Kharaj, Wal-Fai Wal-Imarah)
باب فِي إِحْيَاءِ الْمَوَاتِ
Chapter: Reviving Dead Land.
8 hadith · references 3073–3080
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Abu Dawud · 3073مَنْ أَحْيَا أَرْضًا مَيْتَةً فَهِيَ لَهُ وَلَيْسَ لِعِرْقٍ ظَالِمٍ حَقٌّNarrated Saeed ibn Zayd: The Prophet ﷺ said: If anyone brings barren land into cultivation, it belongs to him, and the unjust vein has no right.6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 3074مَنْ أَحْيَا أَرْضًا مَيْتَةً فَهِيَ لَهُNarrated Urwah: The Prophet ﷺ said: If anyone brings barren land into cultivation, it belong to him. He then transmitted a similar tradition mentioned above (No. 3067). He (Urwah) said: One who transmitted this tradition5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 3075حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الدَّارِمِيُّ ، حَدَّثَنَا وَهْبٌ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، عَنْ ابْنِ إِسْحَاقِ ، بِإِسْنَادِه وَمَعْنَاهُ ، إلا أَنَّهُ قَالَ عِنْدَ قَوْلِهِ مَكَانَ الَّذِي حَدَّثَنِي هَذَا ، فَقَالَ رThe tradition mentioned above has also been transmitted by Ibn Ishaq through a different chain of narrators and to the same effect. Instead of the phrase “one who transmitted this tradition to me” this version has “A man5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 3076حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدَةَ الْآمُلِيُّ ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ ، أَخْبَرَنَا نَافِعُ بْنُ عُمَرَ ، عَنْ ابْنِ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ ، عَنْ عُرNarrated Urwah: I testify that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ decided that the land is the land of Allah, and the servants are the servants of Allah. If anyone brings barren land into cultivation, he has more right to it. This6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 3077مَنْ أَحَاطَ حَائِطًا عَلَى أَرْضٍ فَهِيَ لَهُNarrated Samurah: The Prophet ﷺ said: If anyone surrounds a land with a wall, it belongs to him.6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 3078حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ السَّرْحِ ، أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ ، أَخْبَرَنِي مَالِكٌ ، قَالَ هِشَامٌ : الْعِرْقُ الظَّالِمُ أَنْ يَغْرِسَ الرَّجُلُ فِي أَرْضِ غَيْرِهِ فَيَسْتَحِقَّهَا بِذَلِكَ ، قَالHisham said “The unjust vein means that a man implants a tree in the land of another man so that they may be entitled to it. Malik said “The unjust vein means that a man takes (a thing) digs a pit and implants a tree wit4 narratorsAbu Dawud · 3079اخْرُصُوا ، فَخَرَصَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَشْرَةَ أَوْسُقٍ ، فَقَالَ لِلْمَرْأَةِ : أَحْصِي مَا يَخْرُجُ مِنْهَا ، فَأَتَيْنَا تَبُوكَ فَأَهْدَى مَلِكُ أَيْلَةَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى Abu Humaid Al Saeedi said “I went to Tabuk on an expedition along with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. When he reached Wadi Al Qura, he found a woman in her garden. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to his Companions “Assess (the 5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 3080حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ بْنُ غِيَاثٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ بْنُ زِيَادٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا الأَعْمَشُ ، عَنْ جَامِعِ بْنِ شَدَّادٍ ، عَنْ كُلْثُومٍ ، عَنْ زَيْنَبَ : أَنَّهَا كَانَتْ تَفْلِي رَأْسَ رَNarrated Zaynab: She was picking lice from the head of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ while the wife of Uthman ibn Affan and the immigrant women were with him. They complained about their houses that they had been narrowed dow6 narrators