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Is he who usurps a span of land punished like one who deliberately kills a believer?

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What is attributed to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, concerning the wrongful taking of land is authentic, such as his saying: "The greatest wrongful taking [ghulul] in the sight of Allah, the Mighty and Exalted, is a cubit of land..." and his saying: "Whoever wrongfully seizes a piece of land from a man will meet Allah, and He will be angry with him." As for the verse you intended, it is: "And whoever kills a believer intentionally..." (Quran 4:93). The mention of wrath in both does not mean they are equal in punishment; for killing a believer, the punishment is Hellfire, eternal abode therein, wrath, and a mighty torment, whereas for seizing land, it involves being encircled [by the land on the Day of Judgment] and wrath. And although both crimes are grave, the crime of unjust killing is not paralleled by any other crime short of disbelief in Allah.

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