Hadith on Tafsir: To Az-Zubair: 'O Zubair! Water And Let The Water Flow To Your Neighbor

Jami at-Tirmidhi 3027 (Book 47, Hadith 79) #28676

Dispute Resolution According to Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)

SUMMARY: The hadith is about a dispute between two people over a stream and how the Prophet (PBUH) handled it. He instructed one of them to water his neighbor's land and not withhold the water until it overflowed his own walls.

Narrated 'Urwah bin Az-Zubair: that 'Abdullah bin Az-Zubair narrated to him: "A man from the Ansar was arguing with Az-Zubair about a stream at Al-Harrah with which they irrigated their date-palms. So the Ansari man said: 'Let the water pass through'. But he refused, so they brought their dispute to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to Az-Zubair: 'O Zubair! Water and let the water flow to your neighbor'. The Ansari got angry and said: 'O Messenger of Allah! Is it because he is your nephew?' The face of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ changed. Then he said: 'O Zubair! Water and withhold the water until until it flows over your walls'. So Az-Zubair said: 'By Allah, I think this Ayah was revealed about that incident: But no, by your Lord! They can have no faith until they make you judge in all disputes between them. (4:65)"

حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ عُرْوَةَ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ، أَنَّهُ حَدَّثَهُ أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ الزُّبَيْرِ حَدَّثَهُ أَنَّ رَجُلاً مِنَ الأَنْصَارِ خَاصَمَ الزُّبَيْرَ فِي شِرَاجِ الْحَرَّةِ الَّتِي يَسْقُونَ بِهَا النَّخْلَ ‏.‏ فَقَالَ الأَنْصَارِيُّ سَرِّحِ الْمَاءَ يَمُرُّ فَأَبَى عَلَيْهِ فَاخْتَصَمُوا إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لِلزُّبَيْرِ ‏"‏ اسْقِ يَا زُبَيْرُ وَأَرْسِلِ الْمَاءَ إِلَى جَارِكَ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ فَغَضِبَ الأَنْصَارِيُّ وَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَنْ كَانَ ابْنَ عَمَّتِكَ ‏.‏ فَتَغَيَّرَ وَجْهُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ ثُمَّ قَالَ ‏"‏ يَا زُبَيْرُ اسْقِ وَاحْبِسِ الْمَاءَ حَتَّى يَرْجِعَ إِلَى الْجَدْرِ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ فَقَالَ الزُّبَيْرُ وَاللَّهِ إِنِّي لأَحْسِبُ هَذِهِ الآيَةَ نَزَلَتْ فِي ذَلِك ‏:‏ ‏(‏فَلاَ وَرَبِّكَ لاَ يُؤْمِنُونَ حَتَّى يُحَكِّمُوكَ فِيمَا شَجَرَ بَيْنَهم‏)‏ الآيَةَ ‏.‏ قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى سَمِعْتُ مُحَمَّدًا يَقُولُ قَدْ رَوَى ابْنُ وَهْبٍ هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ عَنِ اللَّيْثِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ وَيُونُسَ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ نَحْوَ هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ ‏.‏ وَرَوَى شُعَيْبُ بْنُ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ عَنِ الزُّبَيْرِ وَلَمْ يَذْكُرْ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ

TOPICS
dispute * resolution * stream * love * jidlah * taslm * nahr * muwlaaah

QUICK LESSONS:

Resolve disputes peacefully, practice neighbourly love & be kind towards others even if there are disagreements between them .

EXPLANATIONS:

This hadith is about a dispute between two people over a stream that they used to irrigate their date palms. The Ansari man wanted the water to pass through while Az-Zubair refused. They brought their dispute to the Messenger of Allah who instructed Az-Zubair to water his neighbor's land and not withhold the water until it overflowed his own walls. This teaches us that we should always try our best to resolve disputes in an amicable manner without resorting to violence or aggression as this was what Prophet Muhammad taught us through this incident. We should also practice neighborly love by helping each other out in times of need and being kind towards our neighbors even if we have disagreements with them as this will help foster peace and harmony in society at large.

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