The ruling on selling water extracted from wells to the owners of water tankers
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Question:
I say, Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, some people dig wells in their lands. Then, once they are finished, they sell the water to the owners of water tankers. Is this work valid?
Answer:
Unless he extracts the water using a machine installed on the well, pumps it out, and fills the tankers for people, which they call "ashyab." In that case, there is nothing wrong with it. But if he tells them, "Come and bring your own ashya, no machines or motors, and extract your needs from this well for such and such a price," he says, "No, this is not permissible."
I say, Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, some people dig wells in their lands. Then, once they are finished, they sell the water to the owners of water tankers. Is this work valid?
Answer:
Unless he extracts the water using a machine installed on the well, pumps it out, and fills the tankers for people, which they call "ashyab." In that case, there is nothing wrong with it. But if he tells them, "Come and bring your own ashya, no machines or motors, and extract your needs from this well for such and such a price," he says, "No, this is not permissible."
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 141/65 شرح زاد المستقنع/ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (1:12:20)
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