Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 1817
حَدَّثَنَا هَارُونُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الْمِصْرِيُّ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ، أَخْبَرَنِي يُونُسُ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ سَالِمٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ يَقُولُ " فِيمَا سَقَتِ السَّمَاءُ وَالأَنْهَارُ وَالْعُيُونُ أَوْ كَانَ بَعْلاً الْعُشْرُ وَفِيمَا سُقِيَ بِالسَّوَانِي نِصْفُ الْعُشْرِ " .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Harun ibn Sa‘id al-Misri Abu Ja‘far narrated to us; Ibn Wahb narrated to us; Yunus informed me, from Ibn Shihab, from Salim, from his father, who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: ‘For crops watered by rain, rivers, or springs, or grown as ba‘l, one-tenth is due; and for crops irrigated by water-drawing camels, half of one-tenth is due.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
Ba‘l is retained as an agricultural term; the source does not explain the cultivation method in this wording. Water-drawing camels are specified for al-sawani.
قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ يَقُولُ " فِيمَا سَقَتِ السَّمَاءُ وَالأَنْهَارُ وَالْعُيُونُ أَوْ كَانَ بَعْلاً الْعُشْرُ وَفِيمَا سُقِيَ بِالسَّوَانِي نِصْفُ الْعُشْرِ " .
The agricultural term ba‘l identifies a growing method, but this wording does not explain its precise features.
Should ba‘l be translated as naturally watered crops, or retained as a technical term?