وَجَدْنَا فِي كِتَابِ عَلِيٍّ ( عليه السلام ) إِنَّ الْأَرْضَ لِلَّهِ يُورِثُها مَنْ يَشاءُ مِنْ عِبادِهِ وَ الْعاقِبَةُ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ أَنَا وَ أَهْلُ بَيْتِيَ الَّذِينَ أَوْرَثَنَا الْأَرْضَ وَ نَحْنُ الْمُتَّقُونَ وَ الْأَرْضُ كُلُّهَا لَنَا فَمَنْ أَحْيَا أَرْضاً مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ فَلْيَعْمُرْهَا وَ لْيُؤَدِّ خَرَاجَهَا إِلَى الْإِمَامِ مِنْ أَهْلِ بَيْتِي وَ لَهُ مَا أَكَلَ مِنْهَا فَإِنْ تَرَكَهَا أَوْ أَخْرَبَهَا فَأَخَذَهَا رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ فَعَمَرَهَا وَ أَحْيَاهَا فَهُوَ أَحَقُّ بِهَا مِنَ الَّذِي تَرَكَهَا فَلْيُؤَدِّ خَرَاجَهَا إِلَى الْإِمَامِ مِنْ أَهْلِ بَيْتِي وَ لَهُ مَا أَكَلَ حَتَّى يَظْهَرَ الْقَائِمُ ( عليه السلام ) مِنْ أَهْلِ بَيْتِي بِالسَّيْفِ فَيَحْوِيَهَا وَ يَمْنَعَهَا وَ يُخْرِجَهُمْ مِنْهَا كَمَا حَوَاهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) وَ مَنَعَهَا إِلَّا مَا كَانَ فِي أَيْدِي شِيعَتِنَا فَإِنَّهُ يُقَاطِعُهُمْ عَلَى مَا فِي أَيْدِيهِمْ وَ يَتْرُكُ الْأَرْضَ فِي أَيْدِيهِمْ .
Translation
Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ibn Mahboub, from Hisham Bin Salim, from Abu Khalid Al Kabuly, from Abu Ja’far<sup>asws</sup> having said: ‘We<sup>asws</sup> found in the Book of Ali<sup>asws</sup> that <span class="ibTxt"><a href="/#/books/quran:7#h128"><a href="/books/quran:7#h128">[7:128]</a></a> surely the earth is Allah's; He Causes such of His servants to inherit it as He so Desires, and the end is for those who are pious</span>. I<sup>asws</sup> and the people<sup>asws</sup> of my<sup>asws</sup> Household are those who inherited the earth, and we<sup>asws</sup> are the pious, and the earth, all of it, is for us<sup>asws</sup>. So the one from the Muslims who revives a land, so let him develop it, and let him pay its taxes to the Imam<sup>asws</sup> from my<sup>asws</sup> Household, and for him is whatever he consumes from it. So if he was to neglect it or ruin it, and (another) man from the Muslims takes it from after him, so he develops it and revives it, so he would be more rightful with it than the one who neglected it. So let him pay its taxes to the Imam<sup>asws</sup> from my<sup>asws</sup> Household, and for him would be whatever he consumes until the appearance of Al Qaim<sup>asws</sup> from my<sup>asws</sup> family withthe sword. So he<sup>asws</sup> would allow it and prevent it, and he<sup>asws</sup> would be throwing them out from it just as Rasool-Allah<sup>saww</sup> has allowed it and prevented it, except whatever was in the hands of our<sup>asws</sup> Shiah, for he<sup>asws</sup> would cut if out for them upon what is in their hands and he<sup>asws</sup> would leave the land in their hands’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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