حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ عَنْ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ نَبْهَانَ مَوْلَی أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ قَالَتْ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِذَا کَانَ عِنْدَ مُکَاتَبِ إِحْدَاکُنَّ مَا يُؤَدِّي فَلْتَحْتَجِبْ مِنْهُ قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَی هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ وَمَعْنَی هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ عِنْدَ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ عَلَی التَّوَرُّعِ وَقَالُوا لَا يُعْتَقُ الْمُکَاتَبُ وَإِنْ کَانَ عِنْدَهُ مَا يُؤَدِّي حَتَّی يُؤَدِّيَ
جامع ترمذی · Hadith 1261
Narrated Abu Al-Minhal: From Iyas bin 'Abd al-Muzani who said: The Prophet (ﷺ) prohibited selling water. [He said:] There are narrations on this topic from Jabir, Buhaisah from her father, Abu Hurairah, 'Aishah, Anas and 'Abdullah bin 'Amr. [Abu 'Eisa said:] The Hadith is Iyas is a Hasan Sahih Hadith. This is acted upon according to most of the people of knowledge, they dislike selling water. This is the view of Ibn Al-Mubarak, Ash-Shafi'i, Ahmad, and Ishaq. Some of the people of knowledge permitted selling water, Al-Hasan al-Basri is one of them.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020