Book of Usurpation (al-Ghaṣb)

Question: Is it permissible for a man to take soil or gravel from a private right-of-way, such as an irrigation channel for saplings or the like? And if he has taken, what is incumbent upon him?

Question: Three men stole a car from Ṣanʿāʾ, then sold it to the father of one of them. The father then died, and his son—the thief who was one of the three—together with his brothers, sisters, and mother, inherited the...

Question: A man works at a mill, grinding grain sacks and selling them. He would take two ṣāʿs from each sack for himself, then sell each sack at the prevailing price in the country. The shortage in each sack was...

Question: Children often eat from other people’s fruit stealthily—taking from this orchard an apple, from that one a bunch [of grapes], eating other things—just as is the habit of children in most towns. What should he do when he comes...

Question: If a man has eaten from one man’s orchard, and from another’s orchard, and from other orchards—and this has recurred from him over many years—and when he grows older he wants to clear himself of liability, what is required...

Question: If a person has a strong presumption that his brother or friend is content for him to eat from the fruit of his orchard, or to eat from his food, or to take from his water, or to wear...

Question: When does a Muslim’s wealth become lawful for another to take or use?