36. Taking by Force/Unjustly
Sahih Ibn Hibban 5160No grade recorded
دَخَلَ عَلَيَّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ سَاهِمُ الْوَجْهِ قَالَتْ حَسِبْتُ ذَلِكَ مِنْ وَجْعٍ قُلْتُ مَا لِي أَرَاكَ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْكَ سَاهِمَ الْوَجْهِ قَالَ «مِنْ أَجْلِ الدَّنَانِيرِ السَّبْعَةِ الَّتِي أَتَتْنَا الْأَمْسِ فَلَمْ نَقْسِمْهَا»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ came to me with a distressed expression. She said: I thought that was due to some pain. I said: Why do I see you, may Allah bless you, with a distressed expression? He said: "Because of the seven dinars that came to us yesterday and we did not distribute them."
«مَنْ أَخَذَ شِبْرًا مِنَ الْأَرْضِ بِغَيْرِ حَقِّهِ طُوِّقَهُ مِنْ سَبْعِ أَرَضِينَ»
✧ Whoever takes a span of land unjustly will be made to wear it as a collar from seven earths.
Sahih Ibn Hibban 5162Hasan sahih
«مَنْ أَخَذَ مِنَ الْأَرْضِ شِبْرًا بِغَيْرِ حَقٍّ طُوِّقَهُ مِنْ سَبْعِ أَرَضِينَ»
✧ Whoever takes a span of land without right will be made to wear it as a collar from seven earths.
Sahih Ibn Hibban 5163No grade recorded
«مَنْ ظَلَمَ مِنَ الْأَرْضِ شِبْرًا طُوِّقَهُ مِنْ سَبْعِ أَرَضِينَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ»
✧ Whoever wrongfully takes a handspan of land, he will be made to wear it as a collar from seven earths on the Day of Resurrection.
«أَيُّمَا رَجُلٍ ظَلَمَ شِبْرًا مِنَ الْأَرْضِ كَلَّفَهُ اللَّهُ أَنْ يَحْفِرَهُ حَتَّى يَبْلُغَ سَبْعَ أَرَضِينَ ثُمَّ يُطَوَّقُهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ حَتَّى يَفْصِلَ بَيْنَ النَّاسِ»
✧ Any man who wrongfully takes a handspan of land, Allah will charge him to dig it until he reaches seven earths, then it will be made a collar around his neck on the Day of Resurrection until judgment is passed between the people.
سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ وَهُوَ يَمْشِي بَيْنَ جَمْرَتَيْنِ مِنَ الْجِمَارِ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ «مَنْ أَخَذَ شِبْرًا مِنْ مَالِ امْرِئٍ مُسْلِمٍ بِيَمِينٍ فَاجِرَةٍ فَلْيَتَبَوَّأْ بَيْتًا مِنَ النَّارِ»
✧ I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say while he was walking between two of the Jamarat and saying: 'Whoever takes a handspan of a Muslim man's property with a false oath, let him take his place in the Fire.'
«انْصُرْ أَخَاكَ ظَالِمًا أَوْ مَظْلُومًا» قِيلَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ هَذَا نَصَرُهُ مَظْلُومًا فَكَيْفَ أَنْصُرُهُ ظَالِمًا؟ قَالَ «تُمْسِكُهُ مِنَ الظُّلْمِ فَذَاكَ نَصْرُكَ إِيَّاهُ»
✧ Help your brother, whether he is an oppressor or oppressed. It was said: O Messenger of Allah, this one I help when he is oppressed, but how do I help him when he is an oppressor? He said: 'You restrain him from oppression; that is your help to him.'
«انْصُرْ أَخَاكَ ظَالِمًا أَوْ مَظْلُومًا» فَقَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ هَذَا نَنْصُرُهُ مَظْلُومًا فَكَيْفَ أَنْصُرُهُ ظَالِمًا؟ قَالَ «تَكُفُّهُ عَنِ الظُّلْمِ»
✧ Help your brother, whether he is an oppressor or oppressed. They said: O Messenger of Allah, this one we help when he is oppressed, but how do we help him when he is an oppressor? He said: 'You restrain him from oppression.'
«انْصُرْ أَخَاكَ ظَالِمًا أَوْ مَظْلُومًا» قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ هَذَا يَنْصُرُهُ مَظْلُومًا فَكَيْفَ يَنْصُرُهُ ظَالِمًا قَالَ «يَكُفُّهُ عَنِ الظُّلْمِ»
✧ Help your brother, whether he is an oppressor or oppressed. They said: O Messenger of Allah, this one he helps when he is oppressed, but how does he help him when he is an oppressor? He said: 'He restrains him from oppression.'
«سَمِعْتُ مُنَادِيَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَوْمَ حُنَيْنٍ يَنْهَى عَنِ النُّهْبَةِ»
✧ I heard the caller of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on the day of Hunayn prohibiting plunder.
«مَنِ انْتَهَبَ نُهْبَةً فَلَيْسَ مِنَّا»
✧ Whoever plunders a plunder, he is not one of us.
«نَهَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنْ تُحْتَلَبَ مَوَاشِي النَّاسِ إِلَّا بِإِذْنِ أَرْبَابِهَا» وَقَالَ «أَيُحِبُّ أَحَدُكُمْ أَنْ تُؤْتَى مَشْرُبَتُهُ فَيُكْسَرَ بَابُهَا فَيُنْتَثَلَ مَا فِيهَا مِنَ الطَّعَامِ إِنَّمَا ضُرُوعُ مَوَاشِيهِمْ هُوَ طَعَامُ أَحَدِهِمْ فَلَا أَعْرِفَنَّ أَحَدًا حَلَبَ مَاشِيَةَ أَحَدٍ بِغَيْرِ إِذْنِهِ»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade that people's livestock be milked except with the permission of their owners. And he said: 'Would any of you like his storeroom to be approached, its door broken, and the food in it taken out? Indeed, the udders of their livestock are the food of one of them. So let me not know of anyone who milks the livestock of another without his permission.'
«لَا يَزْنِي الزَّانِي وَهُوَ مُؤْمِنٌ وَلَا يَسْرِقُ السَّارِقُ وَهُوَ مُؤْمِنٌ وَلَا يَشْرَبُ الْخَمْرُ حِينَ يَشْرَبُهَا وَهُوَ مُؤْمِنٌ»
✧ The adulterer does not commit adultery while he is a believer, and the thief does not steal while he is a believer, and no one drinks wine while drinking it as a believer.
«لَا يَزْنِي الزَّانِي حِينَ يَزْنِي وَهُوَ مُؤْمِنٌ وَلَا يَسْرِقُ السَّارِقُ حِينَ يَسْرِقُ وَهُوَ مُؤْمِنٌ وَلَا يَشْرَبُ الْخَمْرَ حِينَ يَشْرَبُهَا وَهُوَ مُؤْمِنٌ وَلَا يَنْتَهِبُ نُهْبَةً وَهُوَ حِينَ يَنْتَهِبُهَا مُؤْمِنٌ»
✧ The adulterer does not commit adultery while committing it as a believer, the thief does not steal while stealing as a believer, and no one drinks wine while drinking it as a believer, and no one plunders a plunder while plundering it as a believer.
«إِنَّ أَخْوَفَ مَا أَخَافُ عَلَيْكُمْ مَا أَخْرَجَ اللَّهُ مِنْ نَبَتِ الْأَرْضِ وَزَهْرَةِ الدُّنْيَا» فَقَامَ إِلَيْهِ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَهَلْ يَأْتِي الْخَيْرُ بِالشَّرِّ؟ فَسَكَتَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ حَتَّى ظَنَنَّا أَنَّهُ يُنَزَّلُ عَلَيْهِ وَكَانَ إِذَا نُزِّلَ عَلَيْهِ غَشِيَهُ بُهْرٌ وَعَرَقٌ فَلَمَّا سُرِّيَ عَنْهُ فَقَالَ «أَيْنَ السَّائِلُ؟ » فَقَالَ هَا أَنَا ذَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَلَمْ أُرِدْ إِلَّا خَيْرًا فَقَالَ «إِنَّ الْخَيْرَ لَا يَأْتِي إِلَّا بِالْخَيْرِ وَلَكِنْ كُلُّ مَا يُنْبِتُ الرَّبِيعُ يَقْتُلُ حَبَطًا أَوْ يُلِمُّ إِلَّا آكِلَةَ الْخَضِرِ فَإِنَّهَا تَأْكُلُ حَتَّى إِذَا امْتَدَّتْ خَاصِرَتَاهَا اسْتَقْبَلَتِ الشَّمْسَ فَثَلَطَتْ وَبَالَتْ ثُمَّ عَادَتْ فَأَكَلَتْ ثُمَّ قَامَتْ فَاجْتَرَّتْ فَمَنْ أَخَذَ مَالًا بِحَقِّهِ بُورِكَ لَهُ فِيهِ وَنَفَعَهُ وَمَنْ أَخَذَ مَالًا بِغَيْرِ حَقِّهِ لَمْ يُبَارَكْ لَهُ فِيهِ وَكَانَ كَالَّذِي يَأْكُلُ وَلَا يَشْبَعُ»
✧ Indeed, what I fear most for you is what Allah has brought forth from the plants of the earth and the splendor of the world. A man stood up to him and said: O Messenger of Allah, does good ever bring evil? The Prophet ﷺ was silent until we thought that revelation was descending upon him, and when it descended upon him, he would be covered with panting and sweat. When it was relieved from him, he said: 'Where is the questioner?' He said: Here I am, O Messenger of Allah, and I only intended good. He said: 'Good does not bring anything but good, but every spring-grown plant that the spring brings forth kills or nearly kills by bloating except the eater of green vegetation, for it eats until its flanks are distended, then it faces the sun, defecates and urinates, then returns and eats. Then it stands and chews the cud. So whoever takes wealth by its right, it is blessed for him and benefits him, and whoever takes wealth without its right, it is not blessed for him and he is like one who eats but is never satisfied.'
Sahih Ibn Hibban 5175No grade recorded
«إِنَّ اللَّهَ يُمْهِلُ الظَّالِمَ حَتَّى إِذَا أَخَذَهُ لَمْ يَنْفَلِتْ ثُمَّ تَلَا {وَكَذَلِكَ أَخْذُ رَبِّكَ إِذَا أَخَذَ الْقُرَى وَهِيَ ظَالِمَةٌ إِنَّ أَخْذَهُ أَلِيمٌ شَدِيدٌ} »
✧ Indeed, Allah gives respite to the wrongdoer until, when He seizes him, He does not let him escape. Then he recited: {And thus is the seizure of your Lord when He seizes the towns while they are wrongdoing. Indeed, His seizure is painful and severe.}
«إِيَّاكُمْ وَالظُّلْمَ فَإِنَّ الظُّلْمَ ظُلُمَاتٌ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ وَإِيَّاكُمْ وَالْفُحْشَ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يُحِبُّ الْفُحْشَ وَلَا التَّفَحُّشَ وَإِيَّاكُمْ وَالشُّحَّ فَإِنَّمَا أَهْلَكَ مَنْ كَانَ قَبْلَكُمُ الشُّحُّ أَمَرَهُمْ بِالْقَطِيعَةِ فَقَطَعُوا أَرْحَامَهُمْ وَأَمَرَهُمْ بِالْفُجُورِ فَفَجَرُوا وَأَمَرَهُمْ بِالْبُخْلِ فَبَخِلُوا» فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَأَيُّ الْإِسْلَامِ أَفْضَلُ؟ قَالَ «أَنْ يَسْلَمَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ مِنْ لِسَانِكَ وَيَدِكَ» قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَأَيُّ الْهِجْرَةِ أَفْضَلُ قَالَ «أَنْ تَهْجُرَ مَا كَرِهَ رَبُّكَ» قَالَ وَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «الْهِجْرَةُ هِجْرَتَانِ هِجْرَةُ الْحَاضِرِ وَهِجْرَةُ الْبَادِي أَمَّا الْبَادِي فَيُجِيبُ إِذَا دُعِيَ وَيُطِيعُ إِذَا أُمِرَ وَأَمَّا الْحَاضِرُ فَهُوَ أَعْظَمُهُمَا بَلِيَّةً وَأَعْظَمُهُمَا أَجْرًا»
✧ Beware of wrongdoing, for wrongdoing will be darknesses on the Day of Resurrection. Beware of obscenity, for Allah does not love obscenity or indecency. Beware of miserliness, for it destroyed those before you: it commanded them to sever ties, so they severed their kinship ties; it commanded them to wickedness, so they committed wickedness; and it commanded them to stinginess, so they were stingy.” A man said, “O Messenger of Allah, which Islam is best?” He said, “That the Muslims be safe from your tongue and your hand.” He said, “O Messenger of Allah, which emigration is best?” He said, “That you abandon what your Lord dislikes.” He said, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “Emigration is of two kinds: the emigration of the settled person and the emigration of the Bedouin. As for the Bedouin, he answers when called and obeys when commanded. As for the settled person, he is the greater of the two in trial and the greater of the two in reward.”
«إِيَّاكُمْ وَالْفُحْشَ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يُحِبُّ الْفَاحِشَ وَالْمُتَفَحِّشَ وَإِيَّاكُمْ وَالظُّلْمَ فَإِنَّ الظُّلْمَ هِيَ الظُّلُمَاتُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ وَإِيَّاكُمْ وَالشُّحَّ فَإِنَّ الشُّحَّ دَعَا مَنْ كَانَ قَبْلَكُمْ فَسَفَكُوا دِمَاءَهُمْ وَقَطَعُوا أَرْحَامَهُمْ»
✧ Beware of obscenity, for Allah does not love the obscene or the indecent. Beware of wrongdoing, for wrongdoing will be darknesses on the Day of Resurrection. Beware of miserliness, for miserliness called those before you, so they shed their blood and severed their kinship ties.