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Biography: Imam Ibn Habban (rh)

صحیح ابن حبان
Sahih Ibn Hibban
كِتَابُ البُيُوعِ
Book of Sales
باب البيع المنهي عنه - ذكر الزجر عن منع فضل الماء قصد الضرر فيه على المسلمين-
Chapter: Forbidden sales - Warning against withholding surplus water to harm Muslims
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Hadith Number: 4954
اخبرنا عمر بن سعيد بن سنان ، قال: اخبرنا احمد بن ابي بكر ، عن مالك ، عن ابي الزناد ، عن الاعرج ، عن ابي هريرة ، ان رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم قال: " لا يمنع فضل الماء ليمنع به الكلا" ، قال ابو حاتم: اضمر فيه الماء الذي لا يقع فيه الحوز ولا يتملكه احد ما دام مشاعا مثل المياه الجارية المشتركة بين الناس، ويحتمل ان يكون معناه الماء الذي يكون للمرء في البادية من بئر او عين فينتفع به، ويمنع الناس ما فضل عنه، فنهي عن منع المسلمين ما فضل من مائه بعد قضاء حاجته عنه، لان في منعه ذلك منع الناس عن الكلإ.
Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah, may Allah be pleased with him, narrates this statement of the Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him: "Do not prevent others from excess water, otherwise as a result, grass will stop growing." (Imam Ibn Hibban, may Allah have mercy on him, says:) In this, it is implied that what is meant is the water in which there is no reservoir. (That is, there is no wall built around it) No single person owns it and it is used collectively among people, like flowing water which is shared, and there is also the possibility that what is meant is the water of a well or spring in the wilderness, and benefit is derived from it, so a person prevents people from using the excess water. And it is prohibited that after fulfilling one's own need, Muslims are prevented from using the excess water, because preventing them from this would also necessarily prevent people from obtaining grass.


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