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السيوطي:٢٥٨١٢a –

"لا يُبَاعُ فَضْلُ المَاءِ لِيُبَاعَ بِهِ الْكَلأُ".  

[م] مسلم عن أبي هريرة

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muslim:1566c – Aḥmad b. ʿUthmān al-Nawfalī > Abū ʿĀṣim al-Ḍaḥḥāk b. Makhlad > Ibn Jurayj > Ziyād b. Saʿd > Hilāl b. Usāmah > Abū Salamah b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Abū Hurayrah

The excess of water should not be sold in order to enable the sate of herbage.  

مسلم:١٥٦٦c – وَحَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ النَّوْفَلِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَاصِمٍ الضَّحَّاكُ بْنُ مَخْلَدٍ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ أَخْبَرَنِي زِيَادُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ أَنَّ هِلاَلَ بْنَ أُسَامَةَ أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ أَبَا سَلَمَةَ بْنَ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ يَقُولُ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لاَ يُبَاعُ فَضْلُ الْمَاءِ لِيُبَاعَ بِهِ الْكَلأُ  

abudawud:3473 – ʿUthmān b. Abū Shaybah > Jarīr > al-Aʿmash > Abū Ṣāliḥ > Abū Hurayrah

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying: Excess water should not be withheld so as to prevent (cattle) by it from grass.  

أبو داود:٣٤٧٣ – حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لاَ يُمْنَعُ فَضْلُ الْمَاءِ لِيُمْنَعَ بِهِ الْكَلأُ  

ahmad:7324 – Sufyān > Abū al-Zinād > al-Aʿraj > Abū Hurayrah Yablugh Bih

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying: Excess water should not be withheld so as to prevent (cattle) by it from grass. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3473)   

أحمد:٧٣٢٤ – حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ عَنِ الْأَعْرَجِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ يَبْلُغُ بِهِ

النَّبِيَّ ﷺ لَا يُمْنَعْ فَضْلُ الْمَاءِ لِيُمْنَعَ بِهِ الْكَلَأُ  

ذِكْرُ الْخَبَرِ الْمُفَسِّرِ لِلَّفْظَةِ الْمُجْمَلَةِ الَّتِي ذَكَرْنَاهَا

ibnhibban:4953 – Abū Yaʿlá > Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Wakīʿ > Ibn Jurayj > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir

That the Prophet ﷺ said: "Do not withhold surplus water so that it is prevented from the pasture." (Using translation from Tirmidhī 1272)   

ابن حبّان:٤٩٥٣ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو يَعْلَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ

«أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ نَهَى عَنْ بَيْعِ فَضْلِ الْمَاءِ لِيُمْنَعَ بِهِ الْكَلَأُ»  

nasai-kubra:5742 – Muḥammad b. Salamah > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. al-Qāsim > Mālik > Abū al-Zinād > al-Aʿraj > Abū Hurayrah

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying: Excess water should not be withheld so as to prevent (cattle) by it from grass. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3473)   

الكبرى للنسائي:٥٧٤٢ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ الْقَاسِمِ عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ عَنِ الْأَعْرَجِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «لَا يُمْنَعُ فَضْلُ الْمَاءِ لِيُمْنَعَ بِهِ الْكَلَأُ»