(44) باب مَا جَاءَ فِي بَيْعِ فَضْلِ الْمَاءِ
Narrated Abu Al-Minhal:
From Iyas bin 'Abd al-Muzani who said: "The Prophet (ﷺ) prohibited selling water."[He said:] There are narrations on this topic from Jabir, Buhaisah from her father, Abu Hurairah, 'Aishah, Anas and 'Abdullah bin 'Amr.[Abu 'Eisa said:] The Hadith is Iyas is a Hasan Sahih Hadith. This is acted upon according to most of the people of knowledge, they dislike selling water. This is the view of Ibn Al-Mubarak, Ash-Shafi'i, Ahmad, and Ishaq. Some of the people of knowledge permitted selling water, Al-Hasan al-Basri is one of them.
Reference: Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1271
In-book reference: Book 14, Hadith 73
English translation: Vol. 1, Book 12, Hadith 1271