On the Lands of India

Question

This treatise has never come before my eyes; the answer gave great reassurance. Please explain this a little further: land that is not the property of a Muslim — the land in our possession, which we obtained from the authorities through a land settlement, is it not our property? After the abolition of the landlord system, the government will be the owner of all lands; as for the land we hold, we are its temporary owners.

Answer

In the explanatory notes to the law on the landlord system published by the government, it was made clear that the landlord is no longer the owner, he will be paid compensation, and the owner is the government: it may give it to whomever it wishes and in whatever way it wishes. So in this situation, when the owner is not a Muslim, what question of ‘ushr (the tithe)

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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