Al-Kafi 9338

Translation

A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Al Husayn Bin Saeed, from one of our companions, from Al Moalla Abu Usman, (It has been narrated) from Abu Baseer who said, ‘I asked Abu Abdullah^asws about the Words of Allah^azwj Mighty and Majestic<span class="ibTxt">  <a href="/#/books/quran:21#h78"><a href="/books/quran:21#h78">[21:78]</a></a> And Dawood and Sulaiman when they both gave judgement concerning the field when the people's sheep pastured therein</span>. So he^asws said: ‘The pasturing did not happen except at night, and that it is upon the one who ploughed (the owner of the field) to protect it during the day, and it was not upon the owner of the cattle to protect it during the day. But rather, the grazing was during the day as well as the pasturing. So whatever got spoilt, there was no blame for it. And it was upon the owners of the cattle to protect the cattle from the fields of the people, so whatever was spoilt during the night, they were responsible for it, and that Dawood^as gave the judgement in favour of the owner of the plantation, the necks of the sheep; and Sulayman^as judged for the milk, and the wool (of the sheep) for that year as compensation to the owners of the plantation’.

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