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Sunan Abi Dawud 3638 (Book 25, Hadith 68) #23928
Dispute Resolution Through Water Sharing

SUMMARY: The hadith is about a dispute between two parties over the sharing of water from a stream, and the Prophet's decision that when water reaches the ankles, it should not be held back from flowing to those below.

Narrated Tha'labah ibn AbuMalik: Tha'labah heard his elders say that a man from the Quraysh had his share with Banu Qurayzah (in water). He brought the dispute to the Messenger of Allah about al-Mahzur, a stream whose water they shared together. The Messenger of Allah then decided that when water reached the ankles waters should not be held back to flow to the lower.
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْعَلاَءِ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ، عَنِ الْوَلِيدِ، - يَعْنِي ابْنَ كَثِيرٍ - عَنْ أَبِي مَالِكِ بْنِ ثَعْلَبَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، ثَعْلَبَةَ بْنِ أَبِي مَالِكٍ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ كُبَرَاءَهُمْ، يَذْكُرُونَ أَنَّ رَجُلاً، مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ كَانَ لَهُ سَهْمٌ فِي بَنِي قُرَيْظَةَ فَخَاصَمَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ فِي مَهْزُورٍ - يَعْنِي السَّيْلَ الَّذِي يَقْتَسِمُونَ مَاءَهُ - فَقَضَى بَيْنَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ أَنَّ الْمَاءَ إِلَى الْكَعْبَيْنِ لاَ يَحْبِسُ الأَعْلَى عَلَى الأَسْفَلِ

TOPICS
water  *  dispute  *  resolution  *  sharing  *  mazur  *  niza  *  taqdiir  *  ittifaq

QUICK LESSONS:
Seek out peaceful solutions instead of resorting to violence or aggression; Strive for fairness in our dealings with others; Respect other people's rights as well as our own; Compromise and understand each other's point of view.

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith is about a dispute between two parties over the sharing of water from a stream called al-Mahzur. The Prophet Muhammad was asked to decide on how to resolve this issue and he decided that when water reached the ankles, it should not be held back from flowing to those below. This teaches us an important lesson in resolving disputes through compromise and understanding. It also shows us that we should always seek out peaceful solutions instead of resorting to violence or aggression. We can also learn from this hadith that we should always strive for fairness in our dealings with others and respect their rights as well as our own.

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