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الفتح الربانی
Fath al-Rabbani
مسائل الغصبIssues of Usurpation
بَابُ مَنْ زَرَعَ فِي أَرْضِ قَوْمٍ بِغَيْرِ إِذْنِهِمْ وَمَنْ أَخَذَ شَيْئًا مِنَ الثَّمَرِ أَوِ الزَّرْعِ بِغَيْرِ إِذْنِ أَهْلِهِChapter: One who plants in someone’s land without their permission, or takes some fruit or crop without the owner’s permission
Hadith 6210
اُردوEn
عَنْ عُمَيْرٍ مَوْلَى آبِي اللَّحْمِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ أَقْبَلْتُ مَعَ سَادَتِي نُرِيدُ الْهِجْرَةَ حَتَّى أَنْ دَنَوْنَا مِنَ الْمَدِينَةِ قَالَ فَدَخَلُوا الْمَدِينَةَ وَخَلَّفُونِي فِي ظَهْرِهِمْ قَالَ فَأَصَابَنِي مَجَاعَةٌ شَدِيدَةٌ قَالَ فَمَرَّ بِي بَعْضُ مَنْ يَخْرُجُ إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ فَقَالُوا لِي لَوْ دَخَلْتَ الْمَدِينَةَ فَأَصَبْتَ مِنْ ثَمَرِ حَوَائِطِهَا فَدَخَلْتُ حَائِطًا فَقَطَعْتُ مِنْهُ قِنْوَيْنِ فَأَتَانِي صَاحِبُ الْحَائِطِ فَأَتَى بِي إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَأَخْبَرَهُ خَبَرِي وَعَلَيَّ ثَوْبَانِ فَقَالَ لِي أَيُّهُمَا أَفْضَلُ فَأَشَرْتُ لَهُ إِلَى أَحَدِهِمَا فَقَالَ خُذْهُ وَأَعْطَى صَاحِبَ الْحَائِطِ الْآخَرَ وَخَلَّى سَبِيلِي
Sayyiduna Umair, the freed slave of Abi al-Lahm (may Allah be pleased with him), says: I was migrating to Madinah with my masters. When we neared Madinah, my masters left me behind and themselves entered Madinah. I became extremely hungry. Some people passing by on their way to Madinah saw me and said: (The solution to your hunger is) that you enter Madinah and eat fruit from a garden. So I entered a garden and had just plucked two bunches of dates when the owner of the garden arrived, caught me, and took me to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and told him my whole story. At that time, I was wearing two garments. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: Which of these two garments is better? I pointed to one of them. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to me: Take this one. And he gave the other to the owner of the garden and let me go.
Brief Explanation
Benefits: … We have already clarified in the benefits of Hadith number (6193) that a needy person may eat from an orchard without the owner's permission, however, he may not take anything away with him. But according to this hadith, the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam held the one who did so responsible and imposed a penalty of giving a garment. The answer given to this is that the man had picked more dates than his need; one bunch was for his necessity, and for the other bunch, the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam gave his garment to the owner as compensation.
