32/10. Chapter:
Sahih Muslim 1746a — Date-Palms of Banu Nadir
Permissibility of cutting down the trees of the Kuffar and burning them
Banu Nadir Date Palms Hadith: Cutting Trees by Allah’s Permission
Sahih Muslim : 1746a
Sahih MuslimHadith Number 1746a
حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى، وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رُمْحٍ، قَالاَ أَخْبَرَنَا اللَّيْثُ، ح وَحَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ، سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا لَيْثٌ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم حَرَّقَ نَخْلَ بَنِي النَّضِيرِ وَقَطَعَ وَهِيَ الْبُوَيْرَةُ . زَادَ قُتَيْبَةُ وَابْنُ رُمْحٍ فِي حَدِيثِهِمَا فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ { مَا قَطَعْتُمْ مِنْ لِينَةٍ أَوْ تَرَكْتُمُوهَا قَائِمَةً عَلَى أُصُولِهَا فَبِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ وَلِيُخْزِيَ الْفَاسِقِينَ}
`Abdullah Narrated from:
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) ordered the date-palms of Banu Nadir to be burnt and cut. These palms were at Buwaira. Qutaibah and Ibn Rumh in their versions of the tradition have added: So Allah, the Glorious and Exalted, revealed the verse:" Whatever trees you have cut down or left standing on their trunks, it was with the permission of Allah so that He may disgrace the evil-doers" (lix. 5).
Reference : Sahih Muslim 1746aIn-book reference : Book 32, Hadith 33USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 19, Hadith 4324
Summary of Sahih Muslim Hadith 1746a
This Banu Nadir date palms hadith reports that the Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم ordered the date-palms of Banu Nadir to be burnt and cut at Buwaira. The narration also says that Allah revealed the verse: “Whatever trees you have cut down or left standing on their trunks, it was with the permission of Allah so that He may disgrace the evil-doers” (59:5). The core topic is not general farming or normal property use. It is a specific battle-related event connected to Banu Nadir and the revealed verse mentioned in the report. For readers searching for the hadith about cutting date palms, the text itself ties the act to Allah’s permission.
What we learn from this hadith
- The report names Banu Nadir and the place Buwaira.
- The date-palms were burnt and cut in this specific event.
- The narration links the event with Qur’an 59:5.
