(People are partners in three things: water...) Is the intended meaning rainwater?
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The questioner : Shaykh, may Allah bless you, the saying of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) Sunan Ibn Majah 2472Da'if (Darussalam).
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : Regarding water.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Does this apply only to the waters of large pools and springs that flow out like this, and not to wells that a person has dug, because that is by his action, that is his doing?
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : And this is the cause in it; otherwise, we would say that everything, for example, agriculture and sheep, would have partners in it because of this, if it were not that Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He)...
The Shaykh : This, may Allah bless you, we tell you that you may take a wage for the bucket that is sent down into this well, because it is... your property, do you understand? As for the matter of the water, it is not your property, because Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) is the One who brought it to this place; it is springs in the earth like rivers. But if I say, "I do not want you to benefit from this air that I dug except for a wage," then you have that right. Yes?
The Muslims are partners in three things: water
الناس شركاء في ثلاث في الماءThe Shaykh : What?
The questioner : Regarding water.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Does this apply only to the waters of large pools and springs that flow out like this, and not to wells that a person has dug, because that is by his action, that is his doing?
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : And this is the cause in it; otherwise, we would say that everything, for example, agriculture and sheep, would have partners in it because of this, if it were not that Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He)...
The Shaykh : This, may Allah bless you, we tell you that you may take a wage for the bucket that is sent down into this well, because it is... your property, do you understand? As for the matter of the water, it is not your property, because Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) is the One who brought it to this place; it is springs in the earth like rivers. But if I say, "I do not want you to benefit from this air that I dug except for a wage," then you have that right. Yes?