Sahih al-Bukhari

Hadith 2140

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Sahih al-Bukhari · Hadith 2140

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A seller should not urge somebody (in case of optional sale) to cancel a bargain the latter has already agreed upon with another seller so as to sell him his own goods; and a buyer should not urge the seller to cancel a bargain already agreed upon with another buyer so as to buy the goods himself, unless they are given permission in both cases, or the bargains are cancelled with the willingness of both the seller and the buyer.

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Darussalam · Volume 3

34 - THE BOOK OF SALES(BARGAINS)

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الحديث: 2140 ¦ الجزء: 3 ¦ الصفحة: 69

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2140. Narrated Abū Hurairah رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ: Allāh's Messenger ﷺ forbade the selling of things by a town dweller on behalf of a desert dweller; and similarly Najsh(1) was forbidden. And one should not urge somebody to return the goods to the seller so as to sell him his own goods; nor should one demand the hand of a girl who has already been engaged to someone else; and a woman should not try to cause some other woman to be divorced in order to take her place.

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2140 - حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، حَدَّثَنَا الزُّهْرِيُّ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ المُسَيِّبِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ، قَالَ: «نَهَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنْ يَبِيعَ حَاضِرٌ لِبَادٍ، وَلاَ تَنَاجَشُوا، وَلاَ يَبِيعُ الرَّجُلُ عَلَى بَيْعِ أَخِيهِ، وَلاَ يَخْطُبُ عَلَى خِطْبَةِ أَخِيهِ، وَلاَ تَسْأَلُ المَرْأَةُ طَلاَقَ أُخْتِهَا لِتَكْفَأَ مَا فِي إِنَائِهَا»

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    (1) (H. 2140) Najsh means to offer a high price for something without having the intention to buy it but just to cheat somebody else who really wants to buy it. Such a person may agree with the seller to offer high prices before the buyers to cheat them, in which=