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Sunan Abi Dawud 454 (Book 2, Hadith 64) #20745
Building a Mosque on Purchased Land

SUMMARY: The Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) purchased land from the Banu al-Najjar tribe and removed the crops, palm trees, and graves of disbelievers in order to build a mosque.

Anas b. Malik said: The Mosque (of the Prophet) was built in the land of Banu al-Najjar which contained crops, palm trees and graves of the disbelievers. The Messenger of Allah said: Sell it to me for some price. They (Banu al-Najjar) replied: We do not want (any price). The palm-trees were cut off, and the crops removed and the graves of the disbelievers dug opened. He then narrated the rest of the tradition. But this version has the word "forgive" in the verse, instead of the word "help". Musa said: 'Abd al-Warith also narrated this tradition in a like manner. The version of 'Abd al-Warith has the word "dung-hill" (instead of crop), and he asserted that he narrated this tradition to Hammad.
حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي التَّيَّاحِ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ، قَالَ كَانَ مَوْضِعُ الْمَسْجِدِ حَائِطًا لِبَنِي النَّجَّارِ فِيهِ حَرْثٌ وَنَخْلٌ وَقُبُورُ الْمُشْرِكِينَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ‏"‏ ثَامِنُونِي بِهِ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ فَقَالُوا لاَ نَبْغِي بِهِ ثَمَنًا ‏.‏ فَقُطِعَ النَّخْلُ وَسُوِّيَ الْحَرْثُ وَنُبِشَ قُبُورُ الْمُشْرِكِينَ وَسَاقَ الْحَدِيثَ وَقَالَ ‏"‏ فَاغْفِرْ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ مَكَانَ ‏"‏ فَانْصُرْ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ مُوسَى وَحَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَارِثِ بِنَحْوِهِ وَكَانَ عَبْدُ الْوَارِثِ يَقُولُ خِرَبٌ وَزَعَمَ عَبْدُ الْوَارِثِ أَنَّهُ أَفَادَ حَمَّادًا هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ

TOPICS
mosque  *  purchase  *  disbelievers  *  masjid  *  istibdl  *  kufryt  *  qarahniyyah  *  alnajjar

QUICK LESSONS:
Be generous with your possessions; Help others without expecting anything in return; Put your trust in Allah; Respect other people's beliefs; Build mosques on purchased lands; Remove any obstacles before building mosques .

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith is about the Prophet Muhammad's purchase of land from the Banu al-Najjar tribe in order to build a mosque. The Prophet asked them for some price but they refused and instead gave it to him as a gift. After purchasing the land, he removed all crops, palm trees, and graves of disbelievers that were present on it so that he could construct his mosque. This hadith teaches us that we should be generous with our possessions and help others whenever we can without expecting anything in return. It also shows us how important it is to have faith in Allah because He will always provide for us if we put our trust in Him.

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