حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ نَصْرٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ، عَنْ مَعْمَرٍ، عَنْ هَمَّامٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ قَالَ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم "
Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Prophet (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him) said: "A man bought a piece of land from another man, and the one who bought the land found in his land a jar containing gold. The one who bought the land said to the other: 'Take your gold. I only bought the land; I did not buy the gold.' The one who owned the land said: 'I sold you the land along with everything in it.' So they turned to a man seeking his judgment. The person they sought his judgment said to both of them: 'Do you have any children?' One of them said: 'I have a son.' The other said: 'I have a daughter.' He said: 'Marry the boy to the girl, spend it on their living expenses and give charity.’"
Reported by Al-Bukhari (No. 3472), Muslim (No. 1721), Ibn Majah (No. 2511) and Ahmad (No. 7844).
The Prophet (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him) tells us that a man bought a piece of land from another man and the buyer found gold in it. Out of his strong religious prudence, he returned the gold to the seller because he bought the land, but not the gold. The seller also refused to take it out of his caution and religious prudence, and because he sold the land with everything in it. So, they sought legal settlement and they told the one who judged between them to send someone to take the gold and place it wherever he saw fit. The man refused but asked them if they had children. One of them said that he had a son and the other said he had a daughter. So, he suggested to them to marry the young man to the girl and to use some of the gold for their living expenses and to give some of it in charity.
Explanation in Arabic
يخبرنا النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم أن رجلاً اشترى من رجل أرضا فوجد المشتري بها ذهبا ولشدة ورعه رد هذا الذهب إلى البائع؛ لأنه اشترى الأرض ولم يشتر الذهب الذي أودع فيه، فأبى البائع أيضا أن يأخذه؛ لشدة تحريه وورعه، ولأنه باع الأرض بما فيها، فاختصما وقالا للقاضي: ابعث من يقبضه وتضعه حيث رأيت، فامتنع، فسألهما هل عندهما أولاد؟ فأخبر أحدهما أن عنده غلام، وأخبر الآخر أن عنده جارية، فاقترح عليهما أن يزوج الشاب البنت وينفق عليهما من هذا الذهب وأن يتصدقا منه.
فيه تورع البائع والمشتري، وإنصاف الحاكم بينهما، وعدم طمعه.
" اشترى رجل من رجل عقاراً، فوجد الذي اشترى العقار في عقاره جرة فيها ذهب، فقال له الذي اشترى العقار خذ ذهبك: إنما اشتريت منك الأرض، ولم أشتر الذهب، وقال الذي له الأرض: إنما بعتك الأرض وما فيها، فتحاكما إلى رجل، فقال…
Narrated by Abu Hurayrah
AuthenticMuttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim)Mishkat al-Masabih 2882
