If a person digs a well or buys it and makes it for the sake of Allah, what is the ruling in the Shari'ah regarding one who takes water from it and sells it to others, either for drinking or for irrigation?
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The questioner : If a person digs a well or buys it to make it for the sake of Allah for whoever wants to drink and whoever wants to take from this water, what is the ruling in the Shari'ah, in your view, regarding one who takes water from this well and sells it to other people, either for them to drink or to irrigate their farms? Please advise us, may Allah reward you.
The Shaykh : It is obligatory that what is endowed be utilized by people according to the condition of the endower. If this endower only endowed it so that people would benefit from it and drink from it what they need, then it is not permissible for anyone to take from this water to sell it, especially if the water in the well is little such that if he takes it, he exhausts it for those after him.
As for if the endower intended with this well general benefit, whether a person benefits by drinking water from this well or by selling it, then the matter is broad.
The important thing is that endowed things are used according to the conditions of the endowers. Yes.
The questioner : May Allah bless you. This is a message that arrived from Dammam from listener F.H. He says: Peace be upon you and Allah's mercy and blessings.
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace, and Allah's mercy and blessings.
The questioner : He says: O honorable Shaykh.
The Shaykh : It is obligatory that what is endowed be utilized by people according to the condition of the endower. If this endower only endowed it so that people would benefit from it and drink from it what they need, then it is not permissible for anyone to take from this water to sell it, especially if the water in the well is little such that if he takes it, he exhausts it for those after him.
As for if the endower intended with this well general benefit, whether a person benefits by drinking water from this well or by selling it, then the matter is broad.
The important thing is that endowed things are used according to the conditions of the endowers. Yes.
The questioner : May Allah bless you. This is a message that arrived from Dammam from listener F.H. He says: Peace be upon you and Allah's mercy and blessings.
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace, and Allah's mercy and blessings.
The questioner : He says: O honorable Shaykh.