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Sunan Abi Dawud 3636 (Book 25, Hadith 66) #23926
Uprooting Palm-Trees for Annoyance

SUMMARY: The Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) advised a man to uproot the palm-trees of another man who was annoyed by the former's visits.

Abu Ja'far Muhammad bin 'Ali reported from Samurah ibn Jundub that he had a row of palm-trees in the garden of a man of the Ansar. The man had his family with him. Samurah used to visit his palm-trees, and the man was annoyed by that and felt it keenly. So he asked him (Samurah) to sell them to him, but he refused. He then asked him to take something else in exchange, but he refused. So he came to the Holy Prophet and mentioned it to him. The Holy Prophet asked him to sell it to him, but he refused. He asked him to take something else in exchange, but he refused. He then said: Give it to him and you can have such and such, mentioning something with which he tried to please him, but he refused. He then said: You are a nuisance. The Messenger of Allah then said to the Ansari: Go and uproot his palm-trees.
حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ الْعَتَكِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ، حَدَّثَنَا وَاصِلٌ، مَوْلَى أَبِي عُيَيْنَةَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ، مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ عَلِيٍّ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ سَمُرَةَ بْنِ جُنْدُبٍ، أَنَّهُ كَانَتْ لَهُ عَضُدٌ مِنْ نَخْلٍ فِي حَائِطِ رَجُلٍ مِنَ الأَنْصَارِ قَالَ وَمَعَ الرَّجُلِ أَهْلُهُ قَالَ فَكَانَ سَمُرَةُ يَدْخُلُ إِلَى نَخْلِهِ فَيَتَأَذَّى بِهِ وَيَشُقُّ عَلَيْهِ فَطَلَبَ إِلَيْهِ أَنْ يَبِيعَهُ فَأَبَى فَطَلَبَ إِلَيْهِ أَنْ يُنَاقِلَهُ فَأَبَى فَأَتَى النَّبِيَّ فَذَكَرَ ذَلِكَ لَهُ فَطَلَبَ إِلَيْهِ النَّبِيُّ أَنْ يَبِيعَهُ فَأَبَى فَطَلَبَ إِلَيْهِ أَنْ يُنَاقِلَهُ فَأَبَى ‏.‏ قَالَ ‏"‏ فَهَبْهُ لَهُ وَلَكَ كَذَا وَكَذَا ‏"‏ ‏.‏ أَمْرًا رَغَّبَهُ فِيهِ فَأَبَى فَقَالَ ‏"‏ أَنْتَ مُضَارٌّ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ لِلأَنْصَارِيِّ ‏"‏ اذْهَبْ فَاقْلَعْ نَخْلَهُ

TOPICS
annoyance  *  refusal  *  advice  *  palmtrees

QUICK LESSONS:
Seek advice from elders before taking any action .

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith is about how the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) advised a man to uproot the palm trees of another man who was annoyed by his visits. The incident began when Samurah ibn Jundub had a row of palm trees in the garden of an Ansari man and he used to visit them often which made the Ansari feel very annoyed and asked him to sell them or take something else in exchange but he refused both times. He then went to Prophet Muhammad and told him about it and asked for advice. The Holy Prophet asked him again if he would sell it or take something else in exchange but he refused both times again so then said “You are a nuisance” and advised him to go ahead with uprooting his palm trees. This hadith teaches us that we should not be too persistent with our requests if someone refuses us multiple times as it can be seen as annoying or disrespectful towards them. It also teaches us that we should always seek advice from our elders before taking any action as they may have better insight into what is right or wrong for us at that time.

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