The Depth and Width of a Pool

Question

A pool whose length is sufficient but whose width is only two cubits, and whose depth is also two cubits: will it take the ruling of [a pool of] ten by ten cubits or not? And as regards depth, a well too has considerable depth and also some width — will this ruling apply to it? Please explain clearly.

Answer

An excess of depth cannot make up for a shortfall in length and width. However, if the width is less and the length greater, and when this excess is counted it can amount to ten by ten cubits, then that is fine: [ar]وَلَوْ لَهُ طُولٌ لَا عَرْضٌ لَكِنَّهُ يَبْلُغُ عَشْرًا فِي عَشْرٍ جَازَ تَيْسِيرًا[/ar] “And if it has length but no width, yet it amounts to ten by ten, it is…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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