Why is the buried treasure for the worker and not for the owner, even though he owns down to seven earths?
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The questioner : What is the stronger opinion regarding the interior of the earth?
The Shaykh : The interior?
The questioner : Of the earth.
The Shaykh : How is the interior?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes, yes, correct, based on his saying (peace and blessings be upon him)Sahih Muslim 1610a.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Except for one who is hired to dig it.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : But the buried treasure is separate from the earth.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : No, no, the minerals are part of the earth by original creation, but this one, its owner is its possessor... he is a depositary. Is Muhammad Zayn 'Abidin present?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : The interior?
The questioner : Of the earth.
The Shaykh : How is the interior?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes, yes, correct, based on his saying (peace and blessings be upon him)
He who wrongly took a span of land, Allah shall make him carry around his neck seven earths.
من اقتطع شبرا من الأرض ظلما طُوِّقه يوم القيامة من سبع أرضينThe questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Except for one who is hired to dig it.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : But the buried treasure is separate from the earth.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : No, no, the minerals are part of the earth by original creation, but this one, its owner is its possessor... he is a depositary. Is Muhammad Zayn 'Abidin present?
The questioner : Yes.