[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] The Prophet ﷺ asked for the salt that was in Ma'rib, intending to cut it. A man said, "It is like flowing water," so he refused to cut it. Al-Asma'ee said, "It is the perpetual flowing water that does not cease, and it is like the water of a spring and a well."
أَنَّهُ اسْتَقْطَعَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ الْمِلْحَ الَّذِي بِمَأْرِبَ فَأَرَادَ أَنَ يُقْطِعَهُ إِيَّاهُ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ إِنَّهُ كَالْمَاءِ الْعِدِّ فَأَبَى أَنَ يُقْطِعَهُ قَالَ الْأَصْمَعِيُّ الْمَاءُ الْعِدُّ الدَّائِمُ الَّذِي لَا انْقِطَاعَ لَهُ وَهُوَ مِثْلُ مَاءِ الْعَيْنِ وَمَاءِ الْبِئْرِ