Cultivating land that was requested to be annexed to the state before the ruling was issued
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: A man bought a piece of land, then he went to the relevant authorities to add an adjacent piece of land to his ownership. Before the government issued a response, he began cultivating this land for which he had submitted the request. Is that permissible for him according to the Shari'ah, or does it fall under the hadith: "Whoever seizes a span of land..."? The hadith.
Answer:
...seizes a span of the people's property. As for dead land, if it is dead, then there is no harm in it. Dead land belongs to whoever revives it, unless the state requires permission for that, in which case permission from the state is necessary. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: A man bought a piece of land, then he went to the relevant authorities to add an adjacent piece of land to his ownership. Before the government issued a response, he began cultivating this land for which he had submitted the request. Is that permissible for him according to the Shari'ah, or does it fall under the hadith: "Whoever seizes a span of land..."? The hadith.
Answer:
...seizes a span of the people's property. As for dead land, if it is dead, then there is no harm in it. Dead land belongs to whoever revives it, unless the state requires permission for that, in which case permission from the state is necessary. Yes.
Source
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