SOCIAL JUSTICE, EQUALITY, HUMAN RIGHTS AND FREEDOM (II)

_{1200— If a person’s sewer pipe leaks into his neighbours’ house and harms it, he has to repair it.}

_{1212— If he makes his sewer near his neighbor’s well and causes his water to become najs, the sewer must be removed from the place; if it is not possible to repair it.}

_{1216— With the command of the government, a person’s house can be bought in order to build a road in its place. But his house cannot be taken away from him unless he is paid the money for it.}

_{1248— Owning property is possible through any one of the following three ways: It can be transferred from one person’s possession to another’s through purchase or gift-making [or giving it as sadaqa (alms) or as a loan], through inheritance, or by obtaining a mubâh (permitted by Islam) thing which does not belong to anybody.}

_{1254— Anybody can use those plants, trees, and water that are mubâh. No one can prohibit him. If he harms another, he will be prohibited.}

_{1288— If a person’s business suffers harm because another person has opened a store near his store, the latter’s store cannot be closed.}

_{1297— The hunted animal belongs to the hunter. If an animal shot by someone falls down and then gets up and runs away and gets caught by someone else, it belongs to the one who has caught it.}

_{1308— A shared property is to be repaired collectively in proportion to the shares. If one of the co-owners is absent, the one who will do the repair may ask him to give what falls to his share, provided he is granted permission by a judge.}

_{1312— The co-owner cannot be forced to join in repairing a shared property. If he does not want the repairs, he may be forced to divide the property.}