30. Giving Life to the Dead Land
٣٠۔ كِتَابُ إِحْيَاءِ الْمَوَاتِ
[Machine] I heard Abu Huraira saying that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ decreed that a neighbor may place his logs or pieces of wood in his neighbor's wall if he wishes or refuses. And I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ decree that if people dispute over their pathways, it should be made seven cubits long.
سَمِعْتُ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ يَقُولُ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَضَى أَنَّ الْجَارَ يَضَعُ جُذُوعَهُ أَوْ خَشَبَهُ فِي حَائِطِ جَارِهِ إِنْ شَاءَ وَإِنْ أَبَى وَسَمِعَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَضَى إِنْ تَنَازَعَ النَّاسُ فِي طُرُقِهِمْ جُعِلَتْ سَبْعَةَ أَذْرُعٍ
[Machine] From the Prophet ﷺ , he said: "When you differ in the path, its width is set at seven arms' length."
عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا اخْتَلَفْتُمْ فِي الطَّرِيقِ جُعِلَ عَرْضُهُ سَبْعَةَ أَذْرُعٍ
[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "When you are in doubt about a path, make it seven cubits long; the two carrying loads will vary in it."
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا شَكَكْتُمْ فِي طَرِيقٍ فَاجْعَلُوا سَبْعَةَ أَذْرُعٍ؛ تَخْتَلِفُ فِيهِ الْحَامِلَتَانِ
[Machine] Certainly, one of the decrees of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ is that he ruled in regards to the open space that is between the road and the area where his family wanted to build. He ruled that a portion of that land, seven arms length, should be left for the road. He said, and those roads were called "Al-Mi'ata".
إِنَّ مِنْ قَضَاءِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَنَّهُ قَضَى فِي الرَّحَبَةِ تَكُونُ بَيْنَ الطَّرِيقِ ثُمَّ يُرِيدُ أَهْلُهَا الْبِنَاءَ فِيهَا فَقَضَى أَنْ يُتْرَكَ لِلطَّرِيقِ مِنْهَا سَبْعَةُ أَذْرُعٍ قَالَ وَكَانَتْ تِلْكَ الطُّرُقُ تُسَمَّى الْمِئْتَاءَ