and each partner keeps access to it in proportion to his share; the same rule applies to a well.

When two or more people divide land that enjoys an irrigation right (shurb), that right is apportioned among them according to the size of their respective plots—unless one of them already possessed a superior claim to the water.

If they divide a house that opens onto a cul-de-sac, none of them may install a doorway directly opposite his co-owner’s doorway without the latter’s consent, for the division was concluded on the understanding that each would have unobstructed frontage in front of his own door. By contrast, if the alley is a through-street, any of them may open such a door if he wishes.

At the time of division, the passageway that is set aside must be wide enough for pack animals to enter and must not be constricted for those who use it. Mālik fixed no precise minimum width for this road.