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tabarani:6868[Chain 1] Maḥmūd b. Muḥammad al-Wāsiṭī > Wahbb. Baqiyyah > Khālid [Chain 2] al-Ḥusayn b. Isḥāq al-Tustarī > Muḥammad b. Khālid b. ʿAbdullāh al-Wāsiṭī from my father > Saʿīd b. Abū ʿArūbah > Qatādah > al-Ḥasan > Samurah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever conquers a water source, it belongs to him." And Wahb ibn Baqiyyah said, "He is more deserving of it."  

الطبراني:٦٨٦٨حَدَّثَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْوَاسِطِيُّ ثنا وَهْبُ بْنُ بَقِيَّةَ ثنا خَالِدٌ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ التُّسْتَرِيُّ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ خَالِدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْوَاسِطِيُّ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي ثنا سَعِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي عَرُوبَةَ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «مَنْ غَلَبَ عَلَى مَاءٍ فَهُوَ لَهُ» وَقَالَ وَهْبُ بْنُ بَقِيَّةَ «فَهُوَ أَحَقُّ بِهِ»  


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tabarani:6860ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > ʿAmr b. ʿAwn > Hushaym > Mūsá b. al-Sāʾib > Qatādah > al-Ḥasan > Samurah

The Prophet ﷺ said: If anyone finds his very property with a man, he is more entitled to it (than anyone else), and the buyer should pursue the one who sold it. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3531)  

الطبراني:٦٨٦٠حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ ثنا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَوْنٍ ثنا هُشَيْمٌ عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ السَّائِبِ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «مَنْ وَجَدَ عَيْنَ مَالِهِ فَهُوَ أَحَقُّ بِهِ وَيَتْبَعُ الْبَيْعَ مَنْ بَاعَهُ»