Hadith 97

Mishkat al-Masabih

Book 11: Business Transactions

Chapter 5

Business Transactions which are Forbidden - Section 1

باب المنهي عنها من البيوع

Mishkat al-Masabih 2859
وَعَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «لَا يُبَاع فضل المَاء ليباع بِهِ الْكلأ»
Abu Huraira reported God’s Messenger as saying, “Excess water must not be sold for the purpose of having the herbage which grows from it sold." (Bukhari and Muslim.)