The Ruling on the People of the Villages Prohibiting Trees in Their Valleys
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: Some of the people of the villages name the trees in their valleys so that no one other than them gathers firewood from them, and they say, "These trees are not to be cut for firewood by anyone but us." Is there a basis for this action in the Shari'ah, or is it shared among the people like their sharing in the fire?
Answer:
As for what grows in their land, they have the right to reserve it. As for what grows outside their property, it belongs to everyone, and whoever reaches it first has the right to it.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: Some of the people of the villages name the trees in their valleys so that no one other than them gathers firewood from them, and they say, "These trees are not to be cut for firewood by anyone but us." Is there a basis for this action in the Shari'ah, or is it shared among the people like their sharing in the fire?
Answer:
As for what grows in their land, they have the right to reserve it. As for what grows outside their property, it belongs to everyone, and whoever reaches it first has the right to it.
Source
المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين 14-03-1439هـ — alfawzan.live (51:21)
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