Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1363
حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ عُرْوَةَ، أَنَّهُ حَدَّثَهُ أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ الزُّبَيْرِ حَدَّثَهُ أَنَّ رَجُلاً مِنَ الأَنْصَارِ خَاصَمَ الزُّبَيْرَ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فِي شِرَاجِ الْحَرَّةِ الَّتِي يَسْقُونَ بِهَا النَّخْلَ فَقَالَ الأَنْصَارِيُّ سَرِّحِ الْمَاءَ يَمُرُّ . فَأَبَى عَلَيْهِ فَاخْتَصَمُوا عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم لِلزُّبَيْرِ " اسْقِ يَا زُبَيْرُ ثُمَّ أَرْسِلِ الْمَاءَ إِلَى جَارِكَ " . فَغَضِبَ الأَنْصَارِيُّ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَنْ كَانَ ابْنَ عَمَّتِكَ فَتَلَوَّنَ وَجْهُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ثُمَّ قَالَ " يَا زُبَيْرُ اسْقِ ثُمَّ احْبِسِ الْمَاءَ حَتَّى يَرْجِعَ إِلَى الْجَدْرِ " . فَقَالَ الزُّبَيْرُ وَاللَّهِ إِنِّي لأَحْسِبُ نَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الآيَةُ فِي ذَلِكَ : (فَلاَ وَرَبِّكَ لاَ يُؤْمِنُونَ حَتَّى يُحَكِّمُوكَ فِيمَا شَجَرَ بَيْنَهُمْ ) . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ . وَرَوَى شُعَيْبُ بْنُ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ عَنِ الزُّبَيْرِ وَلَمْ يَذْكُرْ فِيهِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ . وَرَوَاهُ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ وَهْبٍ عَنِ اللَّيْثِ وَيُونُسَ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ نَحْوَ الْحَدِيثِ الأَوَّلِ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-Zubayr reported that a man from the Anṣār disputed with al-Zubayr before the Messenger of Allah over irrigation channels used to water date palms. The Anṣārī said: “Let the water flow through.” Al-Zubayr refused, so they brought their dispute to the Messenger of Allah. He said to al-Zubayr: “Water your land, Zubayr, then let the water flow to your neighbor.” The Anṣārī became angry and said: “Is it because he is your cousin?” The Messenger of Allah’s face changed, and he said: “Water your land, Zubayr, then hold the water back until it reaches the retaining wall.” Al-Zubayr said: “By Allah, I think this verse was revealed about that: ‘But no, by your Lord, they will not believe until they make you judge concerning what they dispute among themselves…’” Abū ʿĪsā said: This is a ḥasan ṣaḥīḥ hadith. Shuʿayb ibn Abī Ḥamzah narrated it from al-Zuhrī, from ʿUrwah ibn al-Zubayr, from al-Zubayr, omitting ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-Zubayr. ʿAbd Allāh ibn Wahb narrated it from al-Layth and Yūnus, from al-Zuhrī, from ʿUrwah, from ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-Zubayr, with wording similar to the first report.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The ruling sets a sequence for irrigation: the upstream land is watered first, then water is released to the neighbor.