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Keeping a watch-dog for the farm.

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Darussalam · Volume 3

41 - THE BOOK OF CULTIVATION AND AGRICULTURE

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الحديث: 2323 ¦ الجزء: 3 ¦ الصفحة: 103

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2323. Narrated As-Sā'ib bin Yazīd: Abū Sufyān bin Abū Zuhair, a man from Azd Shanū'a and one of the Companions of the Prophet ﷺ said, "I heard Allāh's Messenger ﷺ saying, 'If one keeps a dog which is meant for guarding neither a farm nor cattle will get a daily deduction of one Qirāt of the reward of his good deeds.'" =oppression and humiliation, especially under the feudal system. By indulging in this work, one may neglect Jihād in Allāh's Cause and other important Allāh's Obligations. It is also said that this Hadīth is concerned with those living near the enemies: If they got busy in agriculture and left Jihād, the enemies might overcome and humiliate them. Of course, the Hadīth should not be taken literally. Farming is not undesirable in itself but we should beware the results of indulging too much in it. (Faḥh Al-Bārī) I asked, "Did you hear this from Allāh's Messenger ﷺ?" He said, "Yes, by the Lord of this mosque."

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2323 - حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ، أَخْبَرَنَا مَالِكٌ، عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ خُصَيْفَةَ، أَنَّ السَّائِبَ بْنَ يَزِيدَ، حَدَّثَهُ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ سُفْيَانَ بْنَ أَبِي زُهَيْرٍ، رَجُلًا مِنْ أَزْدِ شَنُوءَةَ، وَكَانَ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ: «مَنِ اقْتَنَى كَلْبًا لاَ يُغْنِي عَنْهُ زَرْعًا، وَلاَ ضَرْعًا نَقَصَ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ مِنْ عَمَلِهِ قِيرَاطٌ» قُلْتُ: أَنْتَ سَمِعْتَ هَذَا مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ؟ قَالَ: إِي وَرَبِّ هَذَا المَسْجِدِ

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