Hadith 12
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Narrated Rafi' bin Khadij (RA):
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: "Whoever sows in the land of a people without their permission, he has no right to any of the crop. However, he is entitled to what he spent on it." [Reported by Ahmad and al-Arba'a except an-Nasa'i. at-Tirmidhi graded it Hasan (good).
وَعَنْ رَافِعِ بْنِ خَدِيجٍ - رضى الله عنه - قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اَللَّهِ - صلى الله عليه وسلم -{ مَنْ زَرَعَ فِي أَرْضِ قَوْمٍ بِغَيْرِ إِذْنِهِمْ, فَلَيْسَ لَهُ مِنْ اَلزَّرْعِ شَيْءٌ, وَلَهُ نَفَقَتُهُ } رَوَاهُ أَحْمَدُ, وَالْأَرْبَعَةُ إِلَّا النَّسَائِيَّ, وَحَسَّنَهُ اَلتِّرْمِذِيُّ [1] .
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