44/26. Chapter:
Sunan an-Nasai 4516 — Leaving Old Unfair Sales
Explanation Of that
Hadith About Jahiliyyah Sales and Islamic Trade Ethics
Sunan an-Nasai : 4516
Sunan an-NasaiHadith Number 4516
أَخْبَرَنَا هَارُونُ بْنُ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَبِي الزَّرْقَاءِ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي قَالَ، حَدَّثَنَا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ بُرْقَانَ، قَالَ بَلَغَنِي عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ سَالِمٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، قَالَ نَهَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم عَنْ لُبْسَتَيْنِ وَنَهَانَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم عَنْ بَيْعَتَيْنِ عَنِ الْمُنَابَذَةِ وَالْمُلاَمَسَةِ وَهِيَ بُيُوعٌ كَانُوا يَتَبَايَعُونَ بِهَا فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ .
Salim Narrated from:
It was narrated from Salim that his father said: "The Messenger of Allah forbade two kinds of garments, and he forbade two kinds of transactions for us: Munabadhah and Mulamasah, which are kinds of transactions which were common during the Jahiliyyah."
Reference : Sunan an-Nasa'i 4516In-book reference : Book 44, Hadith 68English translation : Vol. 5, Book 44, Hadith 4520
Summary of Sunan an-Nasai Hadith 4516
This hadith about Jahiliyyah sales says that the Messenger of Allah forbade two kinds of garments and two kinds of transactions. The two transactions named here are Munabadhah and Mulamasah. The report also states that these were kinds of transactions people used during the Jahiliyyah. The lesson is plain: Islam did not leave every old business habit as it was. Some practices had to be stopped. Since this wording does not explain the two sales in detail, the focus should remain on the stated point: these old forms of transaction were forbidden. Islamic business ethics guide Muslims away from sale methods that the Prophet rejected.
What we learn from this hadith
- The Prophet forbade Munabadhah.
- The Prophet forbade Mulamasah.
- These sales were linked in the report to Jahiliyyah practice.
- Islamic trade should not keep a practice simply because it is old.
