the wide thoroughfares, so long as this causes no harm to the public; once licensed, he has the strongest claim to that spot. Even without such a grant, whoever first sits there¹ keeps the right to it for as long as his cloth remains in place, however long that may be, and if two people arrive at the same time, they draw lots.

Whoever is upstream on a public watercourse may irrigate and hold back the water until it reaches his ankles, after which he must release it to the one downstream.

Only the imam—not private individuals—may set aside pastureland as a sanctuary for the Muslims’ animals, provided that this does not harm them.