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Sunan Abi Dawud 3074 (Book 20, Hadith 147) #23364
Cultivating Barren Land

SUMMARY: The Prophet ﷺ taught that if someone brings barren land into cultivation, it belongs to them.

Narrated Urwah: The Prophet 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 tradition to me said that two persons brought their dispute to the Messenger of Allah . One of them grew palm trees in the land of the other. He decided to return the land to its owner of the palm-trees to remove his palm-trees. He said: I saw when their roots were being struck with axes. The trees were fully grown up, but they were removed from there.
حَدَّثَنَا هَنَّادُ بْنُ السَّرِيِّ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدَةُ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ، - يَعْنِي ابْنَ إِسْحَاقَ - عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ ‏ "‏ مَنْ أَحْيَا أَرْضًا مَيْتَةً فَهِيَ لَهُ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ وَذَكَرَ مِثْلَهُ قَالَ فَلَقَدْ خَبَّرَنِي الَّذِي حَدَّثَنِي هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ أَنَّ رَجُلَيْنِ اخْتَصَمَا إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ غَرَسَ أَحَدُهُمَا نَخْلاً فِي أَرْضِ الآخَرِ فَقَضَى لِصَاحِبِ الأَرْضِ بِأَرْضِهِ وَأَمَرَ صَاحِبَ النَّخْلِ أَنْ يُخْرِجَ نَخْلَهُ مِنْهَا ‏.‏ قَالَ فَلَقَدْ رَأَيْتُهَا وَإِنَّهَا لَتُضْرَبُ أُصُولُهَا بِالْفُئُوسِ وَإِنَّهَا لَنَخْلٌ عُمٌّ حَتَّى أُخْرِجَتْ مِنْهَا

TOPICS
cultivation  *  land  *  ownership  *  taqwim  *  qabd

QUICK LESSONS:
Respect other's property rights , Work hard , Be honest , Be fair .

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith teaches us the importance of cultivating barren land. It is narrated by Urwah that the Prophet said that if anyone brings barren land into cultivation, it belongs to them. This means that when a person takes an effort to cultivate a piece of land which was previously not being used for any purpose, they are entitled to its ownership and benefit from it. The hadith also mentions two people who brought their dispute about a piece of land with palm trees in it to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). He decided in favor of returning the land back to its owner and removing his palm-trees from there even though they were fully grown up. This shows us how important it is for people to respect each other's property rights and not take advantage of others' hard work without permission or due compensation.

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