Chapter on the Sale of Pasture, Crops, Trees, Lands, Servants, Water Rights, and Real Estate
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 3|Book 2|Chapter 12
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh
Volume 3, Book 2, Chapter 12
Chapter on the Sale of Pasture, Crops, Trees, Lands, Servants, Water Rights, and Real Estate
رَوَى أَبَانٌ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ اَلْفَضْلِ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ عَنْ بَيْعِ اَلْكَلَإِ إِذَا كَانَ سَيْحاً يَعْمِدُ اَلرَّجُلُ إِلَى مَائِهِ فَيَسُوقُهُ إِلَى اَلْأَرْضِ فَيَسْقِيهِ اَلْحَشِيشَ وَ هُوَ اَلَّذِي حَفَرَ اَلنَّهَرَ وَ لَهُ اَلْمَاءُ يَزْرَعُ بِهِ مَا يَشَاءُ فَقَالَ "إِذَا كَانَ اَلْمَاءُ لَهُ فَلْيَزْرَعْ بِهِ مَا شَاءَ وَ يَبِيعُهُ بِمَا أَحَبَّ ".
Aban narrated from Isma'il bin Al-Fadl who said: I asked Abu Abdillah عليه السلام about selling pasture when it is irrigated by flowing water, where a man directs his water to the land, irrigates the grass, and he is the one who dug the canal and owns the water, planting with it whatever he wishes. Imam عليه السلام said: "If the water is his, then he may plant with it whatever he wishes and sell it for whatever he likes."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh, p. 231