795 – ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿUmar (may Allah be pleased with them both) relates that “the Prophet ﷺ granted al-Zubayr as far as his horse could run. Al-Zubayr therefore made the horse gallop until it came to a halt, then he cast his whip forward and the Prophet said, ‘Give him the land up to where the whip has reached.’ ” Reported by Abū Dāwūd, and its chain is weak.⦗1⦘

Degree of authenticity:
The root version of the report is found in the Ṣaḥīḥ collections. Al-Talkhīṣ states: Aḥmad and Abū Dāwūd transmitted it through the narration of Ibn ʿUmar, in whose chain al-ʿUmari is weak; however, it has a sound origin in the Ṣaḥīḥ through the narration of Asmāʾ bint Abī Bakr.

Key terms:
– “granted al-Zubayr” (aqṭaʿa al-Zubayr): iqṭāʿ is the designation of a specific plot of land for someone else. One says, “The ruler performed iqṭāʿ,” meaning he assigned the land to the recipient. The word derives from “cutting,” as though the ruler “cuts off” a portion of land for him. The ruler’s iqṭāʿ takes two forms: a concessionary grant and a grant of full ownership, as will be explained, Allah willing.
– “the stretch of his horse” (ḥuḍr farasihi): with a ḍamma on the ḥāʾ and a sukūn on the ḍād. Ḥuḍr denotes running or leaping; here it means the distance his horse could run. The verbal noun is used in place of the noun, signifying the place reached by the horse’s run.
– Ḥuḍr: in the accusative with an omitted possessive, i.e., the extent of a single gallop.
– “the whip” (al-sawṭ): with an open sīn. A lash made of leather, whether plaited or not; its plurals are aswāṭ and siyāṭ.