Hadith #2601 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAbd ar-Rahman b. Yaâmur ad-Dili told that he heard the Prophet say, âThe pilgrimage is âArafa. He who gets to âArafa on the night of Jamâ (This would suggest that one is credited with taking part in the halt at âArafa if he gets there at any time before dawn on the night when the pilgrims are at al-Muzdalifa) before dawn has attained the pilgrimage. The days at Mina are three, but if anyone hurries over matters in two days he is guilty of no sin, and if anyone is late he is guilty
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Hadith #2602 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn âAbbas reported Godâs messenger as saying on the day of the conquest of Mecca, âThere is no hijra, but only jihad and intention ; and when you are called to battle, go forth.ââ He also said on the day of the conquest of Mecca, âGod made this town sacred on the day He created the heavens and the earth, so it is sacred by the sacredness conferred on it by God till the day of resurrection. Fighting in it has not been lawful to anyone before me and it has been made lawful for me only
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Hadith #2603 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Jabir said he heard Godâs messenger say, âIt is not allowable for any of you to carry weapons in Mecca.â Muslim transmitted it.
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Hadith #2604 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Anas said that the Prophet entered , Mecca on the day of the Conquest with a helmet on his head, and when he pulled it off a man came to him and said, âIbn Khatal (He was a renegade Muslim) is hanging on to the curtains of the Kaâba.â He replied, âKill him.â Bukhari and Muslim.
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Hadith #2605 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Jabir said that Godâs messenger entered on the day of the Conquest of Mecca wearing a black turban, but not wearing the ihram. Muslim transmitted it.
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Hadith #2606 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAâisha reported Godâs messenger as saying, âAn army will set out to attack the Kaâba, but in an extensive desert the first and last of them will be swallowed up.â She asked how the first and last of them would be swallowed up when among them there would be markets and people who were not of their number, to which he replied, âThe first and last of them will be swallowed up, then they will be resurrected in a state agreeing with their intentions.â Bukhari and Muslim.
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Hadith #2607 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Huraira reported Godâs messenger as saying, âAn Abyssinian with short legs will destroy the Kaâba.â Bukhari and Muslim.
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Hadith #2608 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn âAbbas reported the Prophet as saying, â I seem to see him black and hen-toed pulling it down stone by stone.â Bukhari transmitted it.
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Hadith #2609 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Yaâla b. Umayya reported Godâs messenger as saying, âStoring up food to sell it at a high price in the sacred territory is a profanation of its sanctity.â Abu Dawud transmitted it.
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Hadith #2610 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn âAbbas reported Godâs messenger as saying to Mecca, âWhat a fine town you are, and how dear you are to me! Were it not that my people expelled me from you, I would live nowhere else.â Tirmidhi transmitted it, saying this is a hasan sahih tradition whose isnad is gharlb.
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Hadith #2611 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAbdallah b. âAdi b. Hamraâ said he saw Godâs messenger standing at al-Hazwara (Taj al-âArus gives two statements about this place, one saying it was a place at the gate of the wheat sellers, the other saying it was the market of Mecca which was later incorporated in the mosque when it was enlarged) and saying, âI swear by God that you are the best part of Godâs earth and the part dearest to Him. Had I not been expelled from you I would not have gone out.â Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah
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Hadith #2612 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Let me tell you something, commander, which Godâs messenger said on the day following the Conquest. My ears heard it, my heart has retained it, and my eyes saw him when he spoke it. After praising and extolling God he said, âGod, not men, has made Mecca sacred, so it is not allowable for a man who believes in God and in the last day to shed blood in it, or lop a tree in it. If anyone seeks licence to do so on the ground that Godâs messenger fought in it, tell him that God has given permiss
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Hadith #2613 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAyyash b. Abu Rabiâa al-Makhzumi reported Godâs messenger as saying, âThis people will continue to prosper as long as they give this sacredness due respect, but when they squander that they will perish.â Ibn Majah transmitted it. Chapter 16a
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Hadith #2614 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
We wrote down nothing on the authority of Godâs messenger but the Qurâan and what this document contains. He reported Godâs messenger as saying, âMedina is sacred from âAir to Thaur, ( This phrase has been much discussed. âAir is known as a hill at Medina and Thaur at Mecca. Because of the difficulty some have suggested that Uhud should be read instead of Thaur, but others feel that that is unjustifiable.) so if anyone produces an innovation in it, or gives protection to an innovator
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Hadith #2615 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Saâd reported Godâs messenger as saying, âI declare sacred the territory between the two lava plains of Medina, so that its large thorn trees may not be cut down, or its game killed.â He also said, âMedina is best for them if they only knew. No one leaves it through dislike of it without God putting in it someone better than he in place of him, and no one will remain there in spite of its hardship and distress without my being an intercessor (or witness) on his behalf on the day of res
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Hadith #2616 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Huraira reported Godâs messenger as saying, âNo one from among my people will endure the hardship and rigour of Medina without my being an intercessor on his behalf on the day of resurrection.â Muslim transmitted it.
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Hadith #2617 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
He told that when the people saw the first fruits they brought them to the Prophet, and when he received them he said, âO God, bless us in our fruits; bless us in our city; bless us in our saâ; and bless us in our mudd. O God, Abraham was Thy servant, friend and prophet, and I am Thy servant and prophet. He made supplication to Thee on behalf of Mecca, and I make on behalf of Medina the same supplication as he made on behalf of Mecca and as much again.â He would then call to him the younge
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Hadith #2618 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Saâid reported the Prophet as saying, âAbraham declared Mecca sacred and made it a sacred area, and I declare Medina to be sacred throughout the area between its two mountain paths, so that no blood may be shed in it, weapons may not be carried in it for fighting, and leaves may not be beaten off trees in it except for fodder.â Muslim transmitted it.
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Hadith #2619 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAmir b. Saâd said that Saâd rode to his castle in al-âAqiq and found a salve cutting down trees, or beating off their leaves, so he took what was on him. When Saâd returned, the slaveâs people came to him and asked him to return to their servant or to them what he had taken from their servant, but he replied, âGod forbid that I should return anything which Godâs messenger has given me as spoil;â and he refused to return it to them. Muslim transmitted it.
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Hadith #2620 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
When Godâs messenger came to Medina Abu Bakr and Bilal were prostrated with fever and when I went to Godâs messenger and told him he said, âO God, make Medina as dear to us as Mecca, or more so, make it healthy, bless us in its saâ and its mudd, and transfer its fever and put it in al-Juhfa.â Bukhari and Muslim.
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Hadith #2621 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAbdallah b. âUmar told of the vision the Prophet had about Medina. He said, âI saw a black woman with dishevelled hair go out of Medina and settle at Mahyaâa, and interpreted it as meaning that the pestilence of Medina had been transferred to Mahyaâa, which is al-Juhfa.â Bukhari transmitted it.
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Hadith #2622 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Sufyan b. Abu Zuhair told of hearing Godâs messenger say, âThe Yemen will be conquered and- people will come driving their camels gently, removing their families and those who are under their authority, but Medina would be best for them if they only knew. Syria will be conquered and people will come driving their camels gently, removing their families and those who are under their authority, but Medina would be best for them if they only knew. âIraq will be conquered and people will come d
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Hadith #2623 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Huraira reported Godâs messenger as saying, â I have been commanded to go to a town which will devour all towns. People call it Yathrib, but it is Medina. It drives away people as the bellows drives away the impurity of iron.â Bukhari and Muslim.
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Hadith #2624 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Jabir b. Samura told that he heard Godâs messenger say, âGod called Medina Taba.â( Taj al-âArus says the objection to the name Yathrib was owing to the fact that the root from which this name comes has the meaning of corruption. Therefore Taba, which comes from a root meaning to be good, sweet, or pure, was considered better. Other forms which have been used are Taiba, al-Mutayyaba (or al-Mutayyiba)) Muslim transmitted it.
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Hadith #2625 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Jabir b. âAbdallah told of a desert Arab who had sworn allegiance to Godâs messenger, but who, when he suffered from a bout of fever in Medina, came to the Prophet and said, âCancel my oath of allegiance, Muhammad;â but Godâs messenger refused. He came again with the same request and again he refused. He came once more with the same request, and when he again refused, the desert Arab went off. Godâs messenger then said, âMedina is like bellows which drives away its impurity and pur
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Hadith #2626 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Huraira reported Godâs messenger as saying, âThe last hour will not come before Medina drives away its wicked people as the bellows drives away the impurity of iron.â Muslim transmitted it.
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Hadith #2627 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
He reported Godâs messenger as saying, âThere are angels on the mountain roads of Medina, so neither plague nor the dajjal can enter it.â Bukhari and Muslim.
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Hadith #2628 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Anas reported Godâs messenger as saying, âThere is no town on which the dajjal will not tread, with the exception of Mecca and Medina. There is none of its mountain paths which does not have angels in it drawn up in rows and guarding it. He will then go down to the marshy land, and Medina will put its people into commotion three times; then every infidel and hypocrite will go out to him.â Bukhari and Muslim.
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Hadith #2629 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Saâd reported Godâs messenger as saying, âNo one will act deceitfully towards the inhabitants of Medina without being dissolved as salt is dissolved in water.â Bukhari and Muslim.
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Hadith #2630 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Anas said that when the Prophet returned from a journey and looked at the walls of Medina he made his camel hasten, and if he was on a horse (Dabba. This word is used for either a horse or a mule, and although it is feminine it is used for either male or female) he urged it on through love of Medina. Bukhari transmitted it.
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Hadith #2631 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
He told of the Prophet coming in sight of Uhud and saying, âThis is a mountain which loves us and which we love. O God, Abraham declared Mecca sacred, and I declare the land between its (Medinaâs) two lava plains to be sacred.â Bukhari and Muslim.
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Hadith #2632 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Sahl b. Saâd reported Godâs messenger as saying, âUhud is a mountain which loves us and which we love.â Bukhari transmitted it.
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Hadith #2633 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Sulaiman b. Abu âAbdallah said he saw Saâd b. Abu Waqqas seize a man who was hunting in the sacred territory of Medina which Godâs messenger had declared to be sacred and take away his clothes from him. His patrons came to him and spoke to him about it, but he replied, âGodâs messenger declared this sacred territory to be sacred, saying that if anyone caught someone hunting in it he should take from him what he had, so I will not return to you a provision which Godâs messenger has gi
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Hadith #2634 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Salih, a client of Saâd, said that Saâd found some of the slaves of Medina cutting down some of the trees of Medina and took away their equipment. He then said, i.e. to their owners, that he had heard Godâs messenger prohibiting the cutting of any of the trees of Medina and saying, âIf anyone cuts any of them, what is taken from him goes to the one who seizes him.â Abu Dawud transmitted it.
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Hadith #2635 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Az-Zubair reported Godâs messenger as saying, âThe game and large thorn trees of Wajj are sacred being declared a sacred belonging of God.â Abu Dawud transmitted it. Muhyi as-Sunna said Wajj was mentioned by some as being in the neighbourhood of at-Taâif. (There is another sentence here which cannot easily be fitted in with the translation. It says that al-Khattabi used annahu in place of annaha. In the preceding phrase annaha is used with reference to Wajj. The point of the extra senten
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Hadith #2636 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn âUmar reported Godâs messenger as saying, âLet him who can die in Medina, for I shall intercede for those who die in it.â Ahmad and Tirmidhi transmitted it, the latter saying this is a hasan sahih tradition whose isnad is gharib.
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Hadith #2637 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Huraira reported Godâs messenger as saying, âThe last of the towns of Islam to become a ruin will be Medina,â Tirmidhi transmitted it, saying this is a hasan gharib tradition.
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Hadith #2638 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Medina, al-Bahrain, (In eastern Arabia, on the Persian Gulf)* or Qinnasrin.â(In Syria) Tirmidhi transmitted it.
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Hadith #2639 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Bakra reported the Prophet as saying, ââThe terror of the antichrist will not enter Medina. That day it will have seven gates with two angels at each gate.â Bukhari transmitted it.
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Hadith #2640 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Anas reported the Prophet as saying, âO God, put in Medina twice as much blessing as Thou hast put in Mecca.â Bukhari and Muslim.
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Hadith #2641 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
A man of the family of al-Khattab reported the Prophet as saying, âHe who purposely comes to visit me will be under my protection on the day of resurrection; he who lives in Medina and endures its difficulty will have me as a witness and intercessor on the day of resurrection; and he who dies in one of the two sacred territories will be raised by God on the day of resurrection among those who will be safe.â Ibn âUmar traced the following back to the Prophet, âHe who performs the pilgrima
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Hadith #2642 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Yahya b. Saâid said that Godâs messenger was sitting when a grave was being dug in Medina. A man looked down into the grave and said, âWhat a bad-resting-place for a believer!â Godâs messenger thereupon retorted, âWhat a bad thing you have said!â and the man replied, âI did not mean that; I meant that being killed in Godâs path .â Godâs messenger said, âNothing compares with being killed in Godâs path. There is no other region in the earth in which I would prefer my gra
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Hadith #2643 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn âAbbas told that âUmar b. al-Khattab said he had heard Godâs messenger say when he was in the wadi of al-âAqiq, âA visitant from my Lord came to me last night, telling me to pray in this blessed wadi and an âumra and a hajjaâ Bukhari transmitted it.
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Hadith #2644 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Al-Miqdam b. Maâdikarib reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âNo one has ever eaten better food than what he eats as a result of the labour of his hands. Godâs prophet David used to eat from what he had worked for with his hands.â Bukhari transmitted it.
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Hadith #2645 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
God is good and accepts only what is good, and He has given the same command to the believers as He has given to the Messengers, saying, â0 Messengers, eat of what is good and act righteouslyâ (Al-Qurâan 23:51) and also, âYou who believe, eat of the good things which We have provided for youâ (Al-Qurâan 2:172). Then he mentioned a man who makes a long journey in a dishevelled and dusty state, who stretches out his hands to heaven saying, âMy Lord, my Lord,â when his food, drink a
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Hadith #2646 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
He reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âA time will come to mankind when a man will not care whether what he gets comes from a lawful or an unlawful source.â Bukhari transmitted it.
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Hadith #2647 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
An-Nuâman b. Bashir reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âWhat is lawful is clear and what is unlawful is clear, but between them are certain doubtful things which many people do not recognize. He who guards against doubtful things keeps his religion and his honour blameless, but he who falls into doubtful things falls into what is unlawful, just as a shepherd who pastures his animals round a preserve will soon pasture them in it. Every king has a preserve, and Godâs preserve is the thing
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Hadith #2648 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Rafiâ b. Khadij reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âThe price paid for a dog is impure, the hire paid to a prostitute is impure, and the earnings of a cupper are impure.â Muslim transmitted it.
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Hadith #2649 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Masâud al-Ansari said that Godâs Messenger forbade the price paid for a dog, the hire paid to a prostitute, and the gift given to a soothsayer. (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #2650 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Aba Juhaifa said that the Prophet forbade the price paid for blood1, the price paid for a dog, and the earnings of a prostitute, and cursed him who accepted and him who paid usury, him who tattooed and him who had himself tattooed, and the sculptor2. Bukhari transmitted it. 1. This refers to the blood of an animal. 2. Musawwir. The meaning is more comprehensive than any English word. It also means âpainterâ, or anyone who produces representations of living beings.
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Hadith #2651 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Jabir said he heard Godâs Messenger say in the year of the Conquest when he was in Mecca, âGod and His Messenger have declared forbidden the sale of wine, animals which have died a natural death, swine and idols.â He was asked what he thought of the fat of animals which had died a natural death, for it was used for caulking ships, greasing skins, and making oil for lamps, and after saying that it was unlawful he added, âGod curse the Jews! When He declared the fat of such animals unlawfu
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Hadith #2652 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âUmar reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âGod curse the Jews! Fats were declared unlawful for them, but they melted them and sold them.â (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #2653 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Jabir said the Godâs Messenger forbade payment for dogs and cats. Muslim transmitted it.
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Hadith #2654 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Anas said that Abu Taiba cupped Godâs Messenger and he ordered that saâ of dates be given him, also ordering his people to remit some of his dues.* * Abu Taiba was a client of the B. Haritha. It was the custom for a slave to hand over to his master part of what he earned. Here the Prophet suggests that the masters of Abu Taiba should reduce the amount they took from him. (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #2655 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
the children are the result of marriage, and parents who are in need may receive support from their children.
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Hadith #2656 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAbdallah b. Masâud reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âNo man who acquires unlawful property and gives some of it in alms will have it accepted from him; neither will he receive a blessing for it if he con-tributes some of it; and if he leaves some of it behind him (i.e. when he dies) it will be his provision for hell. God does not obliterate an evil deed by an evil one, but He obliterates an evil deed by a good one. What is impure does not obliterate what is impure.â Ahmad transmitt
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Hadith #2657 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Jabir reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âFlesh which has grown out of what is unlawful will not enter paradise*, but hell is more fitting for all flesh which has grown out of what is unlawful.â Ahmad, Darimi, and Baihaqi, in Shuâab al-iman, transmitted it. *The reference here is to people who live on unlawful source of income.
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Hadith #2658 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
I have retained in my memory these words of Godâs Messenger, âLeave what causes you doubt and turn to what does not cause you doubt. Truth is tranquility, but falsehood is doubt.â Ahmad, Tirmidhi and Nasaâi transmitted it, and Darimi transmitted the first part.
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Hadith #2659 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Wabisa b. Maâbad reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âHave you come to ask about righteousness and sin, Wabisa?â When he replied that he had, he joined his fingers and striking his breast with them said, âAsk yourself for a decision, ask your heart for a decision (saying it three times). Righteousness is that with which the soul is tranquil and the heart is tranquil, but sin is that which rouses suspicion in the soul and is perplexing in the breast, even if people give you a decision i
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Hadith #2660 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAtiya as-Saâdi reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âNo one will attain to being one of the pious till he abandons things which are harmless through being on his guard against what is harmful.â Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah transmitted it.
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Hadith #2661 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
the wine-presser, the one who has it pressed, the one who drinks it, the one who conveys it, the one to whom it is conveyed, the one who serves it, the one who sells it, the one who benefits from the price paid for it, the one who buys it, and the one for whom it is bought. Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah transmitted it.
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Hadith #2662 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn âUmar reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âGod has cursed* wine, its drinker, its server, its seller, its buyer, its presser, the one for whom it is pressed, the one who conveys it and the one to whom it is conveyed.â Abu Dawud and Ibn Majah transmitted it. * This might equally well be translated âGod curse â¦â as the perfect expresses both past time and a wish.
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Hadith #2663 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Muhayyisa said he asked permission of Godâs Messenger regarding the hire of the cupper, but he forbade him. He kept on asking his permission, and at last he said, âFeed your watering-camel with it and feed your slaves with it.â* Malik, Tirmidhi, Abu Dawud and Ibn Majah transmitted it. * Ibn Abd al-Barr (Istiâab, p. 286) says Muhayyisa had a slave called Nafiâ Abu Taiba who was a cupper. On p. 654 he says the name of Abu Taiba was Dinar, or Nafiâ, or Maisara, but God knows best. In th
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Hadith #2664 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Huraira said Godâs Messenger prohibited payment for a dog and the earnings of the prostitute*. * Zammara. This word is said by a number of authorities to mean a prostitute, but it can also mean a woman who plays the oboe (mizmar). It is transmitted in Sharh as-sunna.
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Hadith #2665 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âDo not sell, buy or teach singing-girls, and the price paid for them is unlawful. To similar effect has been sent down, âAmong men are those who purchase frivolous talkâ (Al-Qurâan 31:6). Ahmad, Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah transmitted it, Tirmidhi saying that this is a gharib tradition and that âAli b. Yazid the transmitter is declared to be a weak traditionist.
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Hadith #2666 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAbdallah b. Masâud reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âTrying to earn a lawful livelihood is an obligatory duty in addition to the duties which are obligatory.â Baihaqi transmitted it in Shuâab al-iman.
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Hadith #2667 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn âAbbas was asked about payment for writing a copy of the Qurâan and replied, âThere is no harm. They are just people who draw figures and get a living simply by their handiwork.â Razin transmitted it.
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Hadith #2668 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Rafiâ b. Khadij said Godâs Messenger was asked what type of earning was best and replied, âA manâs work with his hand and every business transaction which is approved.â Ahmad transmitted it.
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Hadith #2669 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Bakr b. Aba Maryam said that Miqdam b. Maâdikarib had a slave girl who sold milk the price of which was taken by Miqdam. Some people said, âGlory be to God! Do you sell milk and accept what is paid for it?â He replied that he did, and asked what harm there was in that, for he had heard Godâs Messenger say, âA time is certainly coming to mankind when only the dinar and the dirham will be of use.â Ahmad transmitted it.
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Hadith #2670 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Nafiâ said he used to fit out business expeditions to Syria and to Egypt. Having fitted out one to âIraq he went to âAâisha, the mother of the faithful, and told her that he had been accustomed to fit out expeditions to Syria, and now he had done so to âIraq. She told him not to do so, asking him what was the matter with the place with which he had traded, for she had heard Godâs Messenger say, âWhen God has appointed provision for any of you in a particular direction he should not
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Hadith #2671 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Bakr had a slave who brought him his earnings and Abu Bakr would eat* some of his earnings. One day he brought him something and when Abu Bakr had eaten some of it the slave asked him whether he knew what it was. Abu Bakr asked what it was, and he replied, âI acted as a soothsayer for a man in the pre-Islamic period, and not being good at it, I deceived him; but he met me and gave me that, so this is the thing of which you have eaten.â She said that Abu Bakr then put his hand in his mout
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Hadith #2672 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Bakr reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âNobody which has been nourished with what is unlawful will enter paradise.â Baihaqi transmitted it in Shuâab al-iman.
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Hadith #2673 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Zaid b. Aslam said that âUmar b. al-Khattab drank some milk which pleased him and asked the one who had given him the drink where he had got that milk from. He informed him that he had gone down to a watering-place which he named where there were some of the camels of the sadaqa. The people who were watering the camels had drawn some milk for him which he had put in his milk-skin, and that was what he had given him. âUmar then put his hand in his mouth and vomited it. Baihaqi transmitted it
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Hadith #2674 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn âUmar said that if anyone buys a garment for ten dirhams among which is one unlawfully acquired, God most high will not accept prayer from him as long as he wears it. He then put a finger in each ear and said, âMay they become deaf if the Prophet was not the one I heard say it!â Baihaqi transmitted it in Shuâab al-iman, saying that its isnad is weak.
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Hadith #2675 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Jabir reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âGod show mercy to a man who is kindly when he sells, when he buys, and when he makes a claim!â Bukhari transmitted it.
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Hadith #2676 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Hudhaifa reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âBefore your time there was a man to whom the angel came to take his spirit, and he was asked whether he had done anything good. On his replying that he did not know, he was told to consider, and then said that the only thing he knew was that he used to have business dealings with people in the world and would demand his rights from them, giving the rich time to pay and letting the poor off. So God brought him into paradise.â In a version by Mus
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Hadith #2677 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Qatada reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âAvoid much swearing while transacting business, for it produces a ready sale then blots out the blessing.â Muslim transmitted it.
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Hadith #2678 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Huraira said he heard Godâs Messenger say, âSwearing produces a ready sale for a commodity, but blots out the blessing.â (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #2679 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Dharr reported the Prophet as saying, âThere are three to whom God will not speak on the day of resurrection, at whom He will not look, and whom He will not declare pure, and they will have a painful punishment.â Abu Dharr said, âThey are losers and disappointed. Who are they, Messenger of God?â He replied, âThe one who wears a trailing robe, the one who takes account of what he gives*, and the one who produces a ready sale of a commodity by false swearing.â Muslim transmitted it
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Hadith #2680 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Aba Saâid reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âThe truthful and trusty merchant is associated with the prophets, the upright, and the martyrs.â Tirmidhi, Darimi and Daraqutni transmitted it, and Ibn Majah transmitted it on the authority of Ibn âUmar. Tirmidhi said this is a gharib tradition.
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Hadith #2681 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
In the time of Godâs Messenger we used to be called brokers, but Godâs Messenger came upon us one day and called us by a better name than that, saying, âCompany of merchants, unprofitable speech and swearing have a place in business dealing, so mix it with sadaqa. Abu Dawud, Tirmidhi, Nasaâi and Ibn Majah transmitted it.
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Hadith #2682 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âUbaid b. Rifaâa on his fatherâs authority reported the Prophet as saying, âThe merchants will be raised up on the day of resurrection as evildoers, except those who fear God, are honest and speak the truth.â Tirmidhi, Ibn Majah and Darimi transmitted it, and Baihaqi transmitted it in Shuâab al-iman on the authority of al-Baraâ. Tirmidhi said this is a hasan sahih tradition.
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Hadith #2683 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn âUmar reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âBoth parties in a business transaction have a right to annul it so long as they have not separated, except in transactions which have been made subject to the right of the parties to annul them.â The version by Bukhari and Muslim has âor one of them tells the other to exercise his rightâ instead of âor exercise the right.â (Bukhari and Muslim.) A version by Muslim says, âBoth parties in a business transaction have a right to annul
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Hadith #2684 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Hakim b. Hizam reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âBoth parties in a business transaction have a right to annul it so long as they have not separated ; and if they tell the truth and make everything clear they will be blessed in their transaction, but if they conceal anything and lie the blessing on their transaction will be blotted out.â (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #2685 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn âUmar said that a man told the Prophet that he was being deceived in business transactions, and he replied, âWhen you make a bargain say, âThere is no attempt to deceiveâ*.â Then the man made a habit of saying that. (Bukhari and Muslim.) * He was to say this to protect himself because he was not expert enough to detect defects in what he was buying. Some hold that one who says this has the right to cancel the transaction if any defect is discovered within three days. Some say this
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Hadith #2686 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAmr b. Shuâaib, on his fatherâs authority, said that his grandfather reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âBoth parties in a business transaction have a right to annul it so long as they have not separated unless it is a bargain with the right to annul it attached to it; and one has not the right to separate from the other for fear that he may demand that the bargain be rescinded.â Tirmidhi, Abu Dawud and Nasaâi transmitted it.
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Hadith #2687 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Huraira reported the Prophet as saying, âTwo people must separate only by mutual consent.â Abu Dawud transmitted it.
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Hadith #2688 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Jabir told that Godâs Messenger gave a desert Arab the right to rescind a bargain after having made it. Tirmidhi transmitted it, saying this is a hasan sahih gharib tradition.
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Hadith #2689 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Jabir said that Godâs Messenger cursed the one who accepted usury, the one who paid it, the one who recorded it, and the two witnesses to it, saying they were all alike. Muslim transmitted it.
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Hadith #2690 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âUbada b. as-Samit reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âGold is to be paid for by gold, silver by silver, wheat by wheat, barley by barley, dates by dates, and salt by salt, like for like and equal for equal, payment being made on the spot. If these classes differ, sell as you wish if payment is made on the spot.â Muslim transmitted it.
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Hadith #2691 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Saâid al-Khudri reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âGold is to be paid for by gold, silver by silver, wheat by wheat, barley by barley, dates by dates, and salt by salt, like for like, payment being made on the spot. If anyone gives more or asks more he has dealt in usury. The receiver and the giver are equally guilty.â Muslim transmitted it.
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Hadith #2692 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
He reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âDo not sell gold for gold unless it is like for like, and do not make one amount greater than the other; do not sell silver for silver unless it is like for like, and do not make one amount greater than the other; and do not sell for ready money something to be given later*.â A version has, âDo not sell gold for gold or silver for silver unless both are of equal weight.â (Bukhari and Muslim.) * Payment is not to be made till the goods are receive
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Hadith #2693 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Maâmar b. Abdallah told that he used to hear Godâs Messenger say, âFood for food, like for like.â Muslim transmitted it.
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Hadith #2694 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âUmar reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âGold for gold is usury unless both hand over on the spot*; silver for silver is usury unless both hand over on the spot; wheat for wheat is usury unless both hand over on the spot; barley for barley is usury unless both hand over on the spot; dates for dates is usury unless both hand over on the spot.â (Bukhari and Muslim.) *âthe Arabic is haâ wahaâ meaning literally âtake and takeâ.
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Hadith #2695 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Saâid and Abu Huraira told that Godâs Messenger appointed a man over Khaibar and he brought him dates of a very fine quality. He asked him whether all the dates of Khaibar were like that, and he replied, âI swear by God that they are certainly not, Messenger of God. We take a saâ of this kind for two, and two for three.â So he said, âDo not do so. Sell the lot for dirhams, then buy the very fine dates for dirhams.â He said that it was the same when things were sold by weight. (
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Hadith #2696 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Saâid said that Bilal brought the Prophet some barni* dates, and when he asked him where he had got them he replied, âI had some inferior dates, so I sold two saâs of them for a sa.â He said, âAh, the very essence of usury, the very essence of usury. Do not do so, but when you wish to buy, sell the dates in a separate transaction, then buy with what you get.â (Bukhari and Muslim.) * A type of dates of the best quality, sweet and luscious, red tinged with yellow.
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Hadith #2697 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Jabir told that a slave came and swore allegiance to the Prophet promising to emigrate, but he did not know that he was a slave. When his master came in search of him the Prophet said to him, âSell him to me,â and he bought him for two black slaves. Afterwards he never took an oath of allegiance from anyone without asking him whether he was a slave or free. Muslim transmitted it.
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Hadith #2698 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
He said that Godâs Messenger forbade selling a quantity of dates whose measure was unknown for a specific quantity of dates. Muslim transmitted it.
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Hadith #2699 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Fadala b. âUbaid* said that at the battle for Khaibar he had bought a necklace in which there were gold and gems for twelve dinars, and after considering them separately he found that it was worth more than twelve dinars, so he mentioned that to the Prophet who said, âIt must not be sold till the contents are considered separately.â Muslim transmitted it. * The Damascus edition, iii, 308 and Mirqat, iii, 311 wrongly give Abu âUbaid, but in the commentary Mirqat gives the name correctly a
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Hadith #2700 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Huraira reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âA time is certainly coming to mankind when only the receiver of usury will remain, and if he does not receive it some of its vapour (or alternatively, its dust) will reach him.â Ahmad, Abu Dawud, Nasaâi and Ibn Majah transmitted it.
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Hadith #2701 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âUbada b. as-Samit reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âDo not sell gold for gold, or silver for silver, or wheat for wheat, or barley for barley, or dates for dates, or salt for salt except equal for equal, kind for kind, payment being made on the spot; but sell gold for silver, silver for gold, wheat for barely, barley for wheat, dates for salt and salt for dates, payment being made on the spot, as you wish.â Shafiâi transmitted it.
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Hadith #2702 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Saâd b. Abu Waqqas said he heard Godâs Messenger being asked about buying dry dates for fresh and asking whether the fresh dates were diminished when they became dry. On being told that they were, he forbade that. Malik, Tirmidhi, Abu Dawud, Nasaâi and Ibn Majah transmitted it.
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Hadith #2703 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Saâid b. al-Musayyib told in mursal form that Godâs Messenger forbade the sale of meat for animals1. Saâid said it was connected with the maisir2 of the people of pre-Islamic times. It is transmitted in Sharh as-sunna. 1. i.e. meat sold in exchange for living animals. 2. A game of chance played with arrows for parts of a camel. The type of transaction mentioned in the tradition is evidently considered to contain something in the nature of a gamble.
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Hadith #2704 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Samura b. Jundub told that the Prophet, forbade selling animal for animals when payment was to be made at a later date. Tirmidhi, Abu Da.wud, Nasaâi, Ibn Majah and Darimi transmitted it.
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Hadith #2705 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAbdallah b. âAmr b. al-âAs told that the Prophet commanded him to equip an army, but when the camels were insufficient he commanded him to keep back the young camels of the sadaqa, and he was taking a camel to be replaced by two when the camels of the sadaqa came. Abu Dawud transmitted it.
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Hadith #2706 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Usama b. Zaid reported the Prophet as saying, âCredit involves usury.â In a version he said, âThere is no usury when payment is made on the spot.â (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #2707 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAbdallah, son of Hanzala who was washed by the angels*, reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âA dirham which a man knowingly receives in usury is more serious than thirty-six acts of fornicationâ. Ahmad and Daraqutni transmitted it. * Hanzala was killed at the battle of Uhud. The dead were buried without being washed, and as Hanzala is reputed to have been in a state of ceremonial impurity at the time, his family were anxious; so the Prophet told them he had been washed by the angels. He
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Hadith #2708 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Huraira reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âUsury has seventy parts, the least important being that a man should marry his mother.â Ibn Majah and Baihaqi, in Shuâab al-iman
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Hadith #2709 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn Masâud reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âEven though usury be much it leads in the end to penury.â Ibn Majah and Baihaqi, in Shuâab al-iman, transmitted it, and Ahmad also transmitted it.
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Hadith #2710 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Huraira reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âOn the night when I was taken up to heaven I came upon people whose bellies were like houses and contained snakes which could be seen from outside their bellies. I asked Gabriel who they were and he told me that they were people who had practised usury.â Ahmad and Ibn Majah transmitted it.
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Hadith #2711 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAli said he heard Godâs Messenger curse those who took usury, those who paid it, those who recorded it, and those who refused to give sadaqa; and he used to prohibit wailing. Nasaâi transmitted it.
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Hadith #2712 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
The last verse to be sent down was that on usury (Al-Qurâan 2:275) but Godâs Messenger was taken without having expounded it to us; so leave aside usury and whatever is doubtful. Ibn Majah and Darimi transmitted it.
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Hadith #2713 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Anas reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âWhen one of you makes a loan and the borrower sends him a present or provides an animal for him to ride, he must not ride the one or accept the other unless it is a practice they followed previously.â Ibn Majah and Baihaqi, in Shuâab al-iman, transmitted it.
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Hadith #2714 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
He reported the Prophet as saying, âWhen a man makes a loan to another he must not accept a present.â Bukhari transmitted it in his Taârikh, as is said in al-Muntaqa.
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Hadith #2715 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
I came to Medina and met âAbdallah b. Salam who said, âYou are in a land in which usury is common, so when anyone owes you anything and presents you with a load of straw, or a load of barley, or a rope of lucerne grass, do not accept it for it is usury.â Bukhari transmitted it.
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Hadith #2716 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn âUmar said that Godâs Messenger forbade muzabana, which means that a man sells the fruit of his garden, if it consists of palm trees*, for dried dates by measure; or if it consists of grapes, for raisins by measure; or (Muslim has âand ifâ) it is corn, he sells it for a measure of corn. He forbade all that. A version by both of them tells that he forbade muzabana, which means that the fruit on the palm-trees is sold for a specified measure of dates, the seller profiting if it is grea
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Hadith #2717 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Jabir said that Godâs Messenger forbade mukhabara, muhaqala and muzabana. Muhaqala means that a man sells a sown field for a hundred faraqs ( 3 saâs) of wheat; muzabana that he sells the dates on the palm-trees for a hundred faraqs and mukharaba is renting land for a third and a quarter of the produce. Muslim transmitted it.
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Hadith #2718 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
He said that Godâs Messenger forbade muhaqala, muzabana, mukhabara, muâawama (Selling a yearâs harvest before the crop has grown, or selling the fruit on oneâs palm-trees two or three years ahead.) and thunya (An exception the amount of which is not accurately known.), but gave licence for âaraya (Plural of âariya. A palm-tree assigned by its owner to another who is in need, for him to eat its fruit for a year. It is said that a poor man who had no money to buy fresh dates might buy
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Hadith #2719 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Sahl b. Abu Hathma said that Godâs Messenger forbade the sale of fruit for dried dates but gave licence regarding the ariya for its sale on the basis of a calculation of what the dates would be when dry, yet those who bought them could eat them when fresh. (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #2720 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Huraira said Godâs Messenger gave licence regarding the sale of âaraya for a computation of their amount when dry, provided they were less than five wasqs*, or amounted to five wasqs. Dawud b. al Husain was doubtful (Bukhari and Muslim.) *(wasq is a camel load=60 saâs)
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Hadith #2721 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAbdallah b. âUmar said that Godâs Messenger forbade the sale of fruits till they were clearly in good condition, forbidding it both to the seller and to the buyer. A version by Muslim says he forbade selling palm-trees (i.e. their fruit) till the dates began to ripen, and ears of corn till they were white and were safe from blight. (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #2722 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
when God keeps back the fruit, why should any of you take his brotherâs property?â (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #2723 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Jabir said that Godâs Messenger forbade selling fruit years ahead, and commanded that unforeseen loss be remitted in respect of what is affected by blight. Muslim transmitted it.
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Hadith #2724 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
He reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âIf you were to sell something to your brother and it was smitten by blight it would not be allowable for you to take anything from him. Why should you take your brotherâs property unjustly?â Muslim transmitted it.
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Hadith #2725 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn âUmar said they used to buy grain in the upper part of the market and sell it in the same spot, but Godâs Messenger forbade them to sell it there before removing it. Abu Dawud transmitted it. I have not found it in the two Sahihs.
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Hadith #2726 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
He reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âIf anyone buys grain he must not sell it till he has received it in full.â A version by Ibn âAbbas has, ââtill he measures it out.â (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #2727 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn âAbbas said what the Prophet forbade was that grain should be sold before it had been received. Ibn âAbbas said, âI do not think this applies to every commodity, but only to things of that type.â (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #2728 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
he may keep them if he is pleased with them, and may return them along with a saâ of dates if he is displeased with them.â A version by Muslim has, âIf anyone buys a sheep whose udder has been tied up he has three days in which to decide whether to keep it or not; but if he returns it he must return with it a saâ of any grain but wheat.â2 (Bukhari and Muslim.) 1. When agreement has obviously been reached, although the contract has not been confirmed, no one must step in and offer a hig
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Hadith #2729 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
He reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âDo not go out to meet what is being brought .* * He may find he could have a higher price in the market, and so he has the right to cancel the deal. Muslim transmitted it.
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Hadith #2730 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn âUmar reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âDo not go out to meet merchandise, till it is brought down to the market.â (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #2731 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
He reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âOne must not offer more than the amount agreed by his brother*, or ask a woman in marriage when his brother has done so, unless he permits him.â *i.e. when the parties have already agreed on a price. Muslim transmitted it.
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Hadith #2732 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Huraira reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âA man must not offer a price above that offered by his brother Muslim.â Muslim transmitted it.
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Hadith #2733 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Jabir reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âA townsman must not sell for a man from the desert; if you leave people alone, God will give them provision from one another.â Muslim transmitted it.
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Hadith #2734 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Saâid al-Khudri said that Godâs Messenger forbade two ways of dressing and two types of business transaction. He forbade mulamasa and munabadha in a business transaction. Mulamasa means that a man touches anotherâs garment with his hand, whether at night or by day, without turning it over any more than that involves. Munabadha means that a man throws his garment to another and the other throws his garment, that confirming their contract without inspection or mutual agreement. One of th
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Hadith #2735 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Huraira said that Godâs Messenger forbade a transaction determined by throwing stones1, and the type which involves some uncertainty2. Muslim transmitted it. 1. A type of transaction in which it is made binding when the buyer or the seller throws a stone; or in which a man agrees to sell to another all the commodities on which stones which he throws alight; or in which one agrees to sell another some land up to the distance to which he can throw a stone. 2. Baiâ al-gharar. One might tran
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Hadith #2736 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn âUmar said that Godâs Messenger forbade the transaction called habal al-habala which was one entered into in pre-Islamic times, whereby a man bought a she-camel which was to be the offspring of a she-camel which was still in its motherâs womb. (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #2737 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
He said that Godâs Messenger forbade a stallionâs covering. Bukhari transmitted it.
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Hadith #2738 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Jabir said that Godâs Messenger forbade hiring a camel to cover a she-camel and selling water and land to be tilled (This is really mukhabara). Muslim transmitted it.
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Hadith #2739 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
He said that Godâs Messenger forbade the sale of excess water. Muslim transmitted it.
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Hadith #2740 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Huraira reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âExcess water must not be sold for the purpose of having the herbage which grows from it sold.â (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #2741 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
He said that Godâs Messenger once came upon a heap of grain, and when he put his hand into it his fingers felt some dampness, so he asked the owner of the grain how that came about. On being told that rain had fallen on it he said, âWhy did you not put the damp part on the top of the grain so that people might see it? He who deceives has nothing to do with me.â Muslim transmitted it.
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Hadith #2742 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Jabir said that Godâs Messenger forbade making an exception unless it was explicit. Tirmidhi transmitted it.
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Hadith #2743 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Anas said that Godâs Messenger forbade the sale of grapes till they became black and the sale of grain till it had become hard. Thus Tirmidhi and Abu Dawud transmitted it from Anas. The addition which is in al-Masabih, viz., his saying that he forbade the sale of dates till they became ripe, occurs only in their version from Ibn âUmar who said that he forbade the sale of palm-trees till the fruit was ripe. Tirmidhi said this is a hasan gharib tradition.
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Hadith #2744 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn âUmar said the Prophet forbade selling a debt to be paid at a future date for another (This is allowing a man who cannot pay a debt when it is due to have an extension of the period in return for an additional sum payable; or when a man agrees to sell an article which someone owes him for money which someone else owes to the buyer. Daraqutni transmitted it.
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Hadith #2745 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAmr b. Shuâaib, on his fatherâs authority, said his grandfather told that Godâs Messenger forbade the type of transaction in which earnest money was paid (An arrangement by which the earnest-money was treated as part of the price if the deal was completed but was retained if it was not completed). Malik, Abu Dawud and Ibn Majah transmitted it.
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Hadith #2746 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAli said Godâs Messenger forbade a forced contract, one which involves some uncertainty, and the sale of fruit before it is ripe. Abu I Dawud transmitted it.
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Hadith #2747 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Anas said that a man of Kilab asked the Prophet about hiring a stallion to cover a female and he forbade him; but when he said, âMessenger of God, we lend a stallion to cover a female and are given a present,â he gave him licence to accept a present. Tirmidhi transmitted it.
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Hadith #2748 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Hakim b. Hizam said Godâs Messenger forbade him to sell anything which was not in his possession. Tirmidhi transmitted it. In a version by Abu Dawud and Nasaâi, he had said, âMessenger of God, a man comes to me and wants me to sell him something, but I do not have it and so I buy it for him from the market.â He replied, âDo not sell what you do not possess.â
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Hadith #2749 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
or selling an article for a stated price on condition that the buyer sells article for a stated price. Malik, Tirmidhi, Abu Dawud and Nasaâi transmitted it.
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Hadith #2750 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAmr b. Shuâaib, on his fatherâs authority, said his grandfather told that Godâs Messenger forbade two transactions in one bargain. It is transmitted in Sharh as-sunna.
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Hadith #2751 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
He reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âThe proviso of a loan combined with a sale is not allowable, nor two conditions relating to one transaction, nor the profit arising from something which is not in oneâs charge (An article belongs to the seller till the transaction is complete, and so long as it is still in his possession he is the one who gains any profit on it or bears any loss. The buyer cannot claim profit till he is in possession of the article nor selling what is not in your pos
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Hadith #2752 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn âUmar said he used to sell camels at an-Naqiâfor dinars and take dirhams for them, and sell for dirhams and take dinars for them. He went to the Prophet and mentioned that to him, and he replied, âThere is no harm in taking them at the current rate so long as you do not separate leaving something still to be settled.â Tirmidhi, Abu Dawud, Nasaâi and Darimi transmitted it.
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Hadith #2753 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
This is what al-âAddaâ b. Khalid b. Haudha brought from Muhammad, Godâs Messenger. He bought from him a slave, or a slave woman, with no disease or wickedness, or anything unlawful*, a transaction between two Muslims. Tirmidhi transmitted it, saying this is a gharib tradition. * This might be bad character on the part of the slave or unlawful enslavement.
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Hadith #2754 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Anas said that Godâs Messenger offered for sale a saddle-cloth (woolen cloth placed on a camel under the pack-saddle), and a drinking-vessel, saying, âWho will buy this saddle-cloth and drinking- vessel?â A man offered to take them for a dirham and the Prophet asked whether anyone would give more. A man offered him two dirhams and he sold them to him. Tirmidhi, Abu Dawud and Ibn Majah transmitted it.
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Hadith #2755 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Wathila b. al-Asqaâ told that he heard Godâs Messenger say, âIf anyone sells a defective article without drawing attention to it, he will remain under Godâs anger,â or, âthe angels will continue to curse him.â Ibn Majah transmitted it.
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Hadith #2756 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn âUmar reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âIf anyone buys palm-trees after they have been fecundated the fruit belongs to the seller unless the buyer makes a proviso; and if anyone buys a slave who possesses property his property belongs to the seller unless the buyer makes a proviso.â Muslim transmitted it and Bukhari transmitted something to the same effect as the first part alone.
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Hadith #2757 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
I was travelling on a camel of mine which had grown jaded when the Prophet passed by and struck it, with the result that it went as it had never done before. He then said, âSell it to me for a wuqiya*â. I agreed, but made the stipulation that I should be allowed to ride it home. Then when I came to Medina I took the camel to him and he paid me its price in ready money. In a version he said, âHe gave me its price and returned it to me.â In a version by Bukhari he said to Bilal, âPay him
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Hadith #2758 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
What is the matter with people who make conditions which are not in Godâs Book? Any condition which is not in Godâs Book is worthless. Even if there are a hundred conditions, Godâs decision is more valid and Godâs condition is more binding. The right of inheritance belongs only to the one who has set a person free.â (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #2759 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn âUmar said that Godâs Messenger forbade selling or giving away the right to inheritance from a manumitted slave. (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #2760 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
I bought a slave and made him earn something for me, but afterwards I found a defect in him and so brought a case regarding him before âUmar b. âAbd al-âAziz, who decided in my favour that I should return him, but against me that I should return what he had earned. I therefore went to âUrwa and informed him, and he replied that he would go that evening to him and tell him he had been informed by âAâisha that Godâs Messenger had given judgment in a similar case that any profit goes
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Hadith #2761 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAbdallah b. Masâud reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âWhen two people who are arranging a business transaction disagree the decision rests with the seller, but the buyer has the right to choose whether he will confirm this*.â Tirmidhi transmitted it. In the version of Ibn Majah and Darimi he said, âWhen two people who are arranging a business transaction disagree, the commodity being present and is neither being able to prove his case, the decision rests with the seller, or they m
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Hadith #2762 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Huraira reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âIf anyone rescinds a sale with a Muslim, God will cancel his slip* on the day of resurrection.â * God will forgive his fault. Abu Dawud and Ibn Majah transmitted it; and it occurs in Sharh as-sunna with the wording in al-Masabih on the authority of Shuraih ash-Shami in mursal form.
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Hadith #2763 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Huraira reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âA man of those who were before your time bought some real estate from another, and the buyer found in what he had bought a jar containing gold. The buyer told the other to take his gold from him as he had bought from him only the property and had not bought the gold from him, but the man who had sold the land said he had sold him the land and its contents. They brought the matter before another for decision and he asked whether they had any ch
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Hadith #2764 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn âAbbas said that when Godâs Messenger came to Medina they were paying one, two and three years in advance for fruits, so he said, âThose who pay in advance for anything must do so for a specified measure and weight with a specified time fixed.â (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #2765 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAâisha said that Godâs Messenger bought some grain from a Jew to be paid at a specified time, and gave him a coat of mail of his as a pledge. (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #2766 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
She said that when Godâs Messenger died his coat of mail was in pledge with a Jew for thirty saâs of barley. Bukhari transmitted it.
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Hadith #2767 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Huraira reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âAn animal may be ridden for payment when it is in pledge and the milk of milch-camels may be drunk of payment when in pledge, payment being made by the one who rides and the one who drinks.â Bukhari transmitted it.
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Hadith #2768 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Saâid b. al-Musayyib reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âA pledge does not become lost to its owner when he does not redeem it in time. Any increase in its value goes to him and any loss must be borne by him.â Shafiâi transmitted it in mursal form, and something similar or something with a similar meaning with no discrepancy is transmitted on the authority of Abu Huraira with a fully connected isnad.
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Hadith #2769 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn âUmar reported the Prophet as saying, âThe measure of capacity is that used by the people of Medina and the measure of weight is that used by the people of Mecca.â Abu Dawud and Nasaâi transmitted it.
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Hadith #2770 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn âAbbas reported Godâs Messenger as saying to those who measured commodities by capacity and those who measured by weight, âYou have been put in charge of two matters because of which peoples of the past before your time perished.â Tirmidhi transmitted it.
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Hadith #2771 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Saâid al-Khudri reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âIf anyone pays in advance for an article he may not transfer, it to someone else before he receives it.â Abu Dawud and Ibn Majah transmitted it.
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Hadith #2772 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Maâmar reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âIf anyone keeps goods till the price rises he is a sinner.â Muslim transmitted it.
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Hadith #2773 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âUmar reported the Prophet as saying, âHe who brings goods for sale is blessed with good fortune, but he who keeps them till the price rises is accursed.â Ibn Majah and Darimi transmitted it.
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Hadith #2774 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Anas said that when prices were high in the Prophetâs time the people asked him to fix prices for them, but he replied, âGod is the One who fixes prices, who withholds, gives lavishly and provides, and I hope that when I meet my Lord none of you will have any claim on me for an injustice regarding blood or property.â Tirmidhi, Abu Dawud, Ibn Majah and Darimi transmitted it.
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Hadith #2775 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âUmar b. al-Khattab told of hearing Godâs Messenger say, âIf anyone keeps grain from the Muslims waiting for the price to rise, God will smite him with tubercular leprosy* and insolvency.â Ibn Majah, Baihaqi, in Shuâab al-iman, and Razin in his book transmitted it. * Judham.
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Hadith #2776 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn âUmar reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âIf anyone with-holds grain for forty days thereby desiring a high price, he has renounced God and God has renounced him.â Razin transmitted it.
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Hadith #2777 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Muâadh told of hearing Godâs Messenger say, âThe man who withholds goods is evil. If God lowers prices he is grieved, and if He raises them he is happy.â Baihaqi transmitted it in Shuâab al-lman and Razin in his book.
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Hadith #2778 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Umama reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âIf anyone hoards grain for forty days and then gives it in sadaqa, that will not act as an atonement for him.â Razin transmitted it.
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Hadith #2779 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Huraira reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âIf anyone becomes insolvent and a creditor finds his very property with him, he is more entitled to it than anyone else.â (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #2780 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Saâid said that in the time of the Prophet a man suffered loss affecting fruits he had bought and owed a large debt, so Godâs messenger told the people to give him sadaqa and they did so, but as that was not enough to pay the debt in full Godâs Messenger said to his creditors, âTake what you can find, but that is all you may have.â Muslim transmitted it.
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Hadith #2781 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Huraira said that the Prophet told of a man who used to make loans and say to his servant, âWhen you come to one who is in straitened circumstances forgive him, for perhaps God may forgive us.â He said that when he met God He forgave him. (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #2782 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Qatada reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âIf anyone would like God to save him from the anxieties of the day of resurrection, he should grant a respite to one who is in straitened circumstances, or remit his debt.â Muslim transmitted it.
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Hadith #2783 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
He told of hearing Godâs Messenger say, âHe who grants a respite to one who is in straitened circumstances or who remits his debt will be saved by God from the anxieties of the day of resurrection.â Muslim transmitted it.
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Hadith #2784 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abul Yasar told of hearing Godâs Messenger say, âHe who grants a respite to one who is in straitened circumstances or remits his debt will be taken by God under His protection.â Muslim transmitted it.
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Hadith #2785 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Godâs Messenger borrowed a young camel, and when the camels of the sadaqa came to him he ordered me to pay the man his young camel. When I told him that I could find only an excellent camel in its seventh year he said, âGive it to him, for the best person is he who discharges his debt in the best manner.â Muslim transmitted it.
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Hadith #2786 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Huraira told that a man demanded payment of a debt from Godâs Messenger in a most uncivil manner and his companions were vexed, but he said, âLeave him alone, for one who has a right is entitled to speak, and buy him a camel and give it to him.â When they told him that all they could find was one of a more excellent age than the man was entitled to, he said, âBuy it and give him it, for the best person among you is he who discharges his debt in the best manner.â (Bukhari and Muslim
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Hadith #2787 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
He reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âDelay in payment by a rich man is injustice, but when one of you is referred for payment to a wealthy* man he should accept the reference.â (Bukhari and Muslim.) *Maliâ. This word is used of a wealthy man, and also of one who cannot be called wealthy but who is careful to pay his debts.
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Hadith #2788 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Kaâb b. Malik said that in the time of Godâs Messenger he made demand in the mosque for payment of a debt due to him from Ibn Abu Hadrad and their voices rose till Godâs Messenger, who was in his house, heard them. He went out to them and removing the curtain of his chamber called to Kaâb b. Malik addressing him by name. He replied, âAt your service, Messenger of Godâ, whereupon he made a gesture with his hand indicating that he should remit half the debt due to him, and when Kaâb
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Hadith #2789 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
While we were sitting with the Prophet a bier was brought along and the Prophet was asked to pray over it. He asked whether the dead man owed anything and when he was told that he did not he prayed over it. Another bier was brought along later, and when he asked whether the dead man owed anything and was told that he did, he asked whether he had left anything. On being told that he had left three dinars he prayed over the bier. A third was brought along later, and when he asked whether the dead
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Hadith #2790 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Huraira reported the Prophet as saying, âIf anyone accepts other peopleâs belongings meaning to pay back, God will pay back for him; but if anyone accepts them meaning to squander them, God will on that account destroy his property.â Bukhari transmitted it.
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Hadith #2791 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Qatada told of a man saying, âTell me, Messenger of God, if I am killed in Godâs path showing endurance, seeking my reward from God, advancing and not retreating, will God efface my sins?â He replied, âYes,â but when the man turned away he called him and said, âYes, with the exception of a debt. Thus Gabriel said.â Muslim transmitted it.
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Hadith #2792 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAbdallah b. âAmr reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âEvery fault but a debt will be forgiven to a martyr.â Muslim transmitted it.
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Hadith #2793 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
A man who had died in debt would be brought to Godâs Messenger and he would ask whether he had left any-thing to discharge his debt. If he was told ^that he had left enough he would pray, otherwise he would tell the Muslims to pray over their friend. But when God wrought the conquests at his hands he stood up and said, âI am closer to the believers than their own selves (Al-Qurâan 33:6), so if any of the believers dies leaving a debt I shall be responsible for paying it, and if anyone leav
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Hadith #2794 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
We went to Abu Huraira regarding a friend of ours who was insolvent and he said, âThis is what Godâs Messenger decided about him. If any one dies or is insolvent, the owner of the goods has most right to them if he finds his actual goods.â Shafiâi and Ibn Majah transmitted it.
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Hadith #2795 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Huraira reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âA believerâs soul is attached to his debt till it is paid.â Shafiâi, Ahmad, Tirmidhi, Ibn Majah and Darimi transmitted it.
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Hadith #2796 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Al-Baraâ b. âAzib reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âA debtor is bound to his debt and will complain to his Lord of loneliness on the day of resurrection.â It is transmitted in Sharh as-sunna. A mursal tradition is transmitted to the effect that Muâadh was in debt and his creditors went to the Prophet who sold all his property to pay his debt, with the result that Muâadh had nothing left. This is the wording in al-Masabih, but the only source in which I have found it is al-Muntaq
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Hadith #2797 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAbd ar-Rahman b. Kaâb b. Malik said that Muâadh b. Jabal was a generous young man who could save nothing and was always borrowing, so that he expended all his property on his debts. He went to the Prophet and asked him to speak to his creditors, and if they would have remitted debts to anyone they would have done it to Muâadh for Godâs Messengerâs sake, but Godâs Messenger sold them his property with the result that Muâadh had nothing left. Saâid transmitted it in his Sunan in
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Hadith #2798 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ash-Sharid reported Godâs Messenger as saying, ââDelay in payment on the part of one who possesses the means makes it lawful to dishonour and punish him.â Ibn al-Mubarak said that âdishonourâ means he may be spoken to roughly and âpunishâ means he may be imprisoned for it. Abu Dawud and Nasaâi transmitted it.
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Hadith #2799 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Saâid al-Khudrl said that a corpse was brought to the Prophet on a bier for him to pray over it and he asked the people whether their friend owed anything. On being told that he did, he asked whether he had left anything to discharge it, and when they replied that he had not, he told them to pray over him. But âAli b. Abu Talib said, âI shall be responsible for his debt, Messenger of God,â so he went forward and prayed over him. A version has something to the same effect, adding that
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Hadith #2800 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Thauban reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âIf anyone dies free from pride, unfaithfulness regarding spoil, and debt, he will enter paradise.â Tirmidhi, Ibn Majah and Darimi transmitted it.
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