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(Book 31, Hadith 18) #36360
Selling an Orchard

SUMMARY: A man sold an orchard for 4,000 Dirhams and kept aside 800 Dirhams' worth of dry dates.

Yahya related to me from Malik from Abdullah ibn Abi Bakr that his grandfather, Muhammad ibn Amr ibn Hazm sold the fruit of an orchard of his called al-Afraq, for 4,000 Dirhams, and he kept aside 800 Dirhams' worth of dry dates.
وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ، أَنَّ جَدَّهُ، مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ عَمْرِو بْنِ حَزْمٍ بَاعَ ثَمَرَ حَائِطٍ لَهُ يُقَالُ لَهُ الأَفْرَاقُ بِأَرْبَعَةِ آلاَفِ دِرْهَمٍ وَاسْتَثْنَى مِنْهُ بِثَمَانِمِائَةِ دِرْهَمٍ تَمْرًا

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selling  *  orchard  *  fruit  *  dirhams

QUICK LESSONS:
Be generous with your possessions; Make sure you get a fair price when selling something; Be thankful for what you have; Do not take things for granted.

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith is about a man named Muhammad ibn Amr ibn Hazm who sold his orchard called al-Afraq for 4,000 dirhams. He kept aside 800 dirhams' worth of dry dates from the sale. This hadith teaches us the importance of being generous and not being too greedy with our possessions. It also shows us that it is important to be mindful when selling something and to make sure that we are getting a fair price for it. We should also remember to be thankful for what we have and not take it for granted.

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