(1) The shaykh determined that if usurped property is changed from one form into another—such as when timber is fashioned into a door or iron is made into vessels—it remains the property of the person from whom it was usurped. If, however, it is completely transformed—such as when an egg becomes a chick or a fruit stone grows into a tree—this appears to constitute a form of destruction. The usurper must therefore compensate the owner with an equivalent of the usurped property, if possible, or otherwise with its value. *Al-Mukhtārāt al-Jaliyya*, p. 92. (2) Recorded by Abū Dāwūd (no. 3073) and al-Tirmidhī (no. 1378), who said: “This is a sound but uncommon hadith.” Al-Hāfiz Ibn Hajar also graded its chain of transmission sound, as stated in *Bulūgh al-Marām*. After citing the hadith’s various chains, he said in *Fath al-Bārī* (5/14): “Their chains are open to criticism, but they strengthen one another.” The shaykh said in *Nūr al-Basā'ir*, p. 36: “As for one who is not acting wrongfully—such as a tenant who plants or builds—he is entitled to keep his plantings or buildings in place. He and the landowner must, however, agree either that they remain in return for rent, that the landowner acquire them at their value, or upon whatever other terms they mutually accept.”