Regarding An Agent Doing Something Other Than What He Was Instructed To Do
Darussalam · Volume 4
22. THE BOOKOF BUSINESSSunan Abi Dawud Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 3384 ¦ الجزء: 3 ¦ الصفحة: 256
Source no. 3384 · Volume 1 · Page 2
Sahih
صحيح ابن ماجة (٢٤٠٢)
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3384. It was narrated from Shabīb bin Gharqadah, who said: “Al-Hayyu[1] narrated to me from ‘Urwah – meaning, bin Al-Ja’d Al-Bāriqī, who said that the Prophet ﷺ gave him a Dinar to buy a sacrificial animal, or a sheep for him. He bought two sheep and sold one for a Dinar, and he came back with a sheep and a Dinar. He (the Prophet ﷺ) prayed for blessing for him in his business dealings, and (after that) if he had bought dust he would have made a profit. (Sahih)
3384 - حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ شَبِيبِ بْنِ غَرْقَدَةَ، حَدَّثَنِي الْحَيُّ، عَنْ عُرْوَةَ يَعْنِي ابْنَ أَبِي الْجَعْدِ الْبَارِقِيَّ، قَالَ: «أَعْطَاهُ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ دِينَارًا يَشْتَرِي بِهِ أُضْحِيَّةً، أَوْ شَاةً فَاشْتَرَى شَاتَيْنِ فَبَاعَ إِحْدَاهُمَا بِدِينَارٍ فَأَتَاهُ بِشَاةٍ وَدِينَارٍ فَدَعَا لَهُ بِالْبَرَكَةِ فِي بَيْعِهِ كَانَ لَوِ اشْتَرَى تُرَابًا لَرَبِحَ فِيهِ»،
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If a person has not bound his agent for a particular course of action, this kind of exercise of discretion on his part is permissible.