صحيح مسلم
Muslim
كتاب المساقاةThe Book of Musaqah
باب تَحْرِيمِ الظُّلْمِ وَغَصْبِ الأَرْضِ وَغَيْرِهَا:Chapter: The prohibition of wrongdoing, seizing land unlawfully etc
Hadith 1612
حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الدَّوْرَقِيُّ ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ يَعْنِي ابْنَ عَبْدِ الْوَارِثِ ، حَدَّثَنَا حَرْبٌ وَهُوَ ابْنُ شَدَّادٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى وَهُوَ ابْنُ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ : أَنَّ أَبَا سَلَمَةَ حَدَّثَهُ " وَكَانَ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ قَوْمِهِ خُصُومَةٌ فِي أَرْضٍ ، وَأَنَّهُ دَخَلَ عَلَى عَائِشَةَ فَذَكَرَ ذَلِكَ لَهَا ، فَقَالَتْ : يَا أَبَا سَلَمَةَ اجْتَنِبْ الْأَرْضَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، قَالَ : " مَنْ ظَلَمَ قِيدَ شِبْرٍ مِنَ الْأَرْضِ ، طُوِّقَهُ مِنْ سَبْعِ أَرَضِينَ " ،
Muhammad bin Ibrahim said that Abu Salama reported to him that there was between him and his people dispute over a piece of land, and he came to 'A'isha and mentioned that to her, whereupon she said: Abu Salama, abstain from getting this land, for Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: He who usurps even a span of land would be made to wear around his neck seven earths.
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وحَدَّثَنِي إِسْحَاق بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ ، أَخْبَرَنَا حَبَّانُ بْنُ هِلَالٍ ، أَخْبَرَنَا أَبَانُ ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى : أَنَّ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَدَّثَهُ : أَنَّ أَبَا سَلَمَةَ حَدَّثَهُ : أَنَّهُ دَخَلَ عَلَى عَائِشَةَ فَذَكَرَ مِثْلَهُ .
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Abu Salama with another chain of transmitters.
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Explanation & Benefits
Maulana Dawood Raz
Hadith Commentary:
Since there are seven layers of the earth, therefore, land acquired through oppression will be made into a collar and placed around his neck, extending through all seven layers. The seven layers of the earth are established from the Book and the Sunnah. Whoever denies them is a denier of the Qur’an and Hadith. The details of this are known to Allah.
﴿وَمَا يَعْلَمُ جُنُودَ رَبِّكَ إِلَّا هُوَ﴾ ( al-Muddathir: 31)
Imam Shawkani rahimahullah states:
“And in it is that the seven earths are layers like the heavens, and this is apparent from His, the Exalted’s, statement: ‘and from the earth the like thereof’ in opposition to those who say that by ‘seven earths’ is meant seven regions.” ( Nayl)
That is, from this it is established that just as there are seven heavens, there are also seven layers of the earth, as mentioned in the Qur’anic verse ‘and from the earth the like thereof’, meaning the earths are also like those heavens. In this is also a refutation of those who interpret the seven earths as seven regions, which is not correct.
Since there are seven layers of the earth, therefore, land acquired through oppression will be made into a collar and placed around his neck, extending through all seven layers. The seven layers of the earth are established from the Book and the Sunnah. Whoever denies them is a denier of the Qur’an and Hadith. The details of this are known to Allah.
﴿وَمَا يَعْلَمُ جُنُودَ رَبِّكَ إِلَّا هُوَ﴾ ( al-Muddathir: 31)
Imam Shawkani rahimahullah states:
“And in it is that the seven earths are layers like the heavens, and this is apparent from His, the Exalted’s, statement: ‘and from the earth the like thereof’ in opposition to those who say that by ‘seven earths’ is meant seven regions.” ( Nayl)
That is, from this it is established that just as there are seven heavens, there are also seven layers of the earth, as mentioned in the Qur’anic verse ‘and from the earth the like thereof’, meaning the earths are also like those heavens. In this is also a refutation of those who interpret the seven earths as seven regions, which is not correct.
Source: Sahih Bukhari: Commentary by Maulana Dawood Raz, Page: 2453
