مشكوة المصابيح
Mishkat al-Masabih
كتاب البيوعThe Book of Sales and Trade
(مَنْعُ بَيْعِ المَاءِ الفَائِضِ عَنِ الحَاجَةِ)
(Prohibition of selling water beyond need)
Hadith 2859
وَعَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «لَا يُبَاع فضل المَاء ليباع بِهِ الْكلأ»
Abu Huraira reported God’s Messenger as saying, “Excess water must not be sold for the purpose of having the herbage which grows from it sold." (Bukhari and Muslim.)
