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(Book 31, Hadith 45) #36387
The Wrong of Buying and Selling What One Does Not Have

SUMMARY: It is wrong to buy or sell something that one does not have.

Yahya related to me from Malik that he had heard that a man wanted to buy food from a man in advance. The man who wanted to sell the food to him went with him to the market, and he began to show him heaps, saying, "Which one would you like me to buy for you". The buyer said to him, "Are you selling me what you do not have?" So they came to Abdullah ibn Umarand mentioned that to him. Abdallah ibn Umar said to the buyer, "Do not buy from him what he does not have". He said to the seller, "Do not sell what you do not have".
وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، أَنَّهُ بَلَغَهُ أَنَّ رَجُلاً، أَرَادَ أَنْ يَبْتَاعَ طَعَامًا مِنْ رَجُلٍ إِلَى أَجَلٍ فَذَهَبَ بِهِ الرَّجُلُ الَّذِي يُرِيدُ أَنْ يَبِيعَهُ الطَّعَامَ إِلَى السُّوقِ فَجَعَلَ يُرِيهِ الصُّبَرَ وَيَقُولُ لَهُ مِنْ أَيِّهَا تُحِبُّ أَنْ أَبْتَاعَ لَكَ فَقَالَ الْمُبْتَاعُ أَتَبِيعُنِي مَا لَيْسَ عِنْدَكَ فَأَتَيَا عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عُمَرَ فَذَكَرَا ذَلِكَ لَهُ فَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ لِلْمُبْتَاعِ لاَ تَبْتَعْ مِنْهُ مَا لَيْسَ عِنْدَهُ ‏.‏ وَقَالَ لِلْبَائِعِ لاَ تَبِعْ مَا لَيْسَ عِنْدَكَ
TOPICS
buying  *  selling  *  possession

QUICK LESSONS:
Be honest when buying or selling goods
EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith speaks about the wrong of buying and selling what one does not have. It is narrated by Yahya from Malik who heard it from a man who wanted to buy food in advance. He went with the seller to the market and began to show him heaps of food asking which one he would like him to buy for him. The buyer then asked if he was selling something that he did not have yet, which prompted them both to go ask Abdullah ibn Umar about it. Abdullah ibn Umar told them both that it was wrong for the buyer to purchase something that the seller did not possess yet and also wrong for the seller to sell something they do not own yet. This hadith teaches us an important lesson on honesty in business transactions as well as being mindful of our actions when dealing with others in any kind of transaction or agreement.

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