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ibnmajah:2486[Chain 1] al-Walīd b. ʿAmr b. Sukayn > Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. al-Muthanná [Chain 2] al-Ḥasan b. Muḥammad b. al-Ṣabbāḥ > ʿAbd al-Wahhāb b. ʿAṭāʾ > Ismāʿīl al-Makkī > al-Ḥasan > ʿAbdullāh b. Mughaffal

“Whoever digs a well, is entitled to forty forearms' length surrounding it is as a resting place for his flocks.”  

ابن ماجة:٢٤٨٦حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ سُكَيْنٍ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْمُثَنَّى ح وَحَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الصَّبَّاحِ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَهَّابِ بْنُ عَطَاءٍ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ الْمَكِّيُّ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مُغَفَّلٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ مَنْ حَفَرَ بِئْرًا فَلَهُ أَرْبَعُونَ ذِرَاعًا عَطَنًا لِمَاشِيَتِهِ  


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darimi:2668Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > ʿArʿarah b. al-Birind al-Sāmī > Ismāʿīl b. Muslim > al-Ḥasan > ʿAbdullāh b. Mughaffal

[Machine] On the authority of the Messenger of Allah, may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, he said, "Whoever digs a well, no one should dig around it for forty cubits in order to give way to his livestock."  

الدارمي:٢٦٦٨أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ أَنْبَأَنَا عَرْعَرَةُ بْنُ الْبِرِنْدِ السَّامِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْماَعِيلُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مُغَفَّلٍ

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «مَنِ احْتَفَرَ بِئْرًا فَلَيْسَ لِأَحَدٍ أَنْ يَحْفِرَ حَوْلَهُ أَرْبَعِينَ ذِرَاعًا عَطَنًا لِمَاشِيَتِهِ»  

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السيوطي:٢٠٢٤٧a

"مَن احْتَفَر بئْرًا فَلَيسَ لأَحَدٍ أَنْ يَحْفرَ حَوْلَهَا أَرْبَعِين ذِرَاعًا عَطَنًا لِمَاشِيَتِهِ".  

[طب] الطبرانى في الكبير عن عبد الله بن مغفل