Can the buyer prevent the seller from watering fruit remaining on the buyer's tree if watering is unnecessary?

Chapter on Selling Assets and Fruits

Al-Mughni

Book of Sales

Book 12 · Issue 2 · Bab 4

Open in Qurani

Primary text

The buyer has the right to prevent the seller from watering the fruit if the watering is not necessary. Unnecessary watering constitutes an unauthorized disposition of the buyer's property, and the default ruling prohibits interference with another's property unless necessity permits it.