Collection: Sunan Ibn Majah

Sunan Ibn Majah 31793

“Whoever buys food, let him not sell it until he has taken full possession of it.”

Sunan Ibn Majah 31794

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘Whoever buys food, let him not sell it until he has taken full possession of it.’” (Sahih) In his narration, (one of the narrators) Abu ‘Awanah said: “Ibn ‘Abbas said: ‘I think everything is like food.”‘

Sunan Ibn Majah 31795

‘The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) forbade selling food bought by measure until two Sa’ have been measured – the Sa’ of the seller and the Sa’ of the buyer.”

Sunan Ibn Majah 31796

“We used to buy food from troops of riders (i.e., the caravans) without knowing the amount, but the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) forbade us to sell it until it had been delivered to us.”

Sunan Ibn Majah 31797

“I used to sell dates in the marketplace, and I would say: ‘This was such and such an amount (when I bought it).’ I Would give the purchaser a specific amount of dates according to the way it had been measured for me, and take my profit. Then I began to have some doubts about […]

Sunan Ibn Majah 31788

“I heard Malik Abu Safwan bin ‘Umairah, say: ‘I bought a pair of trousers from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) before the Hijrah, and he weighed it for me and allowed more.”‘

Sunan Ibn Majah 31790

“When the Prophet (ﷺ) came to Al-Madinah, they were the worst people in weights and measures. Then Allah, Glorious is He revealed: “Woe to the Mutaffifun (those who give less in measure and weight)”, and they were fair in weights and measures after that.

Sunan Ibn Majah 31791

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) passed by a man who was selling food. He put his hand in it and saw that there was something wrong with it. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, ‘He is not one of us who cheats.”‘