قَالَ قُلْتُ لِقُتَيْبَةَ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَکُمْ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَی بْنِ قَيْسٍ الْمَأْرِبِيُّ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَنْ ثُمَامَةَ بْنِ شَرَاحِيلَ عَنْ سُمَيِّ بْنِ قَيْسٍ عَنْ سُمَيْرٍ عَنْ أَبْيَضَ بْنِ حَمَّالٍ أَنَّهُ وَفَدَ إِلَی رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَاسْتَقْطَعَهُ الْمِلْحَ فَقَطَعَ لَهُ فَلَمَّا أَنْ وَلَّی قَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ الْمَجْلِسِ أَتَدْرِي مَا قَطَعْتَ لَهُ إِنَّمَا قَطَعْتَ لَهُ الْمَائَ الْعِدَّ قَالَ فَانْتَزَعَهُ مِنْهُ قَالَ وَسَأَلَهُ عَمَّا يُحْمَی مِنْ الْأَرَاکِ قَالَ مَا لَمْ تَنَلْهُ خِفَافُ الْإِبِلِ فَأَقَرَّ بِهِ قُتَيْبَةُ وَقَالَ نَعَمْ
جامع ترمذی · Hadith 1380
Narrated Shumair: that Abyad bin Hammal visited the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) who asked him to set aside a reserve of salt(a mine). So he reserved it for him. As he was turning away, a man in the gathering said: Do you know what you reserved for him ? You merely reserved stagnant water for him. He (Shumair) said: So he left him. He (Shumair) said: So he asked him (the Prophet (ﷺ)) about making a private pasture of Arak (a type of tree). He said: As long as it is not harmed by the hooves of the camels. So I (At-Tirmidhi) recited that before Qutaibah and he said: Yes . (Another chain) with similar meaning.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020