Partial Translation of Sahih Muslim, Book 9:

Pertaining To Business Transactions (Kitab Al-Buyu)


Book 9, Number 3614:

Narrated AbuHurayrah:

Allah's Messenger (peace_be_upon_him) forbade a transaction determined by throwing stones, and the type which involves some uncertainty.


Book 9, Number 3623:

Narrated Abdullah ibn Umar:

Allah's Messenger (peace_be_upon_him) said: Do not go out to meet merchandise in the way, (wait) until it is brought into the market. This hadith has been reported on the authority of Ibn Numayr but with a slight change of words.


Book 9, Number 3626:

Narrated AbuHurayrah:

Allah's Messenger (peace_be_upon_him) said: Do not meet the merchandise (in the way).


Book 9, Number 3630:

Narrated Jabir ibn Abdullah:

Allah's Messenger (peace_be_upon_him) said: The townsman should not sell for a man from the desert; leave the people alone; Allah will give them provision from one another.

Yahya reported it with a slight change of words.


Book 9, Number 3651:

Narrated AbuHurayrah:

Allah's Messenger (peace_be_upon_him) said: He who bought foodgrain should not sell it until he had measured it.

In the narration of AbuBakr there the word is Ibta' instead of Ishtara.


Book 9, Number 3653:

Narrated Jabir ibn Abdullah:

Allah's Messenger (peace_be_upon_him) said: When you purchase foodgrains, do not sell them until you have taken possession of them.


Book 9, Number 3654:

Narrated Jabir ibn Abdullah:

Allah's Messenger (peace_be_upon_him) forbade the sale of a heap of dates the weight of which is unknown in accordance with the known weight of dates.


Book 9, Number 3666:

Narrated Abdullah ibn Umar:

Allah's Messenger (peace_be_upon_him) forbade the sale of palm-trees (i.e. their fruits) 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.


Book 9, Number 3675:

Narrated AbuHurayrah:

Allah's Messenger (peace_be_upon_him) said: Do not sell the fruits until their good condition becomes evident.


Book 9, Number 3687:

Narrated Sahl ibn AbuHathmah:

Bushayr ibn Yasar reported on the authority of some of the Companions of Allah's Messenger (peace_be_upon_him) among the members of his family among whom one was Sahl ibn AbuHathmah that Allah's Messenger (peace_be_upon_him) forbade buying of fresh dates against dry dates and that it is Riba and this is Muzabanah, but he made an exemption of Ariyyah (donations) of a tree or two in which case the members of a family sell dry dates and buy fresh dates for eating them.


Book 9, Number 3707:

Narrated Jabir ibn Abdullah:

Allah's Messenger (peace_be_upon_him) had forbidden Muhaqalah, and Muzabanah, Mukhabarah, and the sale of fruits until their good condition becomes clear, and (he commanded) that (commodities) should not be sold but for the dinar and dirham except in case of Araya.


Book 9, Number 3730:

Narrated Jabir ibn Abdullah:

I heard Allah's Messenger (peace_be_upon_him) forbidding Muzabanah, and Huqul. Jabir ibn Abdullah (Allah be pleased with them) said: Muzabanah means the selling of fruits for dry dates and Huqul is the renting of land.


Book 9, Number 3731:

Narrated AbuHurayrah:

Allah's Messenger (peace_be_upon_him) forbidding Muhaqalah and Muzabanah.


Book 9, Number 3751:

Narrated Abdullah ibn as-Sa'ib:

I asked Abdullah ibn Ma'qil about Muzara'ah (cultivating land on share basis in the produce). He said: Thabit ibn Dahhak informed me that Allah's Messenger (peace_be_upon_him) forbade Muzara'ah as Ibn AbuShaybah forbade it with a slight change of words. He (the narrator) said: I asked Ibn Ma'qil but he did not name Abdullah.


Book 9, Number 3764:

Narrated Jabir ibn Abdullah:

Allah's Messenger (peace_be_upon_him) said: Never a Muslim plants a tree, but he has the reward of charity for him, for what is eaten out of that is charity; what is stolen out of that, what the beast eat out of that, what the birds eat out of that is charity for him. (In short) none incurs a loss to him but it becomes a charity on his part.


Book 9, Number 3771:

Narrated Jabir ibn Abdullah:

Allah's Messenger (peace_be_upon_him) said: If you sell fruits to your brother (and Jabir ibn Abdullah reported through another chain of narrators: If you were to sell fruits to your brother) and these are stricken with calamity, it is not permissible for you to get anything from him. Why do you get the wealth of your brother, without justification?


Book 9, Number 3776:

Narrated Jabir ibn Abdullah:

Allah's Apostle (peace_be_upon_him) commanded to make deductions in the payment of that stricken with a calamity.


Book 9, Number 3777:

Narrated AbuSa'id al-Khudri:

In the time of Allah's Messenger (peace_be_upon_him) a man suffered loss in fruits he had bought and his debt increased; so Allah's Messenger (peace_be_upon_him) told (the people) to give him charity and they gave him charity, but that was not enough to pay the debt in full, whereupon Allah's Messenger (peace_be_upon_him) said to his creditors: "Take what you find, you will have nothing but alms."


Book 9, Number 3792:

Narrated AbuMas'ud al-Ansari:

Allah's Messenger (peace_be_upon_him) said: A person from people who lived before you was called to account (by Allah on the Day of Judgment) and no good was found in his account except this that he being a rich man had (financial) dealings with people and had commanded his servants to show leniency to the straitened ones. Upon this Allah, the Exalted and Majestic, said: We have more right to this, so overlook (his faults).


Book 9, Number 3795:

Narrated Abdullah ibn AbuQatadah:

AbuQatadah demanded (the payment of his debt) from his debtor but he disappeared; later on he found him and he said: I am hard up financially, whereupon he said: (Do you state it) by God? He said: By God. Upon this he (Qatadah) said: I heard Allah's Messenger (peace_be_upon_him) said: He who loves that Allah saves him from the torments of the Day of Resurrection should give respite to the insolvent or remit (his debt).

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Ayyub with the same chain of transmitters.


Book 9, Number 3798:

Narrated Jabir ibn Abdullah:

Allah's Messenger (peace_be_upon_him) forbade the sale of excess water.


Book 9, Number 3806:

Narrated Rafi ibn Khadij:

Allah's Messenger (peace_be_upon_him) said: The price of a dog is evil, the earning of a prostitute is evil and the earning of a cupper is evil.


Book 9, Number 3808:

Narrated Jabir ibn Abdullah:

AbuzZubayr said: I asked Jabir about the price of a dog and a cat, he said: Allah's Messenger (peace_be_upon_him) disapproved of that.


Book 9, Number 3812:

Narrated Abdullah ibn Umar:

Allah's Messenger (peace_be_upon_him) ordered the killing of dogs except the dog tamed for hunting, or watching of the herd of sheep or other domestic animals. It was said to Ibn Umar (Allah be pleased with them) that AbuHurayrah (Allah be pleased with him) talks of (exception) about the dog for watching the field, whereupon he said: Since AbuHurayrah (Allah be pleased with him) possessed land.


Book 9, Number 3814:

Narrated Abdullah Ibn Mughaffal:

Allah's Messenger (peace_be_upon_him) ordered the killing of dogs and then said: What is the trouble with them (the people of Medina)? How dogs are nuisance to them (the citizens of Medina)? He then permitted keeping of dogs for hunting and (the protection of) herds. In the hadith transmitted on the authority of Yahya, he (the Prophet) permitted the keeping of dogs for (the protection of) herds, for hunting and (the protection of) cultivated land.


Book 9, Number 3835:

Narrated AbuSa'id al-Khudri:

I heard Allah's Messenger (peace_be_upon_him) addressing in Medina. He said: O people, Allah is giving an indication (of the prohibition) of wine, and He is probably soon going to give an order about it. So he who has anything of it with him should sell that, and derive benefit out of it. He (the narrator) said: We waited for some time that Allah's Apostle (peace_be_upon_him) said: Verily Allah, the Exalted, has forbidden wine. So who hears this verse and he has anything of it with him, he should neither drink it nor sell it. He (the narrator) said: The people then brought whatever they had of it with them on the streets of Medina and spilt that.


Book 9, Number 3836:

Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas:

AbdurRahman ibn Wa'alah as-Saba'i (who was an Egyptian) asked Abdullah ibn Abbas (Allah be pleased with them) about that which is extracted from the grapes, whereupon he said: A person presented to Allah's Messenger (peace_be_upon_him) a small water-skin of wine. Allah's Messenger (peace_be_upon_him) said to him: Do you know that Allah has forbidden it? He said: No then whispered to another man.

Allah's Messenger (peace_be_upon_him) asked him what he had whispered. He said: I advised him to sell that, whereupon he (the Prophet) said: Verily He Who has forbidden its drinking has forbidden its sale also. He (the narrator) said: He opened the waterskin until what was contained in it was spilt.


Book 9, Number 3849:

Narrated Uthman ibn Affan:

Allah's Messenger (peace_be_upon_him) said: Do not sell a dinar for two dinars and one dirham for two dirhams.


Book 9, Number 3852:

Narrated AbuQatadah:

AbuQilabah said: I was in Syria (having) a circle (of friends), in which was Muslim ibn Yasar. There came AbulAsh'ath. He (the narrator) said that they (the friends) called him: AbulAsh'ath, and he sat down. I said to him: Narrate to our brother the hadith of Ubadah ibn as-Samit.

He said: Yes. We went out on an expedition, Mu'awiyah being the leader of the people, and we gained a lot of spoils of war. And there was one silver utensil in what we took as spoils. Mu'awiyah ordered someone to sell it to pay the people (soldiers). The people hurried to receive it.

The news of (this state of affairs) reached Ubadah ibn as-Samit, and he stood up and said: I heard Allah's Messenger (peace_be_upon_him) forbidding the sale of gold for gold, and silver for silver, wheat for wheat, barley for barley, dates for dates, and salt for salt, except like for like and equal for equal. So he who made an addition or who accepted an addition (committed the sin of taking) interest. So the people returned what they had received.

This reached Mu'awiyah, and he stood up to deliver an address. He said: What is the matter with people that they narrate from the Messenger (peace_be_upon_him) such traditions which we did not hear though we saw him (the Holy Prophet) and lived in his company? Thereupon Ubadah ibn as-Samit stood up and repeated that narration, and then said: We definitely narrate what we heard from Allah's Messenger (peace_be_upon_him) even though it may be unpleasant for Mu'awiyah (or he said: Even if it is against his will). I do not mind if I do not remain in his troop on the dark night. Hammad said this or something like this.


Book 9, Number 3854:

Narrated AbuSa'id al-Khudri:

Allah's Messenger (peace_be_upon_him) said: Gold is to be paid for by gold, silver by silver, wheat by wheat, barley by barley, dates by dates, salt by salt, like by like, payment being made hand to hand. He who made an addition to it, or asked for an addition, in fact dealt in usury. The receiver and the giver are equally guilty.


Book 9, Number 3856:

Narrated AbuHurayrah:

Allah's Messenger (peace_be_upon_him) said: Dates are to be paid for by dates, wheat by wheat, barley by barley, salt by salt, like for like, payment being made on the spot. He who made an addition or demanded an addition, in fact, dealt in usury except in case where their classes differ. This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Fudayl ibn Ghazwan with the same chain of transmitters, but he made no mention of (payment being) made on the spot.


Book 9, Number 3863:

Narrated Fadalah ibn Ubayd al-Ansari:

A necklace having gold and gems in it was brought to Allah's Messenger (peace_be_upon_him) in Khaybar and it was one of the spoils of war and was put to sale. Allah's Messenger (peace_be_upon_him) said: The gold used in it should be separated, and then Allah's Messenger (peace_be_upon_him) further said: (sell) gold for gold with equal weight.


Book 9, Number 3868:

Narrated Ma'mar ibn Abdullah:

Ma'mar sent his slave with a sa' of wheat and said to him: Sell it, and then buy with it barley. The slave went away and he got a sa' (of barley) and a part of sa' over and above that. When he came to Ma'mar he informed him about that, whereupon Ma'mar said to him: Why did you do that? Go back and return that, and do not accept but weight, for weight, for I used to hear from Allah's Apostle (peace_be_upon_him) as saying: Wheat for wheat and like for like. He (one of the narrators) said: Our food in those days consisted of barley. It was said to him (Ma'mar) that (wheat) is not like that (barley). He replied: I am afraid these may not be similar.


Book 9, Number 3874:

Narrated AbuSa'id al-Khudri:

AbuNadrah said: I asked Ibn Abbas about the conversion (of gold and silver for silver and gold). He said: Is it a hand to hand exchange? I said: Yes, whereupon he said: There is no harm in it. I informed AbuSa'id about it, telling him that I had asked Ibn Abbas about it and he said: Is it a hand to hand exchange? I said: Yes, whereupon he said: There is no harm in it. He (the narrator) said, or he said like it: We shall soon write to him, and he will not give you this fatwa (religious verdict).

He said: By Allah, one of the boy-servants of Allah's Messenger (peace_be_upon_him) brought dates, but he refused to accept them (on the plea) that those did not seem to be the dates of our land. He said: Something had happened to the dates of our land, or our dates. So I received these dates (in exchange by giving) excess (of the dates of our land). Thereupon he said: You made an addition for getting the fine dates (in exchange) which is tantamount to interest; don't do that (in future). Whenever you find some doubt (as regards the deteriorating quality of) your dates, sell them, and then buy the dates that you like.


Book 9, Number 3880:

Narrated Abdullah ibn Mas'ud:

Allah's Messenger (peace_be_upon_him) cursed the one who accepted interest and the one who paid it. I asked about the one who recorded it, and two witnesses to it. He (the narrator) said: We narrate what we have heard.


Book 9, Number 3881:

Narrated Jabir ibn Abdullah:

Allah's Messenger (peace_be_upon_him) cursed the accepter of interest and its payer, and one who records it, and the two witnesses; and he said: They are all equal.


Book 9, Number 3896:

Narrated AbuRafi:

Allah's Messenger (peace_be_upon_him) took from a man as a loan a young camel (below six years). Then the camel of Sadaqah were brought to him. He ordered AbuRafi to return to that person the young camel (as a return to the loan). AbuRafi' returned to him and said: I did not find among them but better camels above the age of six. He (the Prophet) said: Give that to him for the best men are those who are best in paying off the debt.


Book 9, Number 3901:

Narrated Jabir ibn Abdullah:

There came a slave and pledged allegiance to Allah's Apostle (peace_be_upon_him) on migration; he (the Prophet) did not know that he was a slave. Then there came his master and demanded him back, whereupon Allah's Apostle (peace_be_upon_him) said: Sell him to me. And he bought him for two black slaves, and he did not afterwards take allegiance from anyone until he had asked him whether he was a slave (or a free man).


Book 9, Number 3910:

Narrated Ma'mar ibn Abdullah al-Adawi:

Allah's Messenger (peace_be_upon_him) said: He who hoards is a sinner. It was said to Sa'id (bin al-Musayyib): You also hoard. Sa'id said: Ma'mar who narrated this hadith also hoarded.


Book 9, Number 3914:

Narrated AbuQatadah al-Ansari:

AbuQatadah heard Allah's Messenger (peace_be_upon_him) say: Beware of swearing, it produces a ready sale for a commodity, but blots out the blessing.


Book 9, Number 3924:

Narrated AbuHurayrah:

Allah's Messenger (peace_be_upon_him) said: One should not take a span of land without having legitimate right to it, otherwise Allah would make him wear (around his neck) seven earths on the Day of Resurrection.


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