قَالَ اللهُ تَعَالَى: {قُلْ أَرَأَيْتُمْ إِنْ أَصْبَحَ مَاؤُكُمْ غَوْرًا فَمَنْ يَأْتِيكُم بِمَاءٍ مَّعِينٍ}. وَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: «لَا تَمْنَعُوا فَضْلَ الْمَاءِ لِتَمْنَعُوا بِهِ الْكَلَأَ».1

Allah, Most High says, {Say, 'See ye? If your stream was lost one morning (in the underground), who then can supply you with clear flowing water?} The Prophet (pbuh) said, "Do not withhold excess water to withhold pasturage.”1

مَنْ مَنَعَ فَضْلَ مَاءٍ أَوْ فَضْلَ كَلَإٍ، مَنَعَهُ اللهُ فَضْلَهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ2

"Whoever denies others his surplus water or pasturage, Allah shall deny him His blessings on the Day of Judgment.”2

ثَلَاثَةٌ لَا يُكَلِّمُهُمُ اللَّهُ وَلَا يَنْظُرُ إِلَيْهِمْ وَلَا يُزَكِّيهِمْ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ: رَجُلٌ مَنَعَ فَضْلَ مَاءٍ بِالْفَلَاةِ يَمْنَعُهُ مِنَ ابْنِ السَّبِيلِ، وَرَجُلٌ بَايَعَ رَجُلًا سِلْعَةً بَعْدَ الْعَصْرِ فَحَلَفَ لَهُ بِاللَّهِ لَأَخَذَهَا بِكَذَا وَكَذَا فَصَدَّقَهُ وَهُوَ عَلَى غَيْرِ ذَلِكَ، وَرَجُلٌ بَايَعَ إِمَامًا لَا يُبَايِعُهُ إِلَّا لِدُنْيَا، فَإِنْ أَعْطَاهُ مِنْهَا رَضِيَ، وَإِنْ لَمْ يُعْطِهِ مِنْهَا سَخِطَ.3

"There are three people whom Allah will not speak to, look at, or exonerate on the Day of Judgment, and who will have a painful torment: he who withholds excess water from a traveler in the desert, he who sells merchandise after 'Asr (late afternoon) swearing by Allah that he paid more for it than he actually did, and a man who gives the pledge to a governor only for the sake of this world, and is only loyal if he gets something of this worldly life.”3

قال البخاري: وزاد فيه: «مَن منع فضلَ مائه، منعه الله فضلَه يوم القيامة، كما منعتَ فضلَ ما لم تعمل يداك». [4]

Al-Bukhari adds to the above hadith the following, "Whoever denies others his surplus water, Allah will say to him, "Today J will deny you my bounty as you did with what you could not create.” 4