22/3. Chapter:
Sahih Muslim 1554a — Calamity in Fruit Sale
Waiving Payment in the case of Blight
Calamity in Fruit Sale and Fair Payment
Sahih Muslim : 1554a
Sahih MuslimHadith Number 1554a
حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو الطَّاهِرِ، أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ، أَنَّ أَبَا الزُّبَيْرِ، أَخْبَرَهُ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " إِنْ بِعْتَ مِنْ أَخِيكَ ثَمَرًا ". ح. وَحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبَّادٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو ضَمْرَةَ، عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ، عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ جَابِرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، يَقُولُ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " لَوْ بِعْتَ مِنْ أَخِيكَ ثَمَرًا فَأَصَابَتْهُ جَائِحَةٌ فَلاَ يَحِلُّ لَكَ أَنْ تَأْخُذَ مِنْهُ شَيْئًا بِمَ تَأْخُذُ مَالَ أَخِيكَ بِغَيْرِ حَقٍّ ".
Jabir b. Abdullah (Allah be pleased with them) reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) saying: If You sell fruits to your brother (and Jabir b. Ahduthh reported through another chain of narrators: If you were to sell fruits to your brother) and these is a stricken with Calamity, it is not permissible for you to get anything from him. Why do you get the wealth of your brother, without jutification?
Reference : Sahih Muslim 1554aIn-book reference : Book 22, Hadith 14USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 10, Hadith 3771
Summary of Sahih Muslim Hadith 1554a
This hadith about calamity in fruit sale gives a clear warning about fairness. Allah's Messenger (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said that if someone sells fruit to his brother and the fruit is struck by calamity, it is not lawful for him to take anything from him. The hadith then asks why he would take his brother's wealth without right. The core topic is honest dealing in fruit sales. The text focuses on a case where the sold fruit is hit by a damaging event. It does not discuss every business case. It teaches that when the basis of payment is destroyed by calamity, taking the buyer's wealth without a valid right is not acceptable.
What we learn from this hadith
- Fruit sale dealings should be handled with fairness.
- If the fruit is struck by calamity, taking payment is warned against in this report.
- The hadith strongly protects a brother's wealth from being taken without right.
- Business terms should not lead to unfair gain from another person's loss.
