Hadith 25820

Chapter 30

باب 30

(30) باب تَحْرِيمِ الظُّلْمِ وَغَصْبِ الأَرْضِ وَغَيْرِهَا

(30) Chapter: The prohibition of wrongdoing, seizing land unlawfully etc (JA)
175
وَحَدَّثَنِي زُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ، حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ، عَنْ سُهَيْلٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " لاَ يَأْخُذُ أَحَدٌ شِبْرًا مِنَ الأَرْضِ بِغَيْرِ حَقِّهِ إِلاَّ طَوَّقَهُ اللَّهُ إِلَى سَبْعِ أَرَضِينَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ " .

Abu Huraira (Allah be pleased with him) reported Allah's Messenger (may peace he upon him) as saying:
One should not take a span of land without having legitimate right to it, otherwise Allah would make him wear (around his neck) seven earths on the Day of Resurrection. (JA)

Reference (JA): Sahih Muslim 1611 (JA)

In-book reference (JA): Book 22, Hadith 175 (JA)

USC-MSA web (English) reference(deprecated numbering scheme): Book 10, Hadith 3924 (JA)