With the Hadith
Giving the State from its Funds to the People
We greet you all, dear listeners everywhere, in a new episode of your program "With the Hadith," and we begin with the best greeting, so peace, mercy, and blessings of God be upon you.
Al-Tirmidhi narrated in his Sunan:
1301 - He said: I said to Qutaiba bin Saeed: Muhammad bin Yahya bin Qais al-Ma'ribi narrated to you, my father narrated to me from Thumama bin Sharahil from Sumayy bin Qais from Sumair from Abyad bin Hammal
That he came as a delegate to the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, and asked him to grant him the salt, so he granted it to him. When he turned away, a man from the gathering said, "Do you know what you have granted him? You have only granted him the abundant water." He said, "So he took it back from him."
1301 - His saying: (I said to Qutaiba bin Saeed: Muhammad bin Yahya bin Qais narrated to you)
Al-Tirmidhi read this hadith to his Sheikh Qutaiba by reading to him, and this is one of the ways of bearing it. Al-Suyuti said in Tadrib al-Rawi: "And if he reads to the Sheikh, saying, 'So-and-so informed you,' or something similar, as I said, 'So-and-so informed us,' and the Sheikh is listening to him, understanding him, not denying or acknowledging a word, the hearing is valid, and it is permissible to narrate it, relying on the apparent evidence."
(Al-Ma'ribi) is attributed to Ma'rib, with the opening of the mim, the quiescence of the hamza, and the breaking of the ra', and it was said with its opening, a place in Yemen.
(Wafada): meaning he came. (Istaqta'ahu): meaning he asked him to grant it to him.
(Al-Milh): meaning the salt mine.
(Faqata'a lahu): Because he, peace and blessings be upon him, thought that he would extract the salt from it with work and effort.
(Falamma an walla): meaning he turned away
(Qala rajul min al-majlis): He is Al-Aqra' bin Habis Al-Tamimi, according to what Al-Tibi mentioned, and it was said that he is Al-Abbas bin Mirdas.
(Al-maa' al-'idd): with the breaking of the 'ayn and the intensification of the unpointed dal, meaning the permanent one that does not stop, and al-'idd is the prepared one.
His saying: (Fa aqarra bihi wa qala na'am) This is related to his saying: I said to Qutaiba bin Saeed, Muhammad bin Yahya narrated to you... etc., meaning: Al-Tirmidhi said to his Sheikh Qutaiba, Muhammad bin Yahya narrated to you... etc., so Qutaiba acknowledged it, and said: Yes.
Dear listeners
In this hadith, there is evidence of the permissibility of the state giving from its funds to the people. Abyad bin Hammal asked the Messenger, may God bless him and grant him peace, to grant him a piece of land from the state's property, so the Messenger, may God bless him and grant him peace, gave him that land.... If the land did not contain salt in large, uninterrupted quantities, the Messenger, may God bless him and grant him peace, would not have withdrawn from his giving.... The uninterrupted mineral should not be owned individually, but rather its ownership should be public ownership..... Therefore, the Messenger, may God bless him and grant him peace, refrained from granting the salt land because it is public property.
As for when the land belonged to the state, the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, granted Abu Bakr and Omar when he came to Medina, just as he granted Al-Zubair a large piece of land.
Giving the state from its funds to the people, whether the money is cash, land, goods, or any other form of money, is permissible according to this hadith, and this giving is one of the reasons for the legitimate ownership of money.
The Caliph, or whoever deputies for him from assistants, governors, or workers, may give from the state's funds to the individuals of the people to meet their needs or to benefit from their ownership.
Among the examples of meeting needs: that the state gives individuals money to pay off their debts... or gives farmers money to cultivate their lands.
As for the examples of benefiting from their ownership: that the state gives individuals from the nation from its properties and funds that are not benefiting, such as granting them some land to work in so that they earn lawful money and benefit society with their production. This that the state grants to the individual becomes his property with this grant.
As for the results of the state giving from its funds to the people, it stimulates economic activity and provides the agricultural and industrial materials necessary for society..... The granted land is idle and of no use, but when it is given to someone, he will work in it and turn it into productive, usable land, serving himself by finding a source of income and serving society by producing some of what it needs of goods or food.... It is one of the ways to eliminate unemployment, invest in land, and reclaim it, and above that, it strengthens the relationship between the state and the people, as it shows the state's follow-up of its subjects and its concern for their interests and providing for their needs, which benefits and is in the interest of society as a whole.
Included in what the state gives to individuals is what it distributes to the fighters from spoils and what the Imam permits to seize from the spoils, all of which are permissible funds and their ownership is legitimate. Although it does not have a reality now, the near future will restore its reality to the life of the nation.... When the Caliphate is established again soon, God willing, it will restore the path of the past Caliphate, carrying the torch of jihad, conquering countries, and distributing the spoils to the fighters in the path of God.
O God, make this day near...... O God, Amen
Dear listeners, until we meet you with another prophetic hadith, we leave you in God's care, and peace, mercy, and blessings of God be upon you.
