حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي عُمَرَ الْعَدَنِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا فَرَجُ بْنُ سَعِيدِ بْنِ عَلْقَمَةَ بْنِ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبْيَضَ بْنِ حَمَّالٍ حَدَّثَنِي عَمِّي ثَابِتُ بْنُ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبْيَضَ بْنِ حَمَّالٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ أَبْيَضَ بْنِ حَمَّالٍ أَنَّهُ اسْتَقْطَعَ الْمِلْحَ الَّذِي يُقَالُ لَهُ مِلْحُ سُدِّ مَأْرِبٍ فَأَقْطَعَهُ لَهُ ثُمَّ إِنَّ الْأَقْرَعَ بْنَ حَابِسٍ التَّمِيمِيَّ أَتَی رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي قَدْ وَرَدْتُ الْمِلْحَ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ وَهُوَ بِأَرْضٍ لَيْسَ بِهَا مَائٌ وَمَنْ وَرَدَهُ أَخَذَهُ وَهُوَ مِثْلُ الْمَائِ الْعِدِّ فَاسْتَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَبْيَضَ بْنَ حَمَّالٍ فِي قَطِيعَتِهِ فِي الْمِلْحِ فَقَالَ قَدْ أَقَلْتُکَ مِنْهُ عَلَی أَنْ تَجْعَلَهُ مِنِّي صَدَقَةً فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ هُوَ مِنْکَ صَدَقَةٌ وَهُوَ مِثْلُ الْمَائِ الْعِدِّ مَنْ وَرَدَهُ أَخَذَهُ قَالَ فَرَجٌ وَهُوَ الْيَوْمَ عَلَی ذَلِکَ مَنْ وَرَدَهُ أَخَذَهُ قَالَ فَقَطَعَ لَهُ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَرْضًا وَنَخْلًا بِالْجَوْفِ جَوْفِ مُرَادٍ مَکَانَهُ حِينَ أَقَالَهُ مِنْهُ
ابن ماجہ · Hadith 2475
It was narrated from Abyad bin Hammal that he asked for a salt flat called the salt flat of the Ma'rib Dam to be given to him, and it was given to him. Then Aqra' bin Habis At·Tamimi came to the Messenger of Allah and said: "0 Messenger of Allah, I used to come to the salt flat during the Ignorance period and it was in a land in which there was no water, and whoever came to it took from it. It was (plentiful) like flowing water." So the Messenger of Allah asked Abyad bin Hammal to give back his share of the salt flat. He said: "I give it to you on the basis that you make it charity given by me." The Messenger of Allah said: "It is a charity from you, and it is like flowing water, whoever comes to it may take from it." (One of the narrators) Faraj said: "That is how it is today, whoever comes to it takes from it." He said: "The Prophet gave him land and palm trees in Murad instead, when he took back the salt flat from him."
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020