[Machine] I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ prohibit the selling of water. Al-Shafi'i mentioned in his Sunan that Harimla transmitted this report from Sufyan. Then he said, the meaning of this hadith is that water should be sold in the place where Allah created it. For example, if a man brings water from the desert and uses it to drink and his livestock also benefit from it, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ prohibited the owner of the water from selling the excess and forbade him from preventing others from using it. Then he mentioned that if someone carries the water on his back, it is permissible for him to sell it to others, as he is the owner of what he carries. The sheikh said, and it has been
سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَنْهَىعَنْ بَيْعِ الْمَاءِ ذَكَرَ الشَّافِعِيُّ رَحِمَهُ اللهُ فِي سُنَنِ حَرْمَلَةَ عَنْهُ هَذَا الْخَبَرَ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ ثُمَّ قَالَ مَعْنَى هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ أَنْ يُبَاعَ الْمَاءُ فِي الْمَوْضِعِ الَّذِي خَلَقَهُ اللهُ فِيهِ وَذَلِكَ أَنْ يَأْتِيَ بِالْبَادِيَةِ الرَّجُلُ لَهُ الْبِئْرُ لِيَسْقِيَ بِهَا مَاشِيَتَهُ وَيَكُونُ فِي مَائِهَا فَضْلٌ عَنْ مَاشِيَتِهِ فَنَهَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَالِكَ الْمَاءِ عَنْ بَيْعِ ذَلِكَ الْفَضْلِ وَنَهَاهُ عَنْ مَنْعِهِ ثُمَّ سَاقَ الْكَلَامَ إِلَى أَنَّهُ إِذَا حَمَلَ الْمَاءَ عَلَى ظَهْرِهِ فَلَا بَأْسَ أَنْ يَبِيعَهُ مِنْ غَيْرِهِ؛ لِأَنَّهُ مَالِكٌ لِمَا حَمَلَ قَالَ الشَّيْخُ وَقَدْ
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