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الفتح الربانی
Fath al-Rabbani
مسائل الغصب
Issues of Usurpation
بَابُ مَنِ اعْتَصَبَ أَوْ سَرَقَ شَيْئًا مِنَ الْأَرْضِ وَلَوْ قِيْدَ شير أو ذراع
Chapter: One who seizes or steals something from land, even a span or a cubit
Al-Fath ar-Rabbani 6195 — One who seizes or steals something
عَنْ أَبِي مَالِكٍ الْأَشْجَعِيِّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ أَعْظَمُ الْغُلُولِ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ ذِرَاعٌ مِنَ الْأَرْضِ تَجِدُونَ الرَّجُلَيْنِ جَارَيْنِ فِي الْأَرْضِ أَوْ فِي الدَّارِ فَيَقْتَطِعُ أَحَدُهُمَا مِنْ حَظِّ صَاحِبِهِ ذِرَاعًا فَإِذَا اقْتَطَعَهُ طُوِّقَهُ مِنْ سَبْعِ أَرَضِينَ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ
Narrated by Sayyiduna Abu Malik Ash'ari (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The greatest betrayal in the sight of Allah Almighty is a hand-span of land, and that is when two men are partners in a piece of land or a house, but one of them unjustly takes control of a hand-span from his companion’s share. When he seizes it, he will be made to wear a collar of seven earths around his neck until the Day of Resurrection.
