Sunan Ibn Majah

Sunan Ibn Majah 2483

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْمُغَلِّسِ، حَدَّثَنَا فُضَيْلُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ، حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ عُقْبَةَ، عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ يَحْيَى بْنِ الْوَلِيدِ، عَنْ عُبَادَةَ بْنِ الصَّامِتِ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَضَى فِي شُرْبِ النَّخْلِ مِنَ السَّيْلِ أَنَّ الأَعْلَى فَالأَعْلَى يَشْرَبُ قَبْلَ الأَسْفَلِ وَيُتْرَكُ الْمَاءُ إِلَى الْكَعْبَيْنِ ثُمَّ يُرْسَلُ الْمَاءُ إِلَى الأَسْفَلِ الَّذِي يَلِيهِ وَكَذَلِكَ حَتَّى تَنْقَضِيَ الْحَوَائِطُ أَوْ يَفْنَى الْمَاءُ ‏.‏

Translation

Abu al-Mughallis narrated to us: Fudayl ibn Sulayman narrated to us: Musa ibn Uqbah narrated to us, from Ishaq ibn Yahya ibn al-Walid, from Ubadah ibn al-Samit, that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ruled regarding irrigating date palms from a flood channel: the uppermost land takes water before the lower. The water is held until it reaches the ankles, then released to the next lower plot, and likewise from one to the next until the gardens have all been irrigated or the water runs out.