A man who steals the boundary and land from another

Sayyiduna Ya'la (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "Whoever wrongfully seizes someone's land will be compelled on the Day of Resurrection to carry all the soil of that land."

Sayyiduna Sa'id bin Zayd (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "Whoever wrongfully takes a handspan of land, a collar of seven earths will be placed around his neck on the Day of Resurrection."

Abu Amr al-Shaybani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: I was informed that whoever steals any land will have no repentance so long as he finds land that he can dig.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever wrongfully takes a handspan of land, a collar of seven earths will be placed around his neck on the Day of Resurrection."

Sayyiduna Abu al-Tufayl (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I was present with Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him). A man came to him and said: "Did the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) tell you any secrets?" Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) became angry and said: "The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not confide anything to me that he concealed from the people, except that he taught me four statements." The man said: "What are those statements?" He (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "The curse of Allah is upon whoever curses his parents; the curse of Allah is upon whoever slaughters in the name of other than Allah; the curse of Allah is upon whoever gives shelter to a wrongdoer; and the curse of Allah is upon whoever alters the boundary markers of the land."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Malik al-Ash'ari (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The greatest treachery before Allah on the Day of Resurrection will be that one person steals a cubit of another person's land, and that land is shared between two neighbours and one of them seizes his companion's land. A collar of seven earths will be placed around the neck of such a person."

Ibn Sabit said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) cursed four people: the one who sacrifices in the name of other than Allah, the one who gives shelter to a wrongdoer, the one who disobeys his parents, and the one who steals the manar. The narrator said: I asked: "What is meant by manar?" (He said:) "The one who takes his brother's land and adds it to his own land."

Masruq said: Whoever wrongfully seizes a handspan of land, the layers of the earth will become a collar around his neck on the Day of Resurrection, and they will not bear him.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The curse is upon the one who, without right, diminishes anything from the boundaries of the land."