Regarding Selling Food Before Taking Possession Of It
Darussalam · Volume 4
THE BOOK OF AL-IJĀRAH (THE BOOK OF EMPLOYMENT)Sunan Abi Dawud Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 3496 ¦ الجزء: 3 ¦ الصفحة: 281
Source no. 3496 · Volume 1 · Page 2
Sahih
صحيح ابن ماجة (٢٢٢٧)
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3496. It was narrated from Ibn Ṭawūs from his father, from Ibn ʿAbbās, who said: “The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: ‘Whoever buys food, he should not sell it until he has measured it.’” Abū Bakr added: “I said to Ibn ʿAbbās: ‘Why?’ He said: ‘Do you not see that they pay with gold for food to be moved later.’”[1]
3496 - حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ، وَعُثْمَانُ، ابْنَا أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، قَالَا: حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ، عَنِ ابْنِ طَاوُسٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «مَنْ ابْتَاعَ طَعَامًا فَلَا يَبِعْهُ حَتَّى يَكْتَالَهُ» زَادَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ، قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ: لِمَ؟ قَالَ: «أَلَا تَرَى أَنَّهُمْ يَتَبَايَعُونَ بِالذَّهَبِ وَالطَّعَامُ مُرَجًّى»
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[1] Meaning, they pay for the food, but do not take it, then they sell later, while it is still at its origin, for a higher price.