Selling Pastures

سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ الرَّجُلِ الْمُسْلِمِ تَكُونُ لَهُ الضَّيْعَةُ فِيهَا جَبَلٌ مِمَّا يُبَاعُ يَأْتِيهِ أَخُوهُ الْمُسْلِمُ وَ لَهُ غَنَمٌ قَدِ احْتَاجَ إِلَى جَبَلٍ يَحِلُّ لَهُ أَنْ يَبِيعَهُ الْجَبَلَ كَمَا يَبِيعُ مِنْ غَيْرِهِ أَوْ يَمْنَعَهُ مِنَ الْجَبَلِ إِنْ طَلَبَهُ بِغَيْرِ ثَمَنٍ وَ كَيْفَ حَالُهُ فِيهِ وَ مَا يَأْخُذُهُ قَالَ لَا يَجُوزُ لَهُ بَيْعُ جَبَلِهِ مِنْ أَخِيهِ لِأَنَّ الْجَبَلَ لَيْسَ جَبَلَهُ إ

“Regarding my question before abu ‘ Abd Allah (a.s.), about the case of a man who is Muslim and has an asset in the mountains which is sold and his Muslim brother comes who has sheep and needs a mountain, if it is lawful to sell the mountain as he sells to others or deny him use of the mountain if he asks without payme

سَأَلْتُهُ وَ قُلْتُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ إِنَّ لَنَا ضِيَاعاً وَ لَهَا حُدُودٌ وَ فِيهَا مَرَاعِي وَ لِلرَّجُلِ مِنَّا غَنَمٌ وَ إِبِلٌ وَ يَحْتَاجُ إِلَى تِلْكَ الْمَرَاعِي لِإِبِلِهِ وَ غَنَمِهِ أَ يَحِلُّ لَهُ أَنْ يَحْمِيَ الْمَرَاعِيَ لِحَاجَتِهِ إِلَيْهَا فَقَالَ إِذَا كَانَتِ الْأَرْضُ أَرْضَهُ فَلَهُ أَنْ يَحْمِيَ وَ يُصَيِّرَ ذَلِكَ إِلَى مَا يَحْتَاجُ إِلَيْهِ قَالَ وَ قُلْتُ لَهُ الرَّجُلُ يَبِيعُ الْمَرَاعِي

“Regarding my question before abu al-Hassan (a.s.), - after saying, ‘I pray to Allah to keep my soul in service for your cause, we have a property that has boundaries and a pasture - about a man from us who has sheep and camel. He needs those pastures for his camel and sheep if it is permissible for him to preserve and

سَأَلْتُ الرِّضَا ع- عَنِ الرَّجُلِ تَكُونُ لَهُ الضَّيْعَةُ وَ تَكُونُ لَهَا حُدُودٌ تَبْلُغُ حُدُودُهَا عِشْرِينَ مِيلًا وَ أَقَلَّ وَ أَكْثَرَ يَأْتِيهِ الرَّجُلُ فَيَقُولُ لَهُ أَعْطِنِي مِنْ مَرَاعِي ضَيْعَتِكَ وَ أُعْطِيَكَ كَذَا وَ كَذَا دِرْهَماً فَقَالَ إِذَا كَانَتِ الضَّيْعَةُ لَهُ فَلَا بَأْسَ.

‘If you give to me from your pastures I will give you so and so amount of dirham. He (the Imam) said, ‘If the property is his property it is not unlawful.’”

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع- عَنْ بَيْعِ الْكَلَإِ إِذَا كَانَ سَيْحاً فَيَعْمِدُ الرَّجُلُ إِلَى مَائِهِ فَيَسُوقُهُ إِلَى الْأَرْضِ فَيَسْقِيهِ الْحَشِيشَ وَ هُوَ الَّذِي حَفَرَ النَّهَرَ وَ لَهُ الْمَاءُ يَزْرَعُ بِهِ مَا شَاءَ فَقَالَ إِذَا كَانَ الْمَاءُ لَهُ فَلْيَزْرَعْ بِهِ مَا شَاءَ وَ يَبِيعُهُ بِمَا أَحَبَّ- قَالَ وَ سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ بَيْعِ حَصَائِدِ الْحِنْطَةِ وَ الشَّعِيرِ وَ سَائِرِ الْحَصَائِدِ فَق

“This is concerning my question before abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about a man’s selling pastures which needs watering. He works to provide water for its grass and he is the one who has dug the well and canal and he has water for the plantation of whatever he likes to cultivate. He (the Imam) said, ‘If water belongs to him

سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ بَيْعِ الْكَلَإِ وَ الْمَرَاعِي فَقَالَ لَا بَأْسَ بِهِ قَدْ حَمَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص النَّقِيعَ لِخَيْلِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ‌[2].

‘It is not unlawful, the Messenger of Allah, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause, had reserved al-Naqi‘ (name of a place) for the horses of the Muslims.’”