سَأَلَ مَنْصُورُ بْنُ حَازِمٍ أَبَا عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: عَنْ حَظِيرَةٍ بَيْنَ دَارَيْنِ فَذَكَرَ "أَنَّ عَلِيّاً عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَضَى بِهَا لِصَاحِبِ اَلدَّارِ اَلَّذِي مِنْ قِبَلِهِ اَلْقِمَاطُ".
Mansur ibn Hazim asked Abu Abdillah (a.s) about a courtyard situated between two houses. Imam (a.s) mentioned that Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib (a.s) ruled that it belongs to the owner of the house from whose side the boundary rope (al-qimat) extends.
وَ رَوَى عَمْرُو بْنُ شِمْرٍ عَنْ جَابِرٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: أَنَّهُ قَضَى فِي رَجُلَيْنِ اِخْتَصَمَا إِلَيْهِ فِي خُصٍّ فَقَالَ "إِنَّ اَلْخُصَّ لِلَّذِي إِلَيْهِ اَلْقُمُطُ".
Amr ibn Shimr narrated from Jabir, from Abu Ja'far Imam Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Baqir (a.s), from his father, from his grandfather, from Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib (a.s): He ruled in a case where two men disputed over a reed fence (khuss). Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib (a.s) said: "The fence belongs to the one to whom the boundary rope (al-qimat) is attached."
قَالَ مُصَنِّفُ هَذَا الْكِتَابِ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ الْخُصُّ الطُّنُ الَّذِي يَكُونُ فِي السَّوَادِ بَيْنَ الدُّورِ وَ الْقَمْطُ هُوَ شَدُّ الْحَبْلِ يَعْنِي أَنْ يَكُونَ الْخُصُّ هُوَ الَّذِي إِلَيْهِ شُدَّ الْحَبْلُ وَ قَدْ قِيلَ إِنَّ الْقِمَاطَ هُوَ الْحَجَرُ الَّذِي يُغْلَقُ مِنْهُ عَلَى الْبَابِ.
The compiler of this book (may Allah (swt) have mercy on him) explained that the 'khuss' refers to a structure made of reeds, commonly found in rural areas between houses. The 'qimat' is the fastening of a rope, indicating that the ownership of the fence is determined by whose side the rope is tied. Some have also said that 'qimat' refers to a stone used to secure the door.
