It is also narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: (It is not permissible) to cause harm to your brother by diminishing his rights, nor is it permissible to cause greater harm than the harm received. And a person has the right to place a beam or the like on his neighbor’s wall, and the passageway for coming and going should be left at seven hands wide.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: When people disagree about the road, then seven hand-spans should be left in the middle.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ubadah bin Samit (may Allah be pleased with him) that there was an open space lying on the way. When its owners intended to build there, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) decided that a path of seven handspans should be left. This path was called a thoroughfare.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ubaydullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that Sayyiduna Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) had a water spout, and its water would fall onto the path. Once it happened that Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) wore his clothes on a Friday and passed by there. At that time, two chicks of Sayyiduna Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) had been slaughtered. When Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) reached under the spout, water mixed with the blood of the chicks fell on him. Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) ordered that the spout be removed from there, and he himself returned home, changed his clothes, then came back and led the people in prayer. Then Sayyiduna Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) came to him and said: By Allah! This is the very place where the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) himself had installed the spout. Upon hearing this, Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said to Sayyiduna Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him): Then I insist that you climb onto my back and install this spout at the very place where the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) had placed it. Sayyiduna Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) did exactly that.

It is narrated from Abu Minhal that Sayyiduna Zayd bin Arqam and Sayyiduna Bara’ bin Azib (may Allah be pleased with them both) used to do business together in partnership. Once, they bought silver, some of which was paid for in cash and some on credit. When the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) came to know of this, he ordered them to keep the transaction that was done in cash and to return what was done on credit.

Narrated by Sayyiduna Ruwayfi’ bin Thabit Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him), he says: I used to participate in jihad with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and we used to do this: a man would buy a she-camel with half of his share of the spoils, and sometimes it would happen that someone would get an arrow from the spoils, and someone would get fruit and feathers.