\nNarrated Aslam:\n \n\n`Umar bin Al-Khattab appointed a freed slave of his, called Hunai, manager of the Hima (i.e. a pasture \ndevoted for grazing the animals of the Zakat or other specified animals). He said to him, "O Hunai! \nDon't oppress the Muslims and ward off their curse (invocations against you) for the invocation of the \noppressed is responded to (by Allah); and allow the shepherd having a few camels and those having a \nfew sheep (to graze their animals), and take care not to allow the livestock of `Abdur-Rahman bin \n`Auf and the livestock of (`Uthman) bin `Affan, for if their livestock should perish, then they have \ntheir farms and gardens, while those who own a few camels and those who own a few sheep, if their \nlivestock should perish, would bring their dependents to me and appeal for help saying, 'O chief of the \nbelievers! O chief of the believers!' Would I then neglect them? (No, of course). So, I find it easier to \nlet them have water and grass rather than to give them gold and silver (from the Muslims' treasury). \nBy Allah, these people think that I have been unjust to them. This is their land, and during the prelslamic \nperiod, they fought for it and they embraced Islam (willingly) while it was in their possession. \nBy Him in Whose Hand my life is! Were it not for the animals (in my custody) which I give to be \nridden for striving in Allah's Cause, I would not have turned even a span of their land into a Hima."\n

\nNarrated Aslam:\n \n\n`Umar bin Al-Khattab appointed a freed slave of his, called Hunai, manager of the Hima (i.e. a pasture \ndevoted for grazing the animals of the Zakat or other specified animals). He said to him, "O Hunai! \nDon't oppress the Muslims and ward off their curse (invocations against you) for the invocation of the \noppressed is responded to (by Allah); and allow the shepherd having a few camels and those having a \nfew sheep (to graze their animals), and take care not to allow the livestock of `Abdur-Rahman bin \n`Auf and the livestock of (`Uthman) bin `Affan, for if their livestock should perish, then they have \ntheir farms and gardens, while those who own a few camels and those who own a few sheep, if their \nlivestock should perish, would bring their dependents to me and appeal for help saying, 'O chief of the \nbelievers! O chief of the believers!' Would I then neglect them? (No, of course). So, I find it easier to \nlet them have water and grass rather than to give them gold and silver (from the Muslims' treasury). \nBy Allah, these people think that I have been unjust to them. This is their land, and during the prelslamic \nperiod, they fought for it and they embraced Islam (willingly) while it was in their possession. \nBy Him in Whose Hand my life is! Were it not for the animals (in my custody) which I give to be \nridden for striving in Allah's Cause, I would not have turned even a span of their land into a Hima."\n

\nحَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ، عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، أَنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ اسْتَعْمَلَ مَوْلًى لَهُ يُدْعَى هُنَيًّا عَلَى الْحِمَى فَقَالَ يَا هُنَىُّ، اضْمُمْ جَنَاحَكَ عَنِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ، وَاتَّقِ دَعْوَةَ الْمَظْلُومِ، فَإِنَّ دَعْوَةَ الْمَظْلُومِ مُسْتَجَابَةٌ، وَأَدْخِلْ رَبَّ الصُّرَيْمَةِ وَرَبَّ الْغُنَيْمَةِ، وَإِيَّاىَ وَنَعَمَ ابْنِ عَوْفٍ، وَنَعَمَ ابْنِ عَفَّانَ، فَإِنَّهُمَا إِنْ تَهْلِكْ مَاشِيَتُهُمَا يَرْجِعَا إِلَى نَخْلٍ وَزَرْعٍ، وَإِنَّ رَبَّ الصُّرَيْمَةِ وَرَبَّ الْغُنَيْمَةِ إِنْ تَهْلِكْ مَاشِيَتُهُمَا يَأْتِنِي بِبَنِيهِ فَيَقُولُ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ‏.‏ أَفَتَارِكُهُمْ أَنَا لاَ أَبَا لَكَ فَالْمَاءُ وَالْكَلأُ أَيْسَرُ عَلَىَّ مِنَ الذَّهَبِ وَالْوَرِقِ، وَايْمُ اللَّهِ، إِنَّهُمْ لَيَرَوْنَ أَنِّي قَدْ ظَلَمْتُهُمْ، إِنَّهَا لَبِلاَدُهُمْ فَقَاتَلُوا عَلَيْهَا فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ، وَأَسْلَمُوا عَلَيْهَا فِي الإِسْلاَمِ، وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَوْلاَ الْمَالُ الَّذِي أَحْمِلُ عَلَيْهِ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ مَا حَمَيْتُ عَلَيْهِمْ مِنْ بِلاَدِهِمْ شِبْرًا‏.‏