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Muḥammad ibn Maslamah’s land, but he refused. ʿUmar then spoke to him about it and he still declined, whereupon ʿUmar said, “By Allah, the watercourse will pass even if it must go over your belly!” No Companion is known to have opposed ʿUmar, so their silence amounted to consensus.
- Allah has exalted the neighbor’s right and emphasized his inviolability; he therefore enjoys specific claims upon his neighbor. If the neighbor will not grant him a benefit that causes him no harm, where, then, is the observance of those rights?
As for the broad textual proofs which the majority employ to deny any obligation, they are qualified by this sound hadith in view of the interests it secures.
أرض محمَّد بن مسلمة فامتنع، فكلَّمه عمر في ذلك فأبى، فقال عمر: والله ليمرنَّ ولو على بطنك، ولم يُعلم لعمر مخالفٌ من الصحابة، فكان اتفاقًا منهم.
٤ - أنَّ الله عظَّم حق الجار، وأكَّد حرمته، فله على جاره حقوق، فإذا لم يبذل له ما ليس عليه فيه مضرة، فأين رعاية الحقوق.
أما العمومات التي يستدل بها الجمهور على عدم الوجوب، فهي مخصَّصة بهذا الحديث الصحيح؛ للمصالح المذكورة.
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