The Office of the Judge (Kitab Al-Aqdiyah)

Dawud :: Book 24 : Hadith 3632

Narrated Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-'As:

The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) decided regarding the stream al-Mahzur that its water should be held back till it reached the ankles, and that the upper waters should then be allowed to flow to the lower.

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