Sunan Abi Dawud · The Office of the Judge (Kitab Al-Aqdiyah)

باب فِي الْقَضَاءِ

Chapter: Regarding judicial matters.

8 hadith · references 3633–3640

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Abu Dawud · 3633إِذَا تَدَارَأْتُمْ فِي طَرِيقٍ فَاجْعَلُوهُ سَبْعَةَ أَذْرُعٍNarrated Abu Hurairah: The Prophet ﷺ said: If you dispute over a pathway, leave the margin of seven yards.5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 3634إِذَا اسْتَأْذَنَ أَحَدُكُمْ أَخَاهُ أَنْ يَغْرِزَ خَشَبَةً فِي جِدَارِهِ فَلَا يَمْنَعُهُ ، فَنَكَّسُوا ، فَقَالَ : مَا لِي أَرَاكُمْ قَدْ أَعْرَضْتُمْ ؟ لَأُلْقِيَنَّهَا بَيْنَ أَكْتَافِكُمْAbu Hurairah reported the Holy Prophet ﷺ as saying: When one of you asks permission for inserting a wooden peg in his wall, he should not prevent him. So they (the people) lowered down their heads. Then he (Abu Hurairah)6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 3635مَنْ ضَارَّ أَضَرَّ اللَّهُ بِهِ ، وَمَنْ شَاقَّ شَاقَّ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِNarrated Abu Sirmah: The Prophet ﷺ said: If anyone harms (others), Allah will harm him, and if anyone shows hostility to others, Allah will show hostility to him.6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 3636أَنَّهُ كَانَتْ لَهُ عَضُدٌ مِنْ نَخْلٍ فِي حَائِطِ رَجُلٍ مِنْ الْأَنْصَارِ ، قَالَ : وَمَعَ الرَّجُلِ أَهْلُهُ ، قَالَ : فَكَانَ سَمُرَةُ يَدْخُلُ إِلَى نَخْلِهِ فَيَتَأَذَّى بِهِ وَيَشُقُّ عَلَيْهِ ، فَطَلَبَ إِلَيْهِAbu Jafar Muhammad bin Ali reported from Samurah ibn Jundub that he had a row of palm-trees in the garden of a man of the Ansar. The man had his family with him. Samurah used to visit his palm-trees, and the man was anno5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 3637أَنَّ رَجُلًا خَاصَمَ الزُّبَيْرَ فِي شِرَاجِ الْحَرَّةِ الَّتِي يَسْقُونَ بِهَا ، فَقَالَ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ : سَرِّحْ الْمَاءَ يَمُرُّ ، فَأَبَى عَلَيْهِ الزُّبَيْرُ ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلNarrated Abdullah ibn az-Zubayr: A man disputed with az-Zubayr about streamlets in the lava plain which was irrigated by them. The Ansari said: Release the water and let it run, but az-Zubayr refused. The Holy Prophet ﷺ 5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 3638حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْعَلَاءِ ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ ، عَنِ الْوَلِيدِ يَعْنِي ابْنَ كَثِيرٍ ، عَنْ أَبِي مَالِكِ بْنِ ثَعْلَبَةَ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ثَعْلَبَةَ بْنِ أَبِي مَالِكٍ ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ كُبَNarrated Thalabah ibn Abu Malik: Thalabah 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 ﷺ about al-Mahzur, a stream whose w6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 3639قَضَى فِي السَّيْلِ الْمَهْزُورِ أَنْ يُمْسَكَ حَتَّى يَبْلُغَ الْكَعْبَيْنِ ، ثُمَّ يُرْسِلُ الْأَعْلَى عَلَى الْأَسْفَلِAmr bin Shuaib on his father's authority said that his grandfather told that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ decided regarding the stream al-Mahzur that its water should be held back till it reached the ankles, and that the upp6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 3640اخْتَصَمَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ رَجُلَانِ فِي حَرِيمِ نَخْلَةٍ فِي حَدِيثِ أَحَدِهِمَا ، فَأَمَرَ بِهَا فَذُرِعَتْ ، فَوُجِدَتْ سَبْعَةَ أَذْرُعٍ ، وَفِي حَدِيثِ الْآخَرِ ، فَوُجِدَتْ خَNarrated Abu Saeed al-Khudri: Two men brought their dispute about the precincts of a palm-tree to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. According to a version of this tradition, he ordered to measure and it was measured. It was foun7 narrators