What is the fire in the hadith: (People are partners in three things: water, pasture, and fire)?
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The questioner : ... (peace and blessings be upon him) Bulugh al-Maram 7:177.
The Shaykh : Water, water, no, the hadith is about water.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : No, the spring, its owner has taken possession of it.
The questioner : ... O Shaykh, it is the pasture and ... .
The Shaykh : Yes, indeed.
The questioner : If ... he cheats his partner ... .
The Shaykh : Water, pasture, and fire. As for fire, people are partners in it. It was said that this refers to firewood, the firewood in the desert, because it is the fuel for fire. It was also said that it refers to the fire itself, and this is the correct view. This means that if I lit a fire to cook on it, and a person came wanting to cook on it as well, to heat his pot on it, or to take a coal from it, I have no right to prevent himBulugh al-Maram 7:177 Do you understand? Or if a person came wanting to warm himself in the winter, I have no right to prevent him, yes?
People are partners in three things
الناس شركاء في ثلاثThe Shaykh : Water, water, no, the hadith is about water.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : No, the spring, its owner has taken possession of it.
The questioner : ... O Shaykh, it is the pasture and ... .
The Shaykh : Yes, indeed.
The questioner : If ... he cheats his partner ... .
The Shaykh : Water, pasture, and fire. As for fire, people are partners in it. It was said that this refers to firewood, the firewood in the desert, because it is the fuel for fire. It was also said that it refers to the fire itself, and this is the correct view. This means that if I lit a fire to cook on it, and a person came wanting to cook on it as well, to heat his pot on it, or to take a coal from it, I have no right to prevent him