Cutting grass from someone else’s land

Question

Question: If someone cuts grass without permission from a field ridge owned by another, is that permissible or not? If someone encloses some particular place within his own property solely in order to feed grass to his animals, then what is the ruling on other people cutting grass without permission from that very place to feed their animals? And if there is a difference between grass that grows wild and that which does not, then please answer in detail, with proofs and references to books.

Answer

Grass that grows wild is no one’s property, even if it has grown on owned land; therefore cutting it and grazing animals on it without the landowner’s permission is permissible. However, the landowner has the right to forbid another person from entering his land, and after that the other person in turn has the right to say to the owner: “Either permit me to enter your land, or…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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