Business Transactions & Trade

Sunan Ibn Majah

The Chapters on Business Transactions

"My master used to give me food and I would feed others from it, then he stopped me," or he said: "He beat me. So I asked the Prophet,” -or- "he asked him and I said: 'I will not stop.'...

Sunan Ibn Majah

The Chapters on Business Transactions

“I heard 'Abbad bin Shurahbil, a man from Banu Ghubar, say: ‘We suffered a year of famine, and I came to Al-Madinah. I came to one of its gardens and took an ear of corn, I rubbed it, ate some...

Sunan Ibn Majah

The Chapters on Business Transactions

"When I was a boy, I used to throw stones at our date-palm trees" - or he said: "the date-palm trees of the Ansar." I was brought to the Prophet (ﷺ) and he said: 'O boy' - (one of the...

Sunan Ibn Majah

The Chapters on Business Transactions

"When you come to a shepherd, call him three times. If he answers (all well and good), otherwise drink (milk from the flock) without taking advantage. And when you come to a garden call the owner of the garden three...

Sunan Ibn Majah

The Chapters on Business Transactions

"When anyone of you passes by a garden let him eat therefrom, but he should not carry any away in his garment."'

Sunan Ibn Majah

The Chapters on Business Transactions

"No one of you should milk from the livestock of another man without his permission. Would anyone of you like someone to break into his storeroom and take his food? The udders of their livestock store food for them, so...

Sunan Ibn Majah

The Chapters on Business Transactions

“While we were with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) on a journey, we saw some camels with their udders tied, among some thorny trees. We rushed towards it, but the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) called us and we came back...

Sunan Ibn Majah

The Chapters on Business Transactions

"Keep sheep, for in them is blessing!'

Sunan Ibn Majah

The Chapters on Business Transactions

"Camels are the pride of their owners, and sheep are a blessing, and goodness is tied to the forelocks of horses until the Day of Resurrection."

Sunan Ibn Majah

The Chapters on Business Transactions

"Sheep are among the animals of Paradise."'

Sunan Ibn Majah

The Chapters on Business Transactions

"The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) commanded the rich to keep sheep, and he commanded the poor to keep chickens, and he said: 'When the rich keep chickens, then Allah will give permission for the town to be destroyed."'

Sunan Ibn Majah

The Chapters on Gifts

“Bear witness that I have given Nu'man such and such from my wealth.” He said: “Have you given all your children something like that which you have given to Nu'man?” He said: “No.” He said: “Then let someone other than...

Sunan Ibn Majah

The Chapters on Gifts

his father gave him a gift of a slave, and he came to the Prophet (ﷺ) so that he could witness the gift. He said: “Have you given something to all of your children?” He said: “No.” He said: “Then...

Sunan Ibn Majah

The Chapters on Gifts

“It is not permissible for a man to give a gift then take it back, except what a father gives to his child.”

Sunan Ibn Majah

The Chapters on Gifts

“None of you should take back his gift, except a father (taking it back) from his son.”

Sunan Ibn Majah

The Chapters on Gifts

“There is no lifelong grant. Whoever is given something as a lifelong grant, it is his.' ”

Sunan Ibn Majah

The Chapters on Gifts

“I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: 'Whoever gives a lifelong grant to a man, it belongs to him (the recipient) and to his heirs. His (the giver's) words put an end to his right to it, and it...

Sunan Ibn Majah

The Chapters on Gifts

the Prophet (ﷺ) ruled that a gift given for life belongs to the heirs (of the recipient).

Sunan Ibn Majah

The Chapters on Gifts

“There is no Ruqba. Whoever is given a gift on the basis of Ruqba, it belongs to him, whether he lives or dies.”

Sunan Ibn Majah

The Chapters on Gifts

“Umra belongs to the one to whom it is given, and Ruqba belongs to the one to whom it is given.”