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Musnad Ahmad Hadith 7324

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In-book entry
206

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Original Arabic

حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ، عَنِ الْأَعْرَجِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، يَبْلُغُ بِهِ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: " لَا يُمْنَعْ فَضْلُ الْمَاءِ لِيُمْنَعَ بِهِ الْكَلَأُ " (١)، ، . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .، ، قَالَ سُفْيَانُ: " يَكُونُ حَوْلَ بِئْرِكَ الْكَلَأُ فَتَمْنَعُهُمْ فَضْلَ مَائِكَ، فَلَا يَعُودُونَ أَنْ يَرْعَوْا " (١)،

Translation

English translation

It is narrated marfu‘an from Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) that surplus water should not be withheld so that grass may be withheld. The narrator of the hadith, Sufyan, explains its meaning as follows: If there is grass near your well and you prevent people from taking more water than they need, then those people will not come there again to graze their animals.

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Where is this hadith found?

This is Hadith 7324 in Musnad Ahmad. It appears in Book 30, Musnad of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), as in-book entry 206.

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Musnad Ahmad
In-book entry
206

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مسند احمد / مسند المكثرين من الصحابة / 7324

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