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suyuti:20246a –
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السيوطي:٢٠٢٤٦a –

"مَن احْتَفَر بئِرًا فَلَهُ مَا حَوَالِيهَا أَرْبَعُونَ ذِراعًا عَطنًا لإبِله وَماشِيَتِه".  

[طب] الطبرانى في الكبير عن عبد الله بن مغفل

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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:٢٤٨٦ – حَدَّثَنَا 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  

darimi:2668 – Isḥāq 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:٢٦٦٨ – أَخْبَرَنَا 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»  

suyuti:20247a –
Translation not available.

  

السيوطي:٢٠٢٤٧a –

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

[طب] الطبرانى في الكبير عن عبد الله بن مغفل