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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).

Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said, “Keeping horses may be a source of reward to some (man), a shelter to another
(i.e. means of earning one’s living), or a burden to a third. He to whom the horse will be a source of
reward is the one who keeps it in Allah’s Cause (prepare it for holy battles) and ties it by a long rope
in a pasture (or a garden). He will get a reward equal to what its long rope allows it to eat in the
pasture or the garden, and if that horse breaks its rope and crosses one or two hills, then all its
footsteps and its dung will be counted as good deeds for its owner; and if it passes by a river and
drinks from it, then that will also be regarded as a good deed for its owner even if he has had no
intention of watering it then. Horses are a shelter from poverty to the second person who keeps horses
for earning his living so as not to ask others, and at the same time he gives Allah’s right (i.e. rak`at)
(from the wealth he earns through using them in trading etc.,) and does not overburden them. He who
keeps horses just out of pride and for showing off and as a means of harming the Muslims, his horses
will be a source of sins to him.” When Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) was asked about donkeys, he replied, “Nothing
particular was revealed to me regarding them except the general unique verse which is applicable to
everything: “Whoever does goodness equal to the weight of an atom (or small ant) shall see it (its
reward) on the Day of Resurrection.”

A man came to Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) and asked about Al-Luqata (a fallen thing). The Prophet (ﷺ) said,
“Recognize its container and its tying material and then make a public announcement about it for one
year and if its owner shows up, give it to him; otherwise use it as you like.” The man said, “What
about a lost sheep?” The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “It is for you, your brother or the wolf.” The man said “What
about a lost camel?” The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Why should you take it as it has got its water-container (its
stomach) and its hooves and it can reach the places of water and can eat the trees till its owner finds
it?”

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “No doubt, one had better take a rope (and cut) and tie a bundle of wood and sell it
whereby Allah will keep his face away (from Hell-fire) rather than ask others who may give him or
not.”

Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said, “No doubt, you had better gather a bundle of wood and carry it on your back
(and earn your living thereby) rather than ask somebody who may give you or not.”

`Ali bin Abi Talib said: “I got a she-camel as my share of the war booty on the day (of the battle) of
Badr, and Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) gave me another she-camel. I let both of them kneel at the door of one of
the Ansar, intending to carry Idhkhir on them to sell it and use its price for my wedding banquet on
marrying Fatima. A goldsmith from Bani Qainqa’ was with me. Hamza bin `Abdul-Muttalib was in
that house drinking wine and a lady singer was reciting: “O Hamza! (Kill) the (two) fat old she camels
(and serve them to your guests).
So Hamza took his sword and went towards the two she-camels and cut off their humps and opened
their flanks and took a part of their livers.” (I said to Ibn Shihab, “Did he take part of the humps?” He
replied, “He cut off their humps and carried them away.”) `Ali further said, “When I saw that dreadful
sight, I went to the Prophet (ﷺ) and told him the news. The Prophet (ﷺ) came out in the company of Zaid bin
Haritha who was with him then, and I too went with them. He went to Hamza and spoke harshly to
him. Hamza looked up and said, ‘Aren’t you only the slaves of my forefathers?’ The Prophet (ﷺ) retreated
and went out. This incident happened before the prohibition of drinking.”

The Prophet (ﷺ) decided to grant a portion of (the uncultivated land of) Bahrain to the Ansar. The Ansar
said, “(We will not accept it) till you give a similar portion to our emigrant brothers (from Quraish).”
He said, “(O Ansar!) You will soon see people giving preference to others, so remain patient till you
meet me (on the Day of Resurrection).

The Prophet (ﷺ) called the Ansar so as to grant them a portion of (the land of) Bahrain. They said, “O Allah’s Messenger ! If you grant this to is, write a similar document on our Quraish (emigrant) brothers.” But the Prophet (ﷺ) did not have enough grants and he said: “After me you will see the people giving preference (to others), so be patient till you meet me.”

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “One of the rights of a she camel is that it should be milked at a place of water.”

Narrated ‘Abdullah (ra) said, I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say “If somebody buys date-palms after they have been pollinated, the fruits will belong to the seller unless the buyer stipulates the contrary. If somebody buys a slave having some property, the property will belong to the seller unless the buyer stipulate that it should belong to him.”