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If somebody keeps a piece of land or a well as an endowment, or stipulates that he should benefit by its water as the other Muslims do (will this be permissible)?

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Darussalam · Volume 4

55 - THE BOOK OF AL-WASAYA

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الحديث: 2778 ¦ الجزء: 4 ¦ الصفحة: 13

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2778. Abū 'Abdur-Raḥmān narrated: When 'Uthmān رضي الله عنه was circled (by the rebels), he looked upon them from above and said, "I ask you by Allāh, I ask nobody but the companions of the Prophet ﷺ, don't you know that Allāh's Messenger ﷺ said, 'Whoever will (buy and) dig the well of Rūma will be granted Paradise,' and I (bought and) dug it? Don't you know that he said, 'Whoever equip the army of Usra (i.e., Tabūk's Ghazwa) will be granted Paradise,' and I equipped it?' They attested whatever he said. When 'Umar founded his endowment he said, "Its administrator can eat from it." The management of the endowment can be taken over by the founder himself or any other person, for both cases are permissible.

Arabic text

2778 - وَقَالَ عَبْدَانُ: أَخْبَرَنِي أَبِي، عَنْ شُعْبَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ، عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، أَنَّ عُثْمَانَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ حِينَ حُوصِرَ أَشْرَفَ عَلَيْهِمْ، وَقَالَ: أَنْشُدُكُمُ اللَّهَ، وَلاَ أَنْشُدُ إِلَّا أَصْحَابَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، أَلَسْتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «مَنْ حَفَرَ رُومَةَ فَلَهُ الجَنَّةُ»؟ فَحَفَرْتُهَا، أَلَسْتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّهُ قَالَ: «مَنْ جَهَّزَ جَيْشَ العُسْرَةِ فَلَهُ الجَنَّةُ»؟ فَجَهَّزْتُهُمْ، قَالَ: فَصَدَّقُوهُ بِمَا قَالَ وَقَالَ عُمَرُ فِي وَقْفِهِ: «لاَ جُنَاحَ عَلَى مَنْ وَلِيَهُ أَنْ يَأْكُلَ وَقَدْ يَلِيهِ الوَاقِفُ وَغَيْرُهُ فَهُوَ وَاسِعٌ لِكُلٍّ»

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