Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 2452
حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الْجَوْهَرِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو تَوْبَةَ الرَّبِيعُ بْنُ نَافِعٍ، حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ سَلاَّمٍ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ، عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " مَنْ كَانَتْ لَهُ أَرْضٌ فَلْيَزْرَعْهَا أَوْ لِيَمْنَحْهَا أَخَاهُ فَإِنْ أَبَى فَلْيُمْسِكْ أَرْضَهُ " .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Ibrahim ibn Said al-Jawhari narrated to us: Abu Tawbah al-Rabi ibn Nafi narrated to us: Muawiyah ibn Sallam narrated to us, from Yahya ibn Abi Kathir, from Abu Salamah, from Abu Hurayrah, who said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “Whoever has land should cultivate it himself or grant its use to his brother. If he does not wish to do that, then let him keep his land.”
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The Arabic uses تمنحها, granting or lending the land for use. The English witness adds “for free”; that condition is not explicit in this Arabic wording.