77/20. Chapter:
Sahih Bukhari 5820 — Two Forbidden Dress Styles and Two Sales
Ishtimal-as-Samma
Hadith Explaining Mulamasa, Munabadha and Forbidden Dress
Sahih Bukhari : 5820
Sahih BukhariHadith Number 5820
حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ بُكَيْرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ، عَنْ يُونُسَ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي عَامِرُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ، أَنَّ أَبَا سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيَّ، قَالَ نَهَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم عَنْ لِبْسَتَيْنِ وَعَنْ بَيْعَتَيْنِ، نَهَى عَنِ الْمُلاَمَسَةِ وَالْمُنَابَذَةِ فِي الْبَيْعِ، وَالْمُلاَمَسَةُ لَمْسُ الرَّجُلِ ثَوْبَ الآخَرِ بِيَدِهِ بِاللَّيْلِ أَوْ بِالنَّهَارِ، وَلاَ يُقَلِّبُهُ إِلاَّ بِذَلِكَ، وَالْمُنَابَذَةُ أَنْ يَنْبِذَ الرَّجُلُ إِلَى الرَّجُلِ بِثَوْبِهِ، وَيَنْبِذَ الآخَرُ ثَوْبَهُ، وَيَكُونَ ذَلِكَ بَيْعَهُمَا، عَنْ غَيْرِ نَظَرٍ وَلاَ تَرَاضٍ، وَاللِّبْسَتَيْنِ اشْتِمَالُ الصَّمَّاءِ، وَالصَّمَّاءُ أَنْ يَجْعَلَ ثَوْبَهُ عَلَى أَحَدِ عَاتِقَيْهِ، فَيَبْدُو أَحَدُ شِقَّيْهِ لَيْسَ عَلَيْهِ ثَوْبٌ، وَاللِّبْسَةُ الأُخْرَى احْتِبَاؤُهُ بِثَوْبِهِ وَهْوَ جَالِسٌ، لَيْسَ عَلَى فَرْجِهِ مِنْهُ شَىْءٌ.
Abu Sa'id al-Khudri Narrated from:
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) forbade two ways of wearing clothes and two kinds of dealings.(A) He forbade the dealings of the Mulamasa and the Munabadha. In the Mulamasa transaction the buyer just touches the garment he wants to buy at night or by daytime, and that touch would oblige him to buy it. In the Munabadha, one man throws his garment at another and the latter throws his at the former and the barter is complete and valid without examining the two objects or being satisfied with them (B) The two ways of wearing clothes were Ishtimal-as-Samma, i e., to cover one's shoulder with one's garment and leave the other bare: and the other way was to wrap oneself with a garment while one was sitting in such a way that nothing of that garment would cover one's private part.
Reference : Sahih al-Bukhari 5820In-book reference : Book 77, Hadith 37USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 7, Book 72, Hadith 710
Summary of Sahih Bukhari Hadith 5820
This hadith about Mulamasa and Munabadha is especially useful because it explains the terms. Abu Sa’id Al-Khudri reported that the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم forbade two ways of wearing clothes and two kinds of dealings. Mulamasa was when a buyer touched a garment and that touch made the sale binding without proper checking. Munabadha was when two people threw garments to each other and treated that as a completed barter without looking or being satisfied. The hadith also explains two dress forms: Ishtimal-as-Samma, leaving one side bare, and sitting wrapped in a garment while the private part is not covered. The teaching is clear: modesty and fair dealings both matter.
What we learn from this hadith
- Transactions should not be based on unclear touch or throwing without proper checking.
- A buyer should have a chance to examine and be satisfied with the item.
- Dress should not leave the body exposed in the ways described.
- The hadith explains its own terms, making the ruling easier to understand.
