22/30. Chapter:
Sahih Muslim 1610b — False Land Claims and Accountability
The prohibition of wrongdoing, seizing land unlawfully etc
Hadith on Wrongfully Taking Land Without Right
Sahih Muslim : 1610b
Sahih MuslimHadith Number 1610b
حَدَّثَنِي حَرْمَلَةُ بْنُ يَحْيَى، أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ وَهْبٍ، حَدَّثَنِي عُمَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، أَنَّحَدَّثَهُ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ زَيْدِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ نُفَيْلٍ، أَنَّ أَرْوَى، خَاصَمَتْهُ فِي بَعْضِ دَارِهِ فَقَالَ دَعُوهَا وَإِيَّاهَا فَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ " مَنْ أَخَذَ شِبْرًا مِنَ الأَرْضِ بِغَيْرِ حَقِّهِ طُوِّقَهُ فِي سَبْعِ أَرَضِينَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ " . اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ كَانَتْ كَاذِبَةً فَأَعْمِ بَصَرَهَا وَاجْعَلْ قَبْرَهَا فِي دَارِهَا . قَالَ فَرَأَيْتُهَا عَمْيَاءَ تَلْتَمِسُ الْجُدُرَ تَقُولُ أَصَابَتْنِي دَعْوَةُ سَعِيدِ بْنِ زَيْدٍ . فَبَيْنَمَا هِيَ تَمْشِي فِي الدَّارِ مَرَّتْ عَلَى بِئْرٍ فِي الدَّارِ فَوَقَعَتْ فِيهَا فَكَانَتْ قَبْرَهَا.
Sa'id b. Zaid b. 'Amr b. Nufail Narrated from:
Arwi (bint Uwais) disputed with him (in regard to a part of the land) of his house. He said: Leave it and take off your claim from it, for I heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying: He who took a span of land without his right would be made to wear around his neck seven earths on the Day of Resurrection. He (Sa'id b. Zaid) said: O Allah, make her blind if she has told a lie and make her grave in her house.He (the narrator) said: I saw her blind groping (her way) by touching the walls and saying: The curse of Sa'id b. Zaid has hit me. And it so happened that as she was walking in her house, she passed by a well in her house and fell therein and that be- came her grave.
Reference : Sahih Muslim 1610bIn-book reference : Book 22, Hadith 172USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 10, Hadith 3921
Summary of Sahih Muslim Hadith 1610b
This Hadith gives the same strong warning about land injustice and places it inside a dispute. People often search for hadith about taking land unjustly, land grabbing in Islam, or seven earths hadith. Sa'id b. Zaid told Arwa to leave her claim because he had heard the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم say that whoever takes a span of land without right will be made to wear around his neck seven earths on the Day of Resurrection. The report then mentions Sa'id's supplication if she was lying, and the narrator describes what happened later. The main lesson is not to play with false land claims. A person should fear Allah before taking property that is not rightly theirs.
What we learn from this hadith
- Land disputes should be handled with fear of Allah.
- Taking even a span without right is warned against.
- False claims over property can become a serious wrong.
- The report shows Sa'id relying on a Prophetic warning in a land dispute.
