Trade dealings, lawful and forbidden sales, and commercial ethics.
138 · Hadith
Jabir b. Abdullah (Allah be pleased with them) is reported to have said that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) forbade the sale of a heap of dates the weight of which is unknown in accordance with the known weight of dates
This hadith is narrated on the authority of Jabir b. Abdullah (Allah be pleased with them) but with this variation that no mention is made of the dates (which one finds) at the end of the previous hadith
Ibn 'Umar (Allah be pleased with them) reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:Both parties in a business transaction have the right to annul it so long as they have not separated; except in transactions which have been made subject to the right of parties to annul them
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Ibn 'Umar (Allah be pleased with them) through another chain of transmitters
Ibn 'Umar (Allah be pleased with thcm) reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:When two persons enter into a transaction, each of them has the right to annul it so long as they are not separated and are together (at the place of transaction) ; or if one gives the other the right (to annul the transaction) But if one gives the other the option, the transaction is made on this condition (i. e. one has the right to annul the transaction), it becomes binding. And if they are separated after they have made the bargain and none of them annulled it, even then the transaction is binding
Abdullah b. 'Umar (Allah be pleased with them) reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:When two persons enter into a transac. tion, each one of them has the right to annul it so long as they are not separated, or their transaction gives one another (as a condition) the right of annulling, and if their transaction, has the right of annulling it the transaction becomes binding. Ibn Abi Umar made this addition that whenever he (Ibn Umar) entered into a transaction with a person with the intention of not breaking it, he walked a while and then returned to him
Ibn Umar reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:There is no transaction between two persons entering a transaction until they separate, but only when there is an option to annul it
Hakim b. Hazim (Allah be pleased with him) reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:Both parties in a business transaction have the right to annul it so long as they have not separated; and if they speak the truth and make everything clear they will be blessed in their transaction; but if they tell a lie and conceal anything the blessing on their transaction will be blotted out
A hadith like this has been transmitted on the authority of Hakim b. Hizam (Imam Muslim) said:Hakim b. Hizam was born inside the Ka'ba and lived for one hundred and twenty years
Abdullah b. Dinar narrated that he heard Ibn 'Umar (Allah be pleased with them) saying:A man mentioned to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) that he was deceived in a business transaction, whereupon Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: When you enter into a transaction, say: There should be no attempt to deceive
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of 'Abdullah b. Dinar with the same chain of transmitters but these words are not found in it." When he buys he should say:There should be no attempt to deceive
Ibn 'Umar (Allah be pleased with them) reported that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) forbade the sale of fruits until they were clearly in good condition, he forbade it both to the seller and to the buyer
Another chain on the authority of Ibn 'Umar narrated the same as the above hadith
Ibn 'Umar (Allah be pleased with them) reported that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) forbade the sale of palm-trees (i. e. their trults) until the dates began to ripen, and ears of corn until they were white and were safe from blight. He forbade the seller and the buyer
Ibn Umar (Allah be pleased with them) reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:Do not buy fruit until its good condition becomes clear, and (the danger) of blight is no more. He said: Its good condition becoming clear implies that it becomes red or yellow
This hadith is reported or the authority of Yahya with the same chain of transmitters up to" until its good condition becomes clear," but lie did not mention what follows (these words)
Nafi, reported on the authority of Ibn Umar (Allah be pleased with them) a hadith like that narrated before
Ibn Umar (Allah be pleased with them) reported Allah's Messenger' (ﷺ) as saying:Do not buy fruits (on the trees) until their good condition becomes clear
In the hadith transmitted on the authority of Shu'ba it was stated that Ibn Umar (Allah be pleased with them) was asked what good condition implied. He said:When (the danger of) blight is no more
Jabir (Allah be pleased with him) reported that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) forbade (or forbade us) the sale of fruits until they are ripe in a good condition