The Ruling on Enclosing Dead Lands
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The questioner:
Is enclosing lands today in some places considered usurpation, and likewise, what about one who takes lands in the desert that are not owned?
The Shaykh:
How?
The questioner:
He asks: Is enclosing lands in some places considered usurpation?
The Shaykh:
Enclosing lands, how is enclosing lands? I mean, grants, endowments, enclosing grants, not placing markers to enclose. Enclosing. Yes, that is right. You say enclosing; you are enclosing. It is not permitted, it is not permissible except with the permission of the one in authority. Now, when the fitnah (trial, discord or temptation), evils, and killing and the killed occurred among people, the one in authority prohibited anyone from seizing dead land except by a grant from the one in authority, in order to cut off the fitnah, the evil, and the discord. Yes.
Is enclosing lands today in some places considered usurpation, and likewise, what about one who takes lands in the desert that are not owned?
The Shaykh:
How?
The questioner:
He asks: Is enclosing lands in some places considered usurpation?
The Shaykh:
Enclosing lands, how is enclosing lands? I mean, grants, endowments, enclosing grants, not placing markers to enclose. Enclosing. Yes, that is right. You say enclosing; you are enclosing. It is not permitted, it is not permissible except with the permission of the one in authority. Now, when the fitnah (trial, discord or temptation), evils, and killing and the killed occurred among people, the one in authority prohibited anyone from seizing dead land except by a grant from the one in authority, in order to cut off the fitnah, the evil, and the discord. Yes.
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قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل تطويق الأراضي في بعض الأمكنة يعتبر من الغصب؟ وما حكم مَنْ يأخذ أراضٍ في الصحراء غير مملوكة؟ — youtube.com
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