^ brother it is based on hadith, there is enough land for everyone, the reason why the person is homeless and needs to rent is because someone else has usurped the land through either physical or financial monopoly, islam is neither socialist - nor capitalist, however it does have aspects of social justice and this seems to be one of them, the person renting is under bondage since
1. a large sum of their earnings don't go to personal expenditure - but towards paying for land freely given by God to which everyone has a right,
2. the person lending can say - oh - usury is banned, so i will just by up houses and rent them out, (a back-door method of interest) this is not trade, (buying and selling - or renting goods which degrade through use) it is usury.
3. people were allowed to freely build on empty land during the Prophet (pbuh)'s time, there was no "this is all government property and you can't have it".
and no rich or powerful man could justly lay claim to all the empty land he sees.
also there are other incidents in which it was permissible - when the jews of khaybar were to be expelled, and they came with an offer of cultivating the land and giving a portion of it's produce in exchange for being allowed to stay there. however this does not fall under normal renting, rather it goes into the section of semi-slavery - another topic.
Al-Muwatta Hadith 31.56
Yahya related from Malik that he had heard that Umar ibn al-Khattab said,
"There is no hoarding in our market, and men who have excess gold (wealth) in their hands should not buy up one of Allah's provisions which he has sent to our courtyard
and then hoard it up against us.
Someone who brings imported goods through great fatigue to himself in the summer and winter, that person is the guest of Umar.
Let him sell what Allah wills and keep what Allah wills."
here is a compilation from sahih muslim:
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[TD]Jabir b. Abdullah (Allah be pleased with them) reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) having forbidden the renting of land.[/TD]
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[TD]Jabir b. Abdullah (Allah be pleased with them) reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: He who has land should cultivate it himself, but if he does not cultivate it himself, then he should let his brother cultivate it.[/TD]
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[TD]Jabir b. Abdullah (Allah be pleased with them) reported some of the Companions of Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) had surplus of land. Thereupon Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: He, who has surplus land (in his possession) should cultivate it, or he should lend it to his brother for benefit, but if he refuses to accept it, he should retain it.[/TD]
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[TD]Jabir b. Abdullah (Allah be pleased with them) reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) having forbidden taking of rent or share of land.[/TD]
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[TD]Jabir (Allah be pleased with him) reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: He who has land should cultivate it, but if he does not find it possible to cultivate it, or finds himself helpless to do so, he should lend it to his Muslim brother, but he should not accept rent from him.[/TD]
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[TD]Sulaiman b. Musa asked Ata': Did Jabir b. 'Abdullah (Allah be pleased with them) reported Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) as saying:" He who has land should cultivate it himself, or let his brother cultivate it, and should not give on rent"? He said: Yes.[/TD]
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[TD]Jabir (Allah be pleased with him) reported Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) having forbidden Mukhabara.[/TD]
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[TD]Jabir b. Abdullah (Allah be pleased with them) heard Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) say: He who has surplus of land should either cultivate it himself, or let his brother cultivate it, an should not sell it. I (the narrator) said to Sa'id: What does his statement" do not sell it" mean? Does it imply" rent"? He said: Yes.[/TD]
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[TD]Jabir b. 'Abdullah reported: We used to cultivate land on rent during the lifetime of Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) and we got a share out of the grain left in the ears after threshing them and something unspecified. Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: He who has land should cultivate it or let his brother till it, otherwise he should leave it.[/TD]
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[TD]Jabir b. Abdullah (Allah be pleased with them) reported: We used to get land (on rent) during the lifetime of Allah's Messeuge, (may peace be upon him) with a share of one-third or one-fourth (of the produce from the land irrigated) with the help of canals. Thereupon Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) stood up (to address) and said: HRe who has land should cultivate it, and if he does not cultivate it, he should lend it to his brother, and if he does not lend it to his brother, he should then retain it.[/TD]
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[TD]Jabir (Allah he pleased with him) reported: I heard Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) as saying: He who has (surplus) land should donate it (to others), or lend it. This hadith has been narrated on the authority of A'mash with the same chain of transmitters, but with a slight change of words.[/TD]
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[TD]Jabir b. `Abdullah (Allah be pleased with them) reportedthat Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) had forbidden renting of land. Bukair (one of the narrators) said: Nafi` reported to me that he heard Ibn `Umar (Allah be pleased with them) saying: We usedto give land on rent; we then abandoned this practice when we heard the hadith of Rafi` b. Khadij.[/TD]
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[TD]Jabir (Allah be pleased with him) reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) forbidding the selling (renting of) uncultivated land for two years or three.[/TD]
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[TD]Jabir (Allah be pleased with him) reported Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) forbidding selling of (produce) in advance for two years, and in the narmtion of Ibu Abd Shaiba (the words are):" Selling of the fruits (on the tree) in advance for two years."[/TD]
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[TD]Abu Huraira (Allah be pleased with him) reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: He who has land should cultivate it or lend it to his brother, but if he refuses, he should retain his land.[/TD]
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Gaddafi and friends: in pictures
World leaders may now be condemning the Libyan leader for his use of violence, but it hasn’t always been this way. Please see pictures of world leaders including Obama, Tony Blair, Gordon Brown and others embracing Gaddafi in open arms:
http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/th...gaddafi-during
They befriend him for their own interests (oil and arms deals) but as soon as the so called "revolution" begins they stab him in the back like the two-faced hypocrites that they are.
reminds me of this video: when you get to 30 seconds scroll past to 43 seconds to avoid the evil.
1 min 16 seconds is precious - i kept rewinding it - the desperation in the reporter's voice was transparent (i think i was o'reilly)