Kulima ni jambo tofauti na utoaji wa ardhi na Serikali. Tofauti kati yao ni kwamba kulima kunahusiana na ardhi iliyokufa ambayo hakuna umiliki unaoonekana juu yake. Hakuna dalili za uzio, upandaji, ujenzi au mfano wake. Kulima ardhi kama hiyo maana yake ni kuijaza kwa kitu chochote kinachoonyesha uwepo wa makazi. Utoaji wa ardhi, hata hivyo, ni kutoa ardhi iliyokaliwa na inayofaa kwa kilimo mara moja. Hii ni ardhi inayoonyesha dalili za umiliki wa hapo awali. Kuweka uzio kwenye ardhi ni sawa na kuilima. Hii ni kwa sababu ya kauli ya Mtume wa Allah ﷺ: "Yeyote aliyezungushia ardhi ukuta basi inakuwa yake," na kauli yake ﷺ: "Yeyote aliyezungushia kitu chochote ukuta, basi kinakuwa chake kwa hilo." Pia kauli yake ﷺ: "Yeyote aliyefikia kitu kwanza ambacho Muislamu mwingine yeyote hakukifikia kabla yake, basi yeye anastahiki zaidi." Hivyo, kwa kuzungushia uzio, mzungushiaji hupata haki ya kutumia ardhi kama alivyotaja Hadithi. Mzungushiaji pia ana haki ya kumzuia yeyote anayetaka kulima kile alichokizungushia uzio. Ikiwa mtu mwingine atamshinda nguvu na kufanikiwa kuishi katika ardhi aliyoizungushia uzio, hatakuwa mmiliki wa ardhi hiyo na itarudishwa kwa mzungushiaji wa awali. Kuzungushia uzio pia ni kama kulima kwa upande wa kutumia ardhi na kuimiliki. Ikiwa mtu aliyezungushia ardhi uzio baadaye ataiuza, yeye ndiye anamiliki bei yake, kwa sababu ardhi ni haki inayoweza kulipwa kwa mali, hivyo inaweza kubadilishwa. Ikiwa mtu huyu atafariki, umiliki wa ardhi hii uliozungushiwa uzio utahamishiwa kwa warithi wake kama mali zake nyingine, nao watapata haki ya kuitumia, na itagawanywa miongoni mwao kwa mujibu wa sheria za Mwenyezi Mungu kama mali nyingine zilizorithiwa. Hata hivyo, kuzungushia ardhi uzio hakumaanishi tu kuweka mawe kuizunguka, bali ni kuweka chochote kinachoizunguka ambacho kinaonyesha kuishika kwa mkono, ambacho kinaonyesha umiliki. Uzio unaweza kuwa kwa kuweka mawe kuzunguka ardhi, kuweka matawi makavu, kuisafisha, kuchoma miiba, kukata miba na nyasi, au kuweka vitu vingine vya aina hiyo kuizunguka ili kuzuia watu wasiingie ndani yake. Uzio pia unaweza kuwa kwa kuandaa mifereji hata kama mtu hakuimwagilia ardhi hiyo, au kwa jambo lingine lolote linalofanana na hayo.
Cultivation is a different matter to the State granting of land. The difference between them is that the cultivation is related to the dead land upon which there is no apparent ownership. There are no signs of fencing, planting, building or the like. Cultivation of such land means to populate it with anything that indicates inhabitation. The granting of land however, is giving of the land that is inhabited and is suitable for farming immediately. This is the land that shows signs of previous ownership. Fencing the land is similar to its cultivation. This is due to the saying of the Messenger of Allah (pbuh), “Whosoever fenced a land with a wall then it becomes his” and his (pbuh) saying, “Whosoever fenced anything with a wall, it becomes his thereby.” Also his (pbuh) saying, “Whosoever reached a thing first that no other Muslim reached before, He deserves it more.” Thus by fencing, the fencer gains the right of disposal of the land as the Hadith stated. The fencer also has the right to prevent anyone who wanted to from cultivating that which He has fenced. If another person overpowered Him and managed to inhabit the land that He had fenced, He would not own that land and it would be returned back to the original fencer. Fencing is also like cultivation with regard to the disposal of the land and possession of it. If the person who fenced a land later sold it He owns its price, because the land is a right that can be recompensed with property, so it can be exchanged. If this person died, the ownership of this fenced land is transferred to his inheritors like any other of his properties and they gain the right of disposal over it and it is divided amongst them according to the divine rules like other inherited properties. However, fencing a land does not mean just putting stones around it, it is rather putting anything around it which indicates holding a hand over it, which indicates ownership. Fencing could be by placing stones around the land, putting dry branches, clearing it, burning the thistles, cutting the spikes and grass, or placing other such items around it to prevent people entering it. It could also be by preparing the canals even if one did not irrigate it, or any other similar thing.