It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) concerning this saying of Allah Almighty: "And (remember) Dawud and Sulayman, when they gave judgement concerning the field, when the sheep of the people strayed into it at night" [Surah al-Anbiya: 78] ; he said: "It was a vineyard whose clusters had sprouted, and the sheep ruined it." He further said: "So Dawud (peace be upon him) judged that the sheep be given to the owner of the vineyard. Upon this Sulayman (peace be upon him) said: 'O Prophet of Allah! Could there be a judgement other than this?' Dawud (peace be upon him) asked: 'What is that?' Sulayman (peace be upon him) said: 'You should hand the vineyard over to the owner of the sheep so that he tends it until it returns to its former state, and hand the sheep over to the owner of the vineyard so that he benefits from them. Then, when the vineyard has returned to its original state, you return the vineyard to its owner and the sheep to their owner.'" (Concerning this) Allah Almighty says: "So We gave Sulayman understanding of it, and to each of them We gave judgement and knowledge" [Surah al-Anbiya: 79]