What is the difference between *darr* and *darrar* in the hadith?
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The questioner : His saying (peace and blessings be upon him): Sunan Ibn Majah 2340Da'if (Darussalam) What does it mean? And what is the difference between *darr* and *darrar*?
The Shaykh : *Darr* is what happens without intention, and *darrar* is what happens with intention, because *darrar* is the verbal noun of *dara yadarru darraran* and *mudaratan*, just as *jahada yujahidu jihadan* and what else? And *mujahadah*. So, what is done with intention is *darrar*, and what is done without intention is not *darrar*. An example of this is a man who has a tree in his house and waters it, and the moisture spreads to his neighbor's house without intention; we say, what is this? *Darr*. And another man plants a tree and waters it specifically so that the water and moisture spread to his neighbor's house and he is harmed by it; what is this? This is *darrar*. Both are negated by the Shari'ah. *Darr* is removed even if it was not intended, and *mudarar* is removed, and he is sinful for the intention. Yes.
It was narrated from 'Ubadah bin Samit that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) ruled: “There should be neither harming nor reciprocating harm.”
لا ضرر ولا ضرارThe Shaykh : *Darr* is what happens without intention, and *darrar* is what happens with intention, because *darrar* is the verbal noun of *dara yadarru darraran* and *mudaratan*, just as *jahada yujahidu jihadan* and what else? And *mujahadah*. So, what is done with intention is *darrar*, and what is done without intention is not *darrar*. An example of this is a man who has a tree in his house and waters it, and the moisture spreads to his neighbor's house without intention; we say, what is this? *Darr*. And another man plants a tree and waters it specifically so that the water and moisture spread to his neighbor's house and he is harmed by it; what is this? This is *darrar*. Both are negated by the Shari'ah. *Darr* is removed even if it was not intended, and *mudarar* is removed, and he is sinful for the intention. Yes.