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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The Meaning of the Hadith: "Whoever wrongs [someone] by a span of the land..."

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Question:
What is the meaning of being encircled (in the hadith
He who usurps even a span of land would be made to wear around his neck seven earths.مَنْ ظَلَمَ قِيدَ شِبْرٍ مِنَ الأرْضِ طُوِّقَهُ مِن سَبْعِ أرَضِينَ
Sahih Muslim 1612a
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Answer:
A circle is placed around his neck –may Allah protect us from it-.
Q: And who said it is being swallowed up?
A: It is narrated in the other wording:
He was swallowed upخُسِفَ به
, and it was mentioned that it is the circle, and there is no objection to him being swallowed up and having a circle placed around him all together –may Allah protect us from it-.
Source binbaz.org.sa

The Arabic text is copied verbatim from the original source, without any edits.

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