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 ʿAmr ibn-Ḥammâd ibn-abi-Ḥanîfah from ʿAbdallah ibn-abi-Bakr ibn-Muḥammad ibn-ʿAmr ibn-Ḥazm al-Anṣâri's father:—The Prophet decreed in the case of Mahzûr torrent and Mudhainîb that the water be shut in until it reaches the two ankles, then the upper supplies the lower. According to Mâlik, the Prophet passed a similar judgment in the case of Baṭiḥân torrent.

Al-Ḥusain ibn-al-Aswad al-ʿIjli from abu-Mâlik ibn-Thaʿlabah ibn-abi-Mâlik's father:—The Prophet was called upon to decide in the case of Mahzûr, the valley of banu-Ḳuraiẓah, upon which he decreed that water rising above the two ankles cannot be shut in by the higher owner from the lower owner.

Al-Ḥusain from Jaʿfar ibn-Muḥammad's father:—The Prophet decreed in the case of Mahzûr torrent that the owners of palm trees have right to the ankle-high water, sowers have right to the water as high as the two straps of the sandal, after which the water is sent to the lower owners.

Ḥafs ibn-ʿUmar ad-Dûri from ʿUrwah:—The Prophet said: "Baṭiḥân is one of the channels of Paradise."

ʿAli ibn-Muḥammad al-Madâʾini abu-l-Ḥasan from Juʿdubah and others:—In the caliphate of ʿUthmân, al-Madînah was threatened with destruction by the Mahzûr torrent, which necessitated the erection of a dam by ʿUthmân. Abu-l-Ḥasan added that in the year 156 the torrent brought a terrifying volume of water. The governor at that time. ʿAbd-aṣ-Ṣamad ibn-ʿAli ibn-ʿAbdallâh ibn-al-ʿAbbâs, sent ʿUbaidallâh ibn-abi-Salamah-l-ʿUmri who, with a big crowd, started after the afternoon prayer to see the torrent which had, by that time, covered the ṣadaḳah-lands of the Prophet. An old woman from al-ʿÂliyah