The issue of the impermissibility of selling the water drawn from a well: does the ruling change if one has spent money on it?
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The questioner : May Allah reward you. We established in the previous lesson that it is not permissible to sell the water in a well.
The Shaykh : Selling the water drawn from a well.
The questioner : The water drawn from a well. But if a man, for example, spent one hundred thousand or two hundred thousand on a well and the water came out, it is difficult for me, O Shaykh. Is it permissible to sell it or not?
The Shaykh : According to the school of thought, it is not permissible.
The questioner : These expenses that he paid?
The Shaykh : That makes him more entitled to it than others.
The questioner : Is it not permissible for him?
The Shaykh : According to the school of thought, and there is scholarly disagreement on this issue.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : Selling the water drawn from a well.
The questioner : The water drawn from a well. But if a man, for example, spent one hundred thousand or two hundred thousand on a well and the water came out, it is difficult for me, O Shaykh. Is it permissible to sell it or not?
The Shaykh : According to the school of thought, it is not permissible.
The questioner : These expenses that he paid?
The Shaykh : That makes him more entitled to it than others.
The questioner : Is it not permissible for him?
The Shaykh : According to the school of thought, and there is scholarly disagreement on this issue.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.