Who brought life to a dead land that belonged to no one?
مَنْ أَحْيَا أَرْضًا مَيِّتَةً لَيْسَتْ لِأَحَدٍ
Sunan an-Nasa'i al-Kubra, Book of Giving Life to the Dead Land(view book)
Yūnus b. ʿAbd al-Aʿlá > Yaḥyá > al-Layth > ʿUbaydullāh b. Abū Jaʿfar > Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > ʿUrwah > ʿĀʾishah
The following passage is a hadith (saying) of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ: "Whoever revives a dead land that does not belong to anyone, then he has more right to it." Haywah ibn Shurayh disagreed with him.
أَخْبَرَنَا يُونُسُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْأَعْلَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ
عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «مَنْ أَحْيَا أَرْضًا مَيِّتَةً لَيْسَتْ لِأَحَدٍ فَهُوَ أَحَقُّ بِهَا» خَالَفَهُ حَيْوَةُ بْنُ شُرَيْحٍ
Classification
Yūnus b. ʿAbd al-Aʿlá > Ibn Wahb > Ḥaywah b. Shurayḥ > Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > ʿUrwah b. al-Zubayr
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever revives dead land that does not belong to anyone, then it is his and no unjust person has any right to it." Muhammad said, Urwah reported that the unjust person is he who cultivates the ruined land which does not belong to him, while the people have been unable to do so, and thus they leave it until it becomes ruined.
أَخْبَرَنَا يُونُسُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْأَعْلَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي حَيْوَةُ بْنُ شُرَيْحٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «مَنْ أَحْيَا أَرْضًا مَوَاتًا لَيْسَتْ لِأَحَدٍ فَهِيَ لَهُ وَلَا حَقَّ لِعِرْقٍ ظَالِمٍ» قَالَ مُحَمَّدٌ قَالَ عُرْوَةُ الْعِرْقُ الظَّالِمُ الرَّجُلُ يُعَمِّرُ الْأَرْضَ الْخَرِبَةَ وَهِيَ لِلنَّاسِ قَدْ عَجَزُوا عَنْهَا فَتَرَكُوهَا حَتَّى خَرِبَتْ
Classification
Muḥammad b. Yaḥyá b. Ayyūb b. Ibrāhīm > ʿAbd al-Wahhāb > Ayyūb > Hishām b. ʿUrwah from his father > Saʿīd b. Zayd
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever revives a dead land, it belongs to him and not to any oppressive group." Yahya ibn Said and Laith ibn Saad opposed him.
أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَيُّوبَ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَهَّابِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَيُّوبُ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ زَيْدٍ قَالَ
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «مَنْ أَحْيَا أَرْضًا مَيِّتَةً فَهِيَ لَهُ وَلَيْسَ لِعِرْقٍ ظَالِمٍ حَقٌّ» خَالَفَهُ يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ وَلَيْثُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ
Classification
ʿĪsá b. Ḥammād > al-Layth > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Hishām b. ʿUrwah b. al-Zubayr from his father
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever brings life back to dead land, it belongs to him and not to any unjust claimant." Al-Layth said, "Then I wrote to Hisham ibn Urwah, and he wrote back to me with a similar narration from Yahya ibn Sa'id."
أَخْبَرَنَا عِيسَى بْنُ حَمَّادٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا اللَّيْثُ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ
إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «مَنْ أَحْيَا أَرْضًا مَيِّتَةً فَهِيَ لَهُ وَلَيْسَ لِعِرْقٍ ظَالِمٍ حَقٌّ» قَالَ اللَّيْثُ ثُمَّ كَتَبْتُ إِلَى هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ فَكَتَبَ إِلَيَّ بِمِثْلِ حَدِيثِ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ
Classification
Ḥumayd b. Masʿadah > Sufyān > Ibn Abū ʿArūbah > Qatādah > al-Ḥasan > Samurah
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever knows the land upon which he treads, it belongs to him."
أَخْبَرَنَا حُمَيْدُ بْنُ مَسْعَدَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عَرُوبَةَ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «مَنْ أَحَاطَ مَا يَطَأُ عَلَى أَرْضٍ فَهِيَ لَهُ»