Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1380
قَالَ قُلْتُ لِقُتَيْبَةَ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَكُمْ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى بْنِ قَيْسٍ الْمَأْرِبِيُّ، حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي، عَنْ ثُمَامَةَ بْنِ شُرَاحِيلَ، عَنْ سُمَىِّ بْنِ قَيْسٍ، عَنْ شُمَيْرٍ، عَنْ أَبْيَضَ بْنِ حَمَّالٍ، أَنَّهُ وَفَدَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَاسْتَقْطَعَهُ الْمِلْحَ فَقَطَعَ لَهُ فَلَمَّا أَنْ وَلَّى قَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْمَجْلِسِ أَتَدْرِي مَا قَطَعْتَ لَهُ إِنَّمَا قَطَعْتَ لَهُ الْمَاءَ الْعِدَّ . قَالَ فَانْتَزَعَهُ مِنْهُ . قَالَ وَسَأَلَهُ عَمَّا يُحْمَى مِنَ الأَرَاكِ قَالَ " مَا لَمْ تَنَلْهُ خِفَافُ الإِبِلِ " . فَأَقَرَّ بِهِ قُتَيْبَةُ وَقَالَ نَعَمْ . حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي عُمَرَ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى بْنِ قَيْسٍ الْمَأْرِبِيُّ، بِهَذَا الإِسْنَادِ نَحْوَهُ . الْمَأْرِبُ نَاحِيَةٌ مِنَ الْيَمَنِ . قَالَ وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ وَائِلٍ وَأَسْمَاءَ بِنْتِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى حَدِيثُ أَبْيَضَ بْنِ حَمَّالٍ حَدِيثٌ غَرِيبٌ . وَالْعَمَلُ عَلَى هَذَا عِنْدَ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَغَيْرِهِمْ فِي الْقَطَائِعِ يَرَوْنَ جَائِزًا أَنْ يُقْطِعَ الإِمَامُ لِمَنْ رَأَى ذَلِكَ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Abyad ibn Ḥammāl visited the Messenger of Allah and asked him to grant him a salt deposit. The Prophet granted it to him. When the man left, someone present said: “Do you know what you granted him? You granted him an inexhaustible source of water.” The Prophet then took it back from him. Abyad also asked about protected areas of arāk trees. The Prophet said: “Whatever the hooves of camels cannot reach.” Qutaybah confirmed this report. The region of Maʾrib is in Yemen. Reports on this subject are also narrated from Wāʾil and Asmāʾ bint Abī Bakr. Abū ʿĪsā said: Abyad ibn Ḥammāl’s hadith is gharīb. Scholars among the Prophet’s Companions and others held that the ruler may grant land concessions when he considers it appropriate.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The salt deposit is described as a continuous resource, so the initial grant was withdrawn. The second ruling limits protected grazing areas to land camels cannot reach.