21/4. Chapter:
Al-Lu'lu Wal-Marjan 970 — The Book of Sales (Bargains)
Prohibition of one entering into a transaction on which one's brother has already negotiated, or one should purchase (in opposition) to one's brother, or one should cheat or retain milk in the udder (to deceive the buyer).
Al-Lu'lu Wal-Marjan : 970
Al-Lu'lu Wal-MarjanHadith Number 970
حديث أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رضي الله عنها، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ، قَالَ: لَا تَلَقَّوُا الرُّكْبَانَ وَلَا يَبِيعُ بَعْضُكُمْ عَلَى بَيْعِ بَعْضٍ وَلَا تَنَاجَشُوا وَلَا يَبِيعُ حَاضِرٌ لِبَادٍ وَلَا تُصَرُّوا الْغَنَمَ وَمَنِ ابْتَاعَهَا فَهُوَ بِخَيْرِ النَّظَرَيْنِ بَعْدَ أَنْ يَحْتَلِبَهَا؛ إِنْ رَضِيهَا أَمْسَكَهَا، وَإِنْ سَخِطَهَا رَدَّهَا وَصَاعًا مِنْ تَمْرٍ.
Abu Hurairah Narrated from:
Allâh's Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم said, "Do not go forward to meet the caravan (to buy from it on the way before it reaches the town). And do not urge buyers to cancel their purchases to sell them (your own goods) yourselves, and do not practise An-Najsh [1]. A town dweller should not sell the goods for the desert dweller. Do not leave sheep unmilked for a long time, when they are on sale, and whoever buys such an animal has the option of returning it, after milking it, along with a Sa' (i.e. 3 kilograms approx.) of dates for keeping it." ( Sahih Al-Bukhârî, Hadîth No. 360, Vol. 3 )
[1] An-Najsh : See glossary.
