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3064. It was narrated from Abyaḏ bin Hammāl that he came to the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ, and asked him to allocate the salt mines to him.
Ibn Al-Mutawakkil (one of the narrators) said: "Which were in Ma'rib, and he allocated them to him. When he left, a man who was in the gathering said: 'Do you know what you have allocated to him? You have only allocated to him a permanent spring.' So he took it back from him. And he asked him about land to be protected containing Arāk trees, and he said: 'So long as hooves do not tread upon it.'" Ibn Al-Mutawakkil said: "the hooves of camels." (Hasan)
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Commentary
It has been argued on the basis of this Hadith that, unlike mines whose yield can only be procured with great effort or difficulty, mines whose profitably is self-evident and are of value to the common people, should not be given to the exclusive possession of any particular individual.
