English translation
1598. Al-Haitham bin Khālid Al-Juḥanī and Ḥusain bin Al-Aswad Al-'Ijlī said: "Wakī' said: 'A Ba'l is a spring which forms from rain-water.'" (Saḥīḥ) And Ibn Al-Aswad said: "And Yaḥyā — meaning Ibn Ādam — said: 'I asked Abū Iyās Al-Asadī about Ba'l, so he said 'That which is watered with rain.'" And An-Nadr bin Shumail said: 'Ba'l is rain-water.'
