42/11. Chapter:
Sahih Bukhari 2370 — Distribution of Water
Hima (private pasture)
Sahih Bukhari : 2370
Sahih BukhariHadith Number 2370
حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ بُكَيْرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ، عَنْ يُونُسَ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُتْبَةَ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ـ رضى الله عنهما ـ أَنَّ الصَّعْبَ بْنَ جَثَّامَةَ، قَالَ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " لاَ حِمَى إِلاَّ لِلَّهِ وَلِرَسُولِهِ ". وَقَالَ بَلَغَنَا أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم حَمَى النَّقِيعَ، وَأَنَّ عُمَرَ حَمَى السَّرَفَ وَالرَّبَذَةَ.
As-Sa'b bin Jath-thama Narrated from:
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, No Hima except for Allah and His Apostle. We have been told that Allah's Apostle made a place called An-Naqi' as Hima, and `Umar made Ash-Sharaf and Ar-Rabadha Hima (for grazing the animals of Zakat).
[2] The origin of this word is that when an Arab chief came to a certain place suitable for pasturing, he would let his dog bark at a high place. The area across which the sound of the dog spread would be a private pasture for the chief's cattle, and nobody else would have the right to graze his cattle in it. So Hima means a private pasture, originally belonging to nobody, and nobody is allowed to cultivate it, but it is kept for grazing private animals. ( Fath Al-Bārī )(3) Allāh's Messenger ﷺ and the Muslim leaders only have the right to keep pastures of this sort; no individual has the right to keep Hima for his personal good as the Arabs used to do in the Pre-Islāmic Period of Ignorance. ( Ibid. )Reference : Sahih al-Bukhari 2370In-book reference : Book 42, Hadith 18USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 3, Book 40, Hadith 558
