Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah

Hazrat Sha’bah says that I asked Hazrat Hakam and Hazrat Hammad about such goats and sheep that destroy the crops of a people. Hazrat Hammad said: Their owner will not be held liable, and Hazrat Hakam said: He will be held liable.

Hazrat Tariq narrates that it is reported from Hazrat Sha'bi that a goat entered the premises of a cloth weaver and spoiled the yarn he had spun, so Imam Sha'bi did not hold the owner of the goat liable because it was daytime.

It is narrated from Hazrat Saeed and Hazrat Haram that the she-camel of Hazrat Bara bin Azib entered the garden of a certain people and destroyed their garden. Regarding this, the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, gave this ruling: It is necessary for the owner to protect his property during the day, and the owner of the cattle will be liable if his cattle cause any damage at night.

Hazrat Ismail bin Abu Khalid narrates that it is reported from Hazrat Sha’bi that a goat ate someone’s flour during the day, and another narrator said: it ate someone’s spun cloth. So Hazrat Shurayh declared this invalid and recited this verse: Translation: When the goats enter it belonging to the people. And in Hazrat Ismail’s narration, it is stated: Surely, the goats’ entering will be at night.

Hazrat Amir narrates that a man came to Hazrat Shurayh and said, "This man's goat has torn my woven cloth." He asked him, "Was it during the day or at night?" If it was during the day, the person will be free of liability, and if it was at night, then indeed that person will be responsible. And he recited this verse: Translation: "When the goats enter into the fields of the people," and said, "Surely, if the goats enter at night, then there is liability."

Hazrat Marrah bin Shurahbeel narrates that Hazrat Masrooq recited the verse of the Holy Qur'an {إِذْ نَفَشَتْ فِیہِ غَنَمُ الْقَوْمِ } Translation: When the goats of the people entered that garden at night and they did not leave any greenery in it.