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bukhari:2473 – Mūsá b. Ismāʿīl > Jarīr b. Ḥāzim > al-Zubayr b. Khirrīt > ʿIkrimah > Abū Hurayrah

The Prophet ﷺ judged that seven cubits should be left as a public way when there was a dispute about the land.  

البخاري:٢٤٧٣ – حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرُ بْنُ حَازِمٍ عَنِ الزُّبَيْرِ بْنِ خِرِّيتٍ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ ؓ قَالَ

قَضَى النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِذَا تَشَاجَرُوا فِي الطَّرِيقِ بِسَبْعَةِ أَذْرُعٍ  

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tirmidhi:1356 – Muḥammad b. Bashhār > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > al-Muthanná b. Saʿīd > Qatādah > Bushayr b. Kaʿb al-ʿAdawī > Abū Hurayrah

"When you disagree over the road, then make it seven forearm lengths."  

الترمذي:١٣٥٦ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا الْمُثَنَّى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ بُشَيْرِ بْنِ كَعْبٍ الْعَدَوِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا تَشَاجَرْتُمْ فِي الطَّرِيقِ فَاجْعَلُوهُ سَبْعَةَ أَذْرُعٍ  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى وَهَذَا أَصَحُّ مِنْ حَدِيثِ وَكِيعٍ قَالَ وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى حَدِيثُ بُشَيْرِ بْنِ كَعْبٍ الْعَدَوِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ وَرَوَى بَعْضُهُمْ هَذَا عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ بَشِيرِ بْنِ نَهِيكٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ وَهُوَ غَيْرُ مَحْفُوظٍ