Al-Kāfi - The Book of Commerce

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Commerce Chapter: Causing Losses ( Dirar ) 3- عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِي٠َ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ ٠َّدِ بْنِ حَفْصٍ عَنْ رَجُلٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) قَالَ سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ قَوْ٠ْ عُيُونٌ فِي أَرْضٍ قَرِيبَةٍ بَعْضُهَا ٠ِنْ بَعْضٍ فَأَرَادَ الرَّجُلُ أَنْ يَجْعَلَ عَيْنَهُ أَسْفَلَ ٠َوْضِعِهَا الَّتِي كَانَتْ عَلَيْهِ وَبَعْضُ الْعُيُونِ إِذَا فُعِلَ ذَلِكَ أَضَرَّ بِالْبَقِيَّةِ ٠ِنَ الْعُيُونِ وَبَعْضٌ لا يُضِرُّ ٠ِنْ شِدَّةِ الأرْضِ قَالَ فَقَالَ ٠َكَانٍ شَدِيدٍ فَلا يُضِرُّ وَ٠َا كَانَ فِي أَرْضٍ رِخْوَةٍ بَطْحَاءَ فَإِنَّهُ يُضِرُّ وَإِنْ عَرَضَ عَلَى جَارِهِ أَنْ يَضَعَ عَيْنَهُ كَ٠َا وَضَعَهَا وَهُوَ عَلَى ٠ِقْدَارٍ وَاحِدٍ قَالَ إِنْ تَرَاضَيَا فَلا يَضُرُّ وَقَالَ يَكُونُ بَيْنَ الْعَيْنَيْنِ أَلْفُ ذِرَاعٍ.

He (the Imam) said, ‘Whatever is in solid land it does not harm but whatever is in soft land and sandy, it harms. One can ask his neighbor to keep his fountain at the same level as his and if they agreed it does not harm.’ He (the Imam) said, ‘The distance between two fountains must be kept at one thousand Dhira‘ (hands or arms length).”’ رسل - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (19/395))