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nor reciprocating harm.” (1) However, if it does not harm the wall, then he may not prevent him, so long as he needs to do so.

If the neighbour says, “Set up two posts, place a crossbeam between them, and rest the timber on them from inside your house,” he is not obliged to do so. For if we were to say that he is obliged, the hadith mentioned by the Prophet ﷺ would have no meaning whatsoever: “Let no neighbour prevent his neighbour from driving his timber into his wall.” The prohibition here indicates that it is forbidden. The Prophet ﷺ prohibited such prevention because placing the timber benefits both the owner of the wall and the neighbour.

The benefit to the neighbour is clear: he is spared from having to erect posts and strong roofing capable of supporting the timber. As for its benefit to the owner of the wall, the timber braces and strengthens the wall and protects it from the sun and rain. Thus, there is benefit for both parties. This is why the Prophet ﷺ prohibited a neighbour from preventing his neighbour from placing his timber upon his wall.

Abu Hurayrah said, “Why do I see you turning away from it? By Allah, I shall surely cast it between your shoulders.” (2) He said this when he was governor of Madinah. His words may bear two meanings:

The first meaning is: “Why do I see you turning away from it”—that is, from this sunnah—“By Allah, I shall surely cast it between your shoulders.” He specifically mentioned the shoulders because they are the place where burdens are borne.

(1) Its source has previously been cited on p. 37. (2) Narrated by al-Bukhari in al-Mazalim, chapter: “A neighbor should not prevent another neighbor from placing his beams in his wall” (2463); and by Muslim in al-Musaqah, chapter: “Placing beams in a neighbor’s wall” (1609), on the authority of Abu Hurayrah, may Allah be pleased with him.

ولا ضرار» (١)، لكن إذا كان لا يضره فإنه لا يمنعه ما دام محتاجاً إلى ذلك. فإذا قال الجار: أخرج عمودين واجعل بينهما جسراً، وضع الخشبة عليهما من داخل بيتك فإنه لا يلزمه؛ لأننا إذا قلنا: يلزمه، لم يبق للحديث الذي ذكره النبي ﷺ معنى من المعاني أبداً، وهو قوله ﷺ: «لا يمنعن جار جاره أن يغرز خشبه في جداره»، والنهي هنا للتحريم، وإنما حرم النبي ﷺ المنع؛ لأن في وضع الخشب مصلحة لصاحب الجدار ومصلحة للجار. أما مصلحة الجار فظاهرة؛ لأنه يسلم من أن يقيم أعمدة وسقوفاً قوية تحمل الخشب، وأما مصلحة ذلك لصاحب الجدار؛ فلأن الخشب يشد الجدار ويقويه، ويقيه الشمس، والمطر، ففيه مصلحة للطرفين، ولهذا نهى النبي ﷺ الجار أن يمنع جاره من وضع خشبه على جداره، قال أبو هريرة: «ما لي أراكم عنها معرضين، والله لأرمين بها بين أكتافكم» (٢)، قال ذلك حين كان أميراً على المدينة، وكلامه ﵁ يحتمل معنيين: المعنى الأول: «ما لي أراكم عنها»، أي: عن هذه السنة «معرضين، والله لأرمين بها بين أكتافكم»، وخص الأكتاف لأنها موضع التحمل.

(١) سبق تخريجه ص (٣٧). (٢) أخرجه البخاري في المظالم/ باب لا يمنع جار أن يغرز خشبه في جداره (٢٤٦٣)؛ ومسلم في المساقاة/ باب غرز الخشب في جدار الجار (١٦٠٩)، عن أبي هريرة ﵁.