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(Book 31, Hadith 31) #36373
The Prohibition of Taking More Than Equivalent Value

SUMMARY: This hadith is about the prohibition of taking more than the equivalent value for goods and services.

Yahya related to me from Malik from Humayd ibn Qays al-Makki that Mujahid said, "I was with Abdullah ibn Umar and an artisan came to him and said, 'Abu Abd ar-Rahman - I fashion gold and then sell what I have made for more than its weight. I take an amount equivalent to the work of my hand'. Abdullah forbade him to do that, so the artisan repeated the question to him, and Abdullah continued to forbid him until he came to the door of the mosque or to an animal that he intended to mount. Then Abdullah ibn Umar said, 'A dinar for a dinar, and a dirham for a dirham. There is no increase between them. This is the command of our Prophet to us and our advice to you'. "
وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ الْمَكِّيِّ، عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ، أَنَّهُ قَالَ كُنْتُ مَعَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ فَجَاءَهُ صَائِغٌ فَقَالَ لَهُ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ إِنِّي أَصُوغُ الذَّهَبَ ثُمَّ أَبِيعُ الشَّىْءَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ بِأَكْثَرَ مِنْ وَزْنِهِ فَأَسْتَفْضِلُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ قَدْرَ عَمَلِ يَدِي ‏.‏ فَنَهَاهُ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ عَنْ ذَلِكَ فَجَعَلَ الصَّائِغُ يُرَدِّدُ عَلَيْهِ الْمَسْأَلَةَ وَعَبْدُ اللَّهِ يَنْهَاهُ حَتَّى انْتَهَى إِلَى بَابِ الْمَسْجِدِ أَوْ إِلَى دَابَّةٍ يُرِيدُ أَنْ يَرْكَبَهَا ثُمَّ قَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ الدِّينَارُ بِالدِّينَارِ وَالدِّرْهَمُ بِالدِّرْهَمِ لاَ فَضْلَ بَيْنَهُمَا هَذَا عَهْدُ نَبِيِّنَا إِلَيْنَا وَعَهْدُنَا إِلَيْكُمْ

TOPICS
exchange  *  money  *  commandment  *  tawdhu  *  mal  *  amr  *  muhammad

QUICK LESSONS:
Be fair in dealings with others; Do not try to make extra profit at someone else's expense; Follow Islamic teachings; Respect people's rights; Respect other's property; Do not overcharge people for goods or services; Give people their due rights without any increase between them

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith is about the prohibition of taking more than the equivalent value for goods and services. It was narrated by Yahya from Malik from Humayd ibn Qays al-Makki that Mujahid said he was with Abdullah ibn Umar when an artisan came to him asking if it was permissible to take more money than what his work was worth. Abdullah forbade him from doing so and continued to forbid him until they reached the door of a mosque or an animal he intended to mount. Then Abdullah said that one should only take a dinar for a dinar and a dirham for a dirham without any increase between them as this is what our Prophet commanded us and our advice to you. This hadith teaches us that we should not take advantage of people by charging them more money than what their work or goods are worth as this goes against Islamic teachings. We should always be fair in our dealings with others and not try to make extra profit at their expense.

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