What they said on the governor: may he grant a portion of land?

Urwah bin al-Zubayr (may Allah have mercy on him) said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) granted a piece of the land obtained from Banu al-Nadir, in which there were date palms and other trees, and Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) and Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) also granted land.

Urwah bin al-Zubayr (may Allah have mercy on him) said that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) made Sayyiduna al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with him) the owner of a piece of the land of Banu al-Nadir, in which there were also date palms. Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) made Sayyiduna al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with him) the owner of the land of al-Juruf, and Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) made him the owner of the whole of the valley of al-Aqiq.

Urwah (may Allah have mercy on him) said that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) made Sayyiduna al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with him) the owner of a piece of land with date palms.

Ibrahim bin al-Muhajir (may Allah have mercy on him) said: I asked Musa bin Talhah (may Allah have mercy on him) about this, and he (may Allah have mercy on him) told me that Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) made Sayyiduna Khabbab (may Allah be pleased with him), Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him), Sayyiduna Sa'd (may Allah be pleased with him) and Sayyiduna Suhayb (may Allah be pleased with him) the owners of separate pieces of land.

Musa bin Talhah (may Allah have mercy on him) said that Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) gave land to five of the Companions of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), among them Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him), Sayyiduna Sa'd (may Allah be pleased with him), Sayyiduna al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with him), Sayyiduna Khabbab (may Allah be pleased with him) and Sayyiduna Usamah bin Zayd (may Allah be pleased with him).

The father of Ja'far (may Allah have mercy on him) said that Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) made Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) the owner of Yanbu', and also added more to it.

Muhammad bin Ubaydullah al-Thaqafi (may Allah have mercy on him) said: A man from the tribe of Thaqif named Nafi' Abu Abdullah came to Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him). He was the first man to rear colts in Basra. He said: "O Commander of the Believers! On our side, in Basra, there is a piece of land that is not land-tax land, and it will not harm any of the Muslims. If you see fit, assign it to me, and I will grow fodder in it for my horses. Please do so." The narrator said: Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) wrote to Sayyiduna Abu Musa (may Allah be pleased with him): "If the matter is as he has said, then assign that land to him."

Ibn Awn (may Allah have mercy on him) said: A man from the tribe of Banu Zurayq narrated that Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) assigned a piece of land to Sayyiduna Talhah (may Allah be pleased with him), wrote a document for him about it, and had witnesses attest to it, among them Sayyiduna Umar. Sayyiduna Talhah (may Allah be pleased with him) took the document to Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) and said: "Put a seal on this." He (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "I will not put a seal on it. Is this for you alone, to the exclusion of the people?" The narrator said: Sayyiduna Talhah (may Allah be pleased with him) left in great anger. He came to Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) and said: "By Allah! I do not know whether you are the caliph or Umar." He (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "No! Rather Umar (may Allah be pleased with him), but he refused!"

Ja'far (may Allah have mercy on him) said that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) made Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) the owner of land at the place called al-Faqirayn, the well of Qays, and the tree.

Yahya bin Qays (may Allah have mercy on him) reported from a man that Sayyiduna Abyad bin Hammal (may Allah be pleased with him) asked the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) for the salt deposit at Ma'rib, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) intended to give it to him. Thereupon a Companion said to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him): "It is like running water that flows continuously." So he (peace and blessings be upon him) declined to give that place.

Jabir (may Allah have mercy on him) said that Amir (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Neither Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him), nor Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him), nor Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) granted lands. The first to make people owners of lands was Sayyiduna Uthman. Lands were sold during the caliphate of Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him).

Ubaydah (may Allah have mercy on him) said that Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) granted land to both Sayyiduna al-Aqra' bin Habis (may Allah be pleased with him) and Uyaynah bin Hisn, and he also wrote a document for the two of them.