حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ أَبِي شُعَيْبٍ الْحَرَّانِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَی بْنُ أَعْيَنَ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْحَارِثِ الْمِصْرِيِّ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ قَالَ جَائَ هِلَالٌ أَحَدُ بَنِي مُتْعَانَ إِلَی رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِعُشُورِ نَحْلٍ لَهُ وَکَانَ سَأَلَهُ أَنْ يَحْمِيَ لَهُ وَادِيًا يُقَالُ لَهُ سَلَبَةُ فَحَمَی لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ذَلِکَ الْوَادِي فَلَمَّا وُلِّيَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ کَتَبَ سُفْيَانُ بْنُ وَهْبٍ إِلَی عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ يَسْأَلُهُ عَنْ ذَلِکَ فَکَتَبَ عُمَرُ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ إِنْ أَدَّی إِلَيْکَ مَا کَانَ يُؤَدِّي إِلَی رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مِنْ عُشُورِ نَحْلِهِ فَاحْمِ لَهُ سَلَبَةَ وَإِلَّا فَإِنَّمَا هُوَ ذُبَابُ غَيْثٍ يَأْکُلُهُ مَنْ يَشَائُ
سنن ابودوٗد · Hadith 1600
Amr bin Shuaib, on his father's authority, said that his grandfather reported: Hilal, a man from the tribe of Banu Mat'an brought a tenth of honey which he possessed in beehives to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. He asked him (the Messenger of Allah) to give the wood known as Salabah as a protected (or restricted) land. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ gave him that wood as a protected land. When Umar ibn al-Khattab succeeded, Sufyan ibn Wahb wrote to Umar asking him about this wood. Umar ibn al-Khattab wrote to him: If he (Hilal) pays you the tithe on honey what he used to pay to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, leave the protected land of Salabah in his possession; otherwise those bees are like those of any wood; anyone can take the honey as he likes.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020