Narrated Abdullah ibn Umar: The Prophet ﷺ gave az-Zubayr the land as a fief up to the reach of his horse when he runs. He, therefore, made his horse run until it stopped. He then threw his flog. Thereupon he said: Give him (the land) up to the point where his flog has reached.
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Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
Benefits and Issues:
This narration has a weak chain of transmission.
However, in the previous hadith 3069 and in the narration of Sahih al-Bukhari, it is mentioned that the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) granted some land from the wealth of Banu Nadir to Zubair (radi Allahu anhu).
(Sahih al-Bukhari, Kitab al-Fard al-Khums, Hadith: 3151) Perhaps it is this very land.
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 3072
Shaykh Safi ur-Rahman Mubarakpuri
Takhrij:
«أخرجه أبوداود، الخراج، باب في إقطاع الأرضين، حديث:3072.* عبدالله بن عمر العمري حسن الحديث عن نافع، ضعيف عن غيره.»©Explanation:
According to this hadith, it is permissible for the head of state to grant land to a person as a reward for his specific national and religious services; however, the condition is that the land must not be in the ownership of someone else.
Source: Bulugh al-Maram: Commentary by Safiur Rahman Mubarakpuri, Page: 783