حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ عَفَّانَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَی بْنُ آدَمَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَکْرِ بْنُ عَيَّاشٍ عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ أَبِي النَّجُودِ عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ عَنْ مَسْرُوقٍ عَنْ مُعَاذِ بْنِ جَبَلٍ قَالَ بَعَثَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِلَی الْيَمَنِ وَأَمَرَنِي أَنْ آخُذَ مِمَّا سَقَتْ السَّمَائُ وَمَا سُقِيَ بَعْلًا الْعُشْرَ وَمَا سُقِيَ بِالدَّوَالِي نِصْفَ الْعُشْرِ قَالَ يَحْيَی بْنُ آدَمَ الْبَعْلُ وَالْعَثَرِيُّ وَالْعَذْيُ هُوَ الَّذِي يُسْقَی بِمَائِ السَّمَائِ وَالْعَثَرِيُّ مَا يُزْرَعُ بِالسَّحَابِ وَالْمَطَرِ خَاصَّةً لَيْسَ يُصِيبُهُ إِلَّا مَائُ الْمَطَرِ وَالْبَعْلُ مَا کَانَ مِنْ الْکُرُومِ قَدْ ذَهَبَتْ عُرُوقُهُ فِي الْأَرْضِ إِلَی الْمَائِ فَلَا يَحْتَاجُ إِلَی السَّقْيِ الْخَمْسَ سِنِينَ وَالسِّتَّ يَحْتَمِلُ تَرْکَ السَّقْيِ فَهَذَا الْبَعْلُ وَالسَّيْلُ مَائُ الْوَادِي إِذَا سَالَ وَالْغَيْلُ سَيْلٌ دُونَ سَيْلٍ
ابن ماجہ · Hadith 1818
It was narrated that Mu'adh bin Jabal said: "The Messenger of Allah P.B.U.H sent me to Yemen and commanded me to take one-tenth of that which was irrigated from the sky and that which was irrigated by deep roots, and to take one half of onetenth of that which was irrigated by means of buckets." (Da'if)Yahya bin Adam said: The Ba' and 'Alhari and 'Adhyu are (crops) irrigated by rain. 'Athari is the crop irrigated by the clouds and rain especially. It is only watered by rain. Ba'l is the garden (grapevine) whose roots have gone down in to the earth to the water. Hence it does not need irrigation, even if it is not wateredfor five or six years. This is Ba'l. Sail is the water of the valley when it flows (freely) and Ghail is a lesser Sail.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020