A man who puts something beyond his boundary and it injures a person

Al-Harith said that Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Whoever brings a stone or a water spout out, or adds to his courtyard what he has no right to, shall be liable.

Mughirah said that Ibrahim said: Whoever builds outside the airspace of his own property shall be liable.

Shurayh used to hold people liable for the damage from the cesspits they make in the road and from the reed screens for mules; likewise, he held them liable for damage from wood set in walls. However, he did not hold them liable for the outlying wells in front of Kufah in the open ground, those in the graveyards, or anything made for the benefit of the Muslims.

Layth said that Tawus said: Whoever drives a peg into a place outside his own land and airspace shall be responsible for the harm it causes; and whoever digs a well outside his own land and airspace shall be liable for whoever falls into it.

Al-Sha'bi said that Shurayh said: Whoever brings something out of his house onto the road, such as a stone or a piece of wood, or digs a well in the road of the Muslims, and someone is then harmed by it, that person shall be liable. Blood money shall be taken from him, and retaliation (qisas) shall not be taken.

Hisham said that al-Hasan al-Basri said: Whoever introduces something in the road of the Muslims shall be liable for the damage.

Amr said that al-Hasan al-Basri said, in a report traced back to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): Whoever brings something out beyond the boundaries of his land, and someone is then harmed by it, that person shall be liable.

Mansur said that Ibrahim said: When a man brings a stone slab for pounding medicine or a piece of wood out from his wall, he shall be liable if damage occurs.

Al-Sha'bi said that Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) used to cut down the privies attached to houses, or he said: he used to order them cut down.

Ata bin al-Sa'ib said that Shurayh used to hold a shopkeeper liable on account of an obstruction and a pole, and he would say: He has set up this obstruction in the property of another.

Ibrahim said that Amr bin al-Harith bin al-Mustaliq dug a well in the road of the Muslims, and a mule fell into it and its bones broke, so Shurayh held him liable.

Dinar said that Amr bin al-Harith bin al-Mustaliq dug a well in the road of the Muslims. A mule was passing by there; it fell into that well and its bones broke, so Shurayh held him liable for the price of the mule, which was 200 dirhams, and he gave that mule to Amr.

Sharik said that a privy belonging to a neighbour of al-Hasan Abu Musafir fell on a child, and the child died or was injured. Upon this Shurayh said: If he had been brought to me, I would certainly have held that person liable.

Al-Harith said that Shurayh would not leave any canopy under which a horseman could not pass with his spear, and he would say: You have built against the horseman's spear.