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Sahih Muslim 1552b (Book 22, Hadith 8) #11093
Cultivating Land as an Act of Charity

SUMMARY: Planting and cultivating land is an act of charity.

Jabir (Allah be pleased with him) reported that Allah's Apostle visited Umm Mubashshir al-Ansariya at her orchard of date-palms and said to her: Who has planted these trees of dates-a Muslim or a non-Muslim? She said: A Muslim, of course, whereupon he said: Never a Muslim plants, or cultivates a land, and it out of that men eat, or the animals eat, or anything else eats, but that becomes charity on his (planter's) behalf.
حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا لَيْثٌ، ح وَحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رُمْحٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا اللَّيْثُ، عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ دَخَلَ عَلَى أُمِّ مُبَشِّرٍ الأَنْصَارِيَّةِ فِي نَخْلٍ لَهَا فَقَالَ لَهَا النَّبِيُّ ‏"‏ مَنْ غَرَسَ هَذَا النَّخْلَ أَمُسْلِمٌ أَمْ كَافِرٌ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ فَقَالَتْ بَلْ مُسْلِمٌ ‏.‏ فَقَالَ ‏"‏ لاَ يَغْرِسُ مُسْلِمٌ غَرْسًا وَلاَ يَزْرَعُ زَرْعًا فَيَأْكُلَ مِنْهُ إِنْسَانٌ وَلاَ دَابَّةٌ وَلاَ شَىْءٌ إِلاَّ كَانَتْ لَهُ صَدَقَةٌ

TOPICS
planting  *  cultivating  *  charity  *  datepalms

QUICK LESSONS:
Plant trees for environmentalism; cultivate lands for charitable purposes; help others with their work; give money to those in need; feed the poor

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith speaks about the importance of planting and cultivating land. It was narrated by Jabir ibn Abdullah al-Ansari who reported that Allah's Messenger visited Umm Mubashshir al-Ansariya at her orchard of date palms and asked her if a Muslim or a non-Muslim planted them. She replied that it was a Muslim who did so. The Prophet then said that whenever someone plants something from which people eat or animals eat or anything else eats, it becomes charity on his behalf. This hadith teaches us the importance of planting and cultivating land as it is considered to be an act of charity in Islam. It also encourages us to take care of our environment by planting trees and taking care of them so they can benefit others in some way or another.

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