[Machine] My uncle, Dhuhair ibn Rafi', met me and said, "O nephew, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ prohibited us from a certain matter that we used to do together." I asked, "What is it, O uncle?" He said, "He prohibited us from covering our fields, meaning our lands with water or from using jadwal and asawa' (types of irrigation)." I said, "Which obedience to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ is more deserving?" He replied, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'Why do you cover them?'" I said, "So shall we not cultivate them or sow them?" He said, "You may cultivate them, but do not cover them with water." Abdullah said, "Then I asked my father about the statements of Rafi' ibn Khadeej, sometimes he would say that the Prophet ﷺ prohibited us, and sometimes he would say it was about his uncles. He said, 'All of them are authentic, but the most beloved to me is the hadith of Ayub, the hadith of 'Uqbah ibn 'Amir Al-Juhani from the Prophet ﷺ .'"  

لَقِيَنِي عَمِّي ظُهَيْرُ بْنُ رَافِعٍ فَقَالَيَا ابْنَ أَخِي قَدْ نَهَانَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَنْ أَمْرٍ كَانَ بِنَا رَافِقًا قَالَ فَقُلْتُ مَا هُوَ يَا عَمُّ؟ قَالَ نَهَانَا أَنْ نُكْرِيَ مَحَاقِلَنَا يَعْنِي أَرْضَنَا الَّتِي بِصِرَارٍ قَالَ قُلْتُ أَيْ عَمُّ طَاعَةُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَحَقُّ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِمَ تُكْرُوهَا؟ قَالَ بِالْجَدْوَلِ الرُّبِّ وَبِالْأَصَوَاعِ مِنَ الشَّعِيرِ؟ قَالَ فَلَا تَفْعَلُوا ازْرَعُوهَا أَوْ أَزْرِعُوهَا قَالَ فَبِعْنَا أَمْوَالَنَا بِصِرَارٍ قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ وَسَأَلْتُ أَبِي عَنْ أَحَادِيثِ رَافِعِ بْنِ خَدِيجٍ مَرَّةً يَقُولُ نَهَانَا النَّبِيُّ ﷺ وَمَرَّةً يَقُولُ عَنْ عَمَّيْهِ فَقَالَ كُلُّهَا صِحَاحٌ وَأَحَبُّهَا إِلَيَّ حَدِيثُ أَيُّوبَ حَدِيثُ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ عَامِرٍ الْجُهَنِيِّ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ