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Bayhaqi 11822 — What counts as reviving land, and the reward hoped

وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو زَكَرِيَّا بْنُ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ، ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ هُوَ الْأَصَمُّ، أنبأ الرَّبِيعُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ قَالَ: قَالَ الشَّافِعِيُّ: أنبأ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ حَسَنِ بْنِ الْقَاسِمِ الْأَزْرَقِيُّ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ بْنِ نَضْلَةَ، أَنَّ أَبَا سُفْيَانَ بْنَ حَرْبٍ قَامَ بِفِنَاءِ دَارِهِ فَضَرَبَ بِرِجْلِهِ وَقَالَ: سَنَامُ الْأَرْضِ إِنَّ لَهَا سَنَامًا، زَعَمَ ابْنُ فَرْقَدٍ الْأَسْلَمِيُّ أَنِّي لَا أَعْرِفُ حَقِّيَ مِنْ حَقِّهِ، لِي بَيَاضُ الْمَرْوَةِ وَلَهُ سَوَادُهَا، وَلِي مَا بَيْنَ كَذَا إِلَى كَذَا، فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ فَقَالَ: " لَيْسَ لِأَحَدٍ إِلَّا مَا أَحَاطَتْ عَلَيْهِ جُدْرَانُهُ، إِنَّ إِحْيَاءَ الْمَوَاتِ مَا يَكُونُ زَرْعًا أَوْ حَفِيرًا أَوْ يُحَاطُ بِالْجُدْرَانِ " ⦗٢٤٦⦘ قَالَ الشَّيْخُ: قَوْلُهُ: إِنَّ إِحْيَاءَ الْمَوَاتِ إِلَى آخِرِهِ، أَظُنُّهُ مِنْ قَوْلِ الشَّافِعِيِّ؛ فَقَدْ رَوَاهُ الْحُمَيْدِيُّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ دُونَهُ، وَاللهُ أَعْلَمُ.
Alqamah bin Nadlah (may Allah have mercy on him) says that Abu Sufyan bin Harb (may Allah be pleased with him) was standing in the courtyard of his house. He struck the ground with his foot and said: The land is like a hump; and Ibn Farqad al-Aslami (may Allah be pleased with him) claimed that I do not know my right from his. The white is mine and the black is his, and my land is from here to there. When this reached Sayyiduna Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him), he said: Each person has only what his walls enclose. Reviving barren land means that it is cultivated, or a pit is dug in it, or it is enclosed with walls.
The Shaykh said: I think his words "Reviving barren land" to the end are the words of al-Shafi'i, for al-Humaydi narrated it from Abd al-Rahman bin al-Hasan without them.
Hadith Reference السنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب إحياء الموات / 11822
Hadith Grading محدثین: ضعيف
Hadith Takhrij «ضعيف۔ امام شافعي 4/46»