Abu Ja’far Muhammad bin ‘Ali reported from Samurah ibn Jundub that he had a row of palm-trees in the garden of a man of the Ansar. The man had his family with him. Samurah used to visit his palm-trees, and the man was annoyed by that and felt it keenly. So he asked him (Samurah) to sell them to him, but he refused. He then asked him to take something else in exchange, but he refused. So he came to the Holy Prophet (ﷺ) and mentioned it to him. The Holy Prophet (ﷺ) asked him to sell it to him, but he refused. He asked him to take something else in exchange, but he refused. He then said: Give it to him and you can have such and such, mentioning something with which he tried to please him, but he refused. He then said: You are a nuisance. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) then said to the Ansari: Go and uproot his palm-trees.
Hadith In Arabic Text :
حدثنا سليمان بن داود العتكي، حدثنا حماد، حدثنا واصل، مولى أبي عيينة قال سمعت أبا جعفر، محمد بن علي يحدث عن سمرة بن جندب، أنه كانت له عضد من نخل في حائط رجل من الأنصار قال ومع الرجل أهله قال فكان سمرة يدخل إلى نخله فيتأذى به ويشق عليه فطلب إليه أن يبيعه فأبى فطلب إليه أن يناقله فأبى فأتى النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم فذكر ذلك له فطلب إليه النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم أن يبيعه فأبى فطلب إليه أن يناقله فأبى . قال ” فهبه له ولك كذا وكذا ” . أمرا رغبه فيه فأبى فقال ” أنت مضار ” . فقال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم للأنصاري ” اذهب فاقلع نخله ” .
Chapter : The Office of the Judge (Kitab Al-Aqdiyah) – كتاب الأقضية