Information for "SahihAlBukhari-017-001-4721"

Narrated Aslam: Umar Bin AlKhattab appointed a freed slave of his; called Hunai; manager of the Hima i.e. a pasture devoted for grazing the animals of the Zakat or other specified animals. He said to him; O Hunai! Dont oppress the Muslims and ward off their curse invocations against you for the invocation of the oppressed is responded to by Allah ; and allow the shepherd having a few camels and those having a few sheep to graze their animals ; and take care not to allow the livestock of Abdulrahman Bin Auf and the livestock of Uthman Bin Affan; for if their livestock should perish; then they have their farms and gardens; while those who own a few camels and those who own a few sheep; if their livestock should perish; would bring their dependents to me and appeal for help saying; O chief of the believers! O chief of the believers! Would I then neglect them? No; of course. So; I find it easier to let them have water and grass rather than to give them gold and silver from the Muslims treasury. By Allah; these people think that I have been unjust to them. This is their land; and during the prelslamic period; they fought for it and they embraced Islam willingly while it was in their possession. By Him in Whose Hand my life is! Were it not for the animals in my custody which I give to be ridden for striving in Allah Cause; I would not have turned even a span of their land into a Hima.