’Urwah bin az-Zubair told me that az-Zubair ؓ used to narrate that he referred to the Prophet ﷺ, a dispute with an Ansari man who had been present at Badr about the streams of the Harrah, with which they both used to irrigate their palm trees. The Prophet ﷺ said to az-Zubair ؓ : ʿWater (your trees), then let the water flow to your neighbour.ʿ The Ansari got angry and said: “O Messenger of Allah, it is because he is your cousin!” The face of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ changed colour, then he said to az-Zubair: “Water (your trees), then block the water until it backs up to the bottom of the wall.” So the Prophet ﷺ told az-Zubair ؓ to take all of his rights in full. Before that, the Prophet ﷺ had suggested to az-Zubair ؓ something that would be good for both him and the Ansari, but when the Ansari annoyed the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, he told az-Zubair to take his rights in full in a clear ruling. ʿUrwah said: “az-Zubair ؓ said: By Allah, I think that this verse was revealed concerning that: But no, by your Lord, they can have no Faith, until they make you (O Muhammad ﷺ) judge in all disputes between them, and find in themselves no resistance against your decisions, and accept (them) with full submissionʿ (an-Nisaʿ [4:65]).”
أَنَّهُ خَاصَمَ رَجُلًا مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ قَدْ شَهِدَ بَدْرًا إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فِي شِرَاجِ الْحَرَّةِ كَانَا يَسْقِيَانِ بِهَا كِلاهُمَا فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ لِلزُّبَيْرِ اسْقِ ثُمَّ أَرْسِلِ إلَى جَارِكَ فَغَضِبَ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ وَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَنْ كَانَ ابْنَ عَمَّتِكَ فَتَلَوَّنَ وَجْهُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ ثُمَّ قَالَ لِلزُّبَيْرِ اسْقِ ثُمَّ احْبِسِ الْمَاءَ حَتَّى يَرْجِعَ إِلَى الْجَدْرِ فَاسْتَوْعَى النَّبِيُّ ﷺ حِينَئِذٍ لِلزُّبَيْرِ حَقَّهُ وَكَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ قَبْلَ ذَلِكَ أَشَارَ عَلَى الزُّبَيْرِ بِرَأْيٍ أَرَادَ فِيهِ سَعَةً لَهُ وَلِلأنْصَارِيِّ فَلَمَّا أَحْفَظَ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ اسْتَوْعَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لِلزُّبَيْرِ حَقَّهُ فِي صَرِيحِ الْحُكْمِ قَالَ عُرْوَةُ فَقَالَ الزُّبَيْرُ وَاللهِ مَا أَحْسِبُ هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ أُنْزِلَتِ إلَّا فِي ذَلِكَ {فَلا وَرَبِّكَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ حَتَّى يُحَكِّمُوكَ فِيمَا شَجَرَ بَيْنَهُمْ ثُمَّ لَا يَجِدُوا فِي أَنْفُسِهِمْ حَرَجًا مِمَّا قَضَيْتَ وَيُسَلِّمُوا تَسْلِيمًا} [النساء 65]