3960—“When you differ over a road, its width shall be set at seven cubits.”
It has been narrated from Abu Hurayrah, Ibn Abbas, Ubadah ibn al-Samit, Anas ibn Malik, and Jabir ibn Abd Allah.
- As for the hadith of Abu Hurayrah, it has several routes from him:
The first: from Khalid al-Hadhdha, from Yusuf ibn Abd Allah ibn al-Harith, from his father, from Abu Hurayrah, as a Prophetic report with this wording.
It was recorded by Muslim (5/59), al-Tahawi in Mushkil al-Athar (2/71), Ibn Hibban in his Sahih (7/261/5044), al-Baghawi in Sharh al-Sunnah (8/248/2175), Ahmad (2/228), and likewise al-Bayhaqi (6/154).
The second: from al-Muthanna ibn Saʿid al-Dubaʿi, from Qatadah, from Bashir ibn Kaʿb al-ʿAdawi, from Abu Hurayrah, as a Prophetic report with similar wording.
It was recorded by Abu Dawud (4/48/3633), al-Tirmidhi (5/36/1356)—who declared it authentic—Ibn Majah (2338), al-Tahawi (2/70), Ahmad (2/429, 466, and 474), and Ibn Abi Shaybah in al-Musannaf (7/255/3075).
The third: from Jarir ibn Hazim, from al-Zubayr ibn Khirrit, from Ikrimah, who said: I heard Abu Hurayrah, may Allah be pleased with him, say:
The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, ruled that when people dispute over the broad public road, it should be seven cubits wide.
It was recorded by al-Bukhari, no. (2473—Fath)—whose wording this is—and by Ibn ʿAdi in al-Kamil (2/127), whose wording is: