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
وَ رُوِيَ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ عَنِ اَلرَّجُلِ يَكُونُ لَهُ شِرْبٌ مَعَ اَلْقَوْمِ فِي قَنَاتِهِمْ وَ هُمْ فِيهِ شُرَكَاءُ فَيَسْتَغْنِي بَعْضُهُمْ عَنْ شِرْبِهِ أَ يَبِيعُهُ قَالَ "نَعَمْ إِنْ شَاءَ بَاعَهُ بِوَرِقٍ وَ إِنْ شَاءَ بَاعَهُ بِكَيْلِ حِنْطَةٍ".
It is narrated from Sa'id bin Yasar who said: I asked Abu Abdillah عليه السلام about a man who has a share of water usage in a canal along with others, and they are partners in it. If some of them no longer need their share of the water, can they sell it? Imam عليه السلام said: "Yes, if he wishes, he may sell it for silver coins, or if he wishes, he may sell it for a measure of wheat."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh, p. 232