Hadith 3059

If some people in a hostile non-Muslim country embrace Islām and they have possessions and land, then what they have will remain for them.

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Darussalam · Volume 4

56 - THE BOOK OF JIHĀD

Sahih al-Bukhari Darussalam English translation

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Shamela Arabic edition

الحديث: 3059 ¦ الجزء: 4 ¦ الصفحة: 71

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English translation

3059. Narrated Aslam: 'Umar bin Al-Khaṭṭāb رضي الله عنه appointed a freed slave of his, called Hunaiyya, manager of the Himā (i.e., a pasture devoted for grazing the animals of the Zakāt or other specified animals). He said to him, "O Hunaiyya! Don't oppress the Muslims and ward off their curse (invocations against you), for the invocation of the oppressed is responded to (by Allāh); and allow the shepherd having a few camels and those having few sheep (to graze their animals), and take care not to allow the livestock of 'Abdur-Raḥmān bin 'Auf and the livestock of ('Uthmān) bin 'Affan, for if their livestock should perish, then they have their farms and gardens, while those who own a few camels and those who own a few sheep, if their livestock should perish, they would bring their dependents to me and appeal for help saying, 'O chief of the believers! O chief of the believers!' Would I then neglect them? (No, of course). So, I find it easier to let them have water and grass rather than to give them gold and silver (from the Muslim's Treasury). By Allāh, these people think that I have been unjust to them. This is their land, and during the pre-Islāmic period, they fought for it and they embraced Islām (willingly) while it was in their possession. By Him in Whose Hand my soul is! Were it not for the animals (in my custody) which I give to be ridden for striving in Allāh's Cause, I would not have turned even a span of their land into a Himā."

Arabic text

3059 - حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ، عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، أَنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ الخَطَّابِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ: اسْتَعْمَلَ مَوْلًى لَهُ يُدْعَى هُنَيًّا عَلَى الحِمَى، فَقَالَ: " يَا هُنَيُّ اضْمُمْ جَنَاحَكَ عَنِ المُسْلِمِينَ، وَاتَّقِ دَعْوَةَ المَظْلُومِ، فَإِنَّ دَعْوَةَ المَظْلُومِ مُسْتَجَابَةٌ، وَأَدْخِلْ رَبَّ الصُّرَيْمَةِ، وَرَبَّ الغُنَيْمَةِ، وَإِيَّايَ وَنَعَمَ ابْنِ عَوْفٍ، وَنَعَمَ ابْنِ عَفَّانَ، فَإِنَّهُمَا إِنْ تَهْلِكْ مَاشِيَتُهُمَا يَرْجِعَا إِلَى نَخْلٍ وَزَرْعٍ، وَإِنَّ رَبَّ الصُّرَيْمَةِ، وَرَبَّ الغُنَيْمَةِ: إِنْ تَهْلِكْ مَاشِيَتُهُمَا، يَأْتِنِي بِبَنِيهِ "، فَيَقُولُ: يَا أَمِيرَ المُؤْمِنِينَ؟ أَفَتَارِكُهُمْ أَنَا لاَ أَبَا لَكَ، فَالْمَاءُ وَالكَلَأُ أَيْسَرُ عَلَيَّ مِنَ الذَّهَبِ وَالوَرِقِ، وَايْمُ اللَّهِ إِنَّهُمْ لَيَرَوْنَ أَنِّي قَدْ ظَلَمْتُهُمْ، إِنَّهَا لَبِلاَدُهُمْ فَقَاتَلُوا عَلَيْهَا فِي الجَاهِلِيَّةِ، وَأَسْلَمُوا عَلَيْهَا فِي الإِسْلاَمِ، وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَوْلاَ المَالُ الَّذِي أَحْمِلُ عَلَيْهِ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ ، مَا حَمَيْتُ عَلَيْهِمْ مِنْ بِلاَدِهِمْ شِبْرًا

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