Business Transactions

Mishkat al-Masabih

Ibn ‘Umar 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...

Mishkat al-Masabih

Abu Huraira reported God’s Messenger as saying, “A man must not offer a price above that offered by his brother Muslim.” Muslim transmitted it.

Mishkat al-Masabih

Jabir reported God’s Messenger as saying, “A townsman must not sell for a man from the desert; if you leave people alone, God will give them provision from one another.” Muslim transmitted it.

Mishkat al-Masabih

Abu Sa'id al-Khudri said that God’s 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 another’s garment with his hand, whether at...

Mishkat al-Masabih

Abu Huraira said that God’s 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...

Mishkat al-Masabih

Ibn ‘Umar said that God's 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...

Mishkat al-Masabih

He said that God’s Messenger forbade a stallion's covering. Bukhari transmitted it.

Mishkat al-Masabih

Jabir said that God’s 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.

Mishkat al-Masabih

He said that God’s Messenger forbade the sale of excess water. Muslim transmitted it.

Mishkat al-Masabih

He reported God’s Messenger as saying, “Do 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....