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Selling Fruits For Many Years Ahead[1] And Crop Failure

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Darussalam · Volume 3

12. The Chapters On Business Transactions

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الحديث: 2218 ¦ الجزء: 2 ¦ الصفحة: 747

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2218. It was narrated from Jâbir bin 'Abdullâh that the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ forbade selling for many years ahead. (Sahih)

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2218 - حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ، وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الصَّبَّاحِ، قَالَا: حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ الْأَعْرَجِ، عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ عَتِيقٍ، عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، «أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، نَهَى عَنْ بَيْعِ السِّنِينَ»

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'Selling for many years ahead' is, for example; to sell the fruits due for the next two or three years and to receive a price in advance; this is prohibited. The logic of its prohibition is that the situation of the produce in the following years is unknown; as well as whether there will be produce or not. It is also possible that the fruit will go to waste after the appearance and the buyer's money is then wasted as well. From this prospect, it is a sale of uncertainty and cheating. See Ahâdith 2194-2197 for detailed information about the sale which involves uncertainty and cheating.