The ruling on the sultan granting land to some people
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The questioner : May Allah reward you. Is it permissible for the sultan to grant land to some people?
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Is it permissible for him to obey them without a reason?
The Shaykh : In place of the reason for ownership, and for this reason they said that the Imam grants dead land to whoever revives it.
The questioner : No, rather it is some of the lands that are on the main public streets and are high in price that he gives to some of his relatives or those close to him.
The Shaykh : On the day he bought it from the public treasury.
The questioner : The sultan did not buy it; he gave it away, saying, “So-and-so, this land is yours.”
The Shaykh : If it was from before, whose is it?
The questioner : It belongs to the public treasury, to the public treasury.
The Shaykh : That is, dead land, dead land.
The questioner : But this person will not revive it, but this person will not revive it, I say this person to whom it was given
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : will not revive it. Rather
The Shaykh : he will revive it.
The questioner : He will profit from it, he will sell it and earn from it, he will divide it, plan it, and develop it.
The Shaykh : The scholars said that to him, but he must fear Allah himself, and not play with the lands,
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Is it permissible for him to obey them without a reason?
The Shaykh : In place of the reason for ownership, and for this reason they said that the Imam grants dead land to whoever revives it.
The questioner : No, rather it is some of the lands that are on the main public streets and are high in price that he gives to some of his relatives or those close to him.
The Shaykh : On the day he bought it from the public treasury.
The questioner : The sultan did not buy it; he gave it away, saying, “So-and-so, this land is yours.”
The Shaykh : If it was from before, whose is it?
The questioner : It belongs to the public treasury, to the public treasury.
The Shaykh : That is, dead land, dead land.
The questioner : But this person will not revive it, but this person will not revive it, I say this person to whom it was given
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : will not revive it. Rather
The Shaykh : he will revive it.
The questioner : He will profit from it, he will sell it and earn from it, he will divide it, plan it, and develop it.
The Shaykh : The scholars said that to him, but he must fear Allah himself, and not play with the lands,
Source
قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، 349- حكم إقطاع السلطان أرضًا لبعض الناس - ابن عثيمين — youtube.com
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