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موطا امام مالك رواية يحييٰ
Muwatta Malik (Yahya)
كتاب الرهون
Book: On the Explanation of Pledges (Mortgages)
بَابُ الْقَضَاءِ فِي عِمَارَةِ الْمَوَاتِ
Chapter of Judgement Regarding Reviving Dead Land
Muwatta Malik (Yahya) 1440 — of Judgement Regarding Reviving Dead Land
حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى، عَنْ مَالِك، عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، أَنّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، قَالَ : " مَنْ أَحْيَا أَرْضًا مَيِّتَةً، فَهِيَ لَهُ، وَلَيْسَ لِعِرْقٍ ظَالِمٍ حَقٌّ " .
It is narrated from Hazrat Urwah bin Zubair that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "Whoever cultivates barren land (makes it fertile for cultivation), it belongs to him. Whoever wrongfully takes possession there, he has no right to it."
قَالَ مَالِك : وَالْعِرْقُ الظَّالِمُ : كُلُّ مَا احْتُفِرَ أَوْ أُخِذَ أَوْ غُرِسَ بِغَيْرِ حَقٍّ
Imam Malik, may Allah have mercy on him, said that if someone acts unjustly, for example: digs a pit there, seizes some land, or plants a tree.
