[Machine] I asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ to give me the salt in Ma'rib, so he gave it to me. A man said, "It is like flowing water, so he refused to give it to me."  

سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ يُقْطِعَنِي الْمِلْحَ الَّذِي بِمَأْرِبَ فَأَقْطَعَنِيهِ قَالَ رَجُلٌ إِنَّهُ كَالْمَاءِ الْعِدِّ فَأَبَى أَنْ يُقْطِعَنِيهِ  

[Machine] I came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and I requested from him the salt from Ma'rib. So he gave it to me and a man said, "O Messenger of Allah, it is like counting water drops." He said, "In that case, no." 5734 Saeed ibn Amr informed us saying, Baqiyyah narrated to us, and Sufyan said, Ibn Abi Da'ad narrated to me from his father from the Prophet ﷺ with a similar narration, but Muhammad ibn Al-Mubarak disagreed with him.  

أَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَاسْتَقْطَعْتُهُ الْمِلْحَ الَّذِي بِمَأْرِبَ فَأَقْطَعَنِيهِ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّهُ كَالْمَاءِ الْعِدِّ قَالَ «فَلَا إِذًا» 5734 أَخْبَرَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا بَقِيَّةُ وَقَالَ سُفْيَانُ وَحَدَّثَنِي ابْنُ أَبْيَضَ بْنِ حَمَّالٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ بِمِثْلِهِ خَالَفَهُ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ  

[Machine] I cut the messenger of Allah ﷺ from the rock salt found in Ma'rib, so he cut it for me. It was said, "It is equivalent to drinking water." So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "No, then." Muhammad ibn Yahya ibn Qais related this.  

اسْتَقْطَعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ مَعْدِنَ الْمِلْحِ الَّذِي بِمَأْرِبَ فَأَقْطَعَنِيهِ فَقِيلَ إِنَّهُ بِمَنْزِلَةِ الْمَاءِ الْعِدِّ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «فَلَا إِذًا» أَسْنَدَهُ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى بْنِ قَيْسٍ  

[Machine] He (the man) came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, so he asked him for some salt and he gave it to him. When he left, a man said, "O Messenger of Allah, do you know what you gave him?" He replied, "I only gave him a small amount of water." So he took it back from him using the word "a lot of water".  

أَنَّهُ وَفَدَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَاسْتَقْطَعَهُ الْمِلْحَ فَقَطَعَهُ لَهُ فَلَمَّا وَلَّى قَالَ رَجُلٌ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَتَدْرِي مَا قَطَعْتَ لَهُ؟ إِنَّمَا قَطَعْتَ لَهُ الْمَاءَ الْعِدَّ فَرَجَعَهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ يَعْنِي بِالْمَاءِ الْكَثِيرِ