Chapter Sales Involving Risk (Due To Its Amount Being Unknown)
Darussalam · Volume 3
12. The Chapters On Business TransactionsSunan Ibn Majah Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 2230 ¦ الجزء: 2 ¦ الصفحة: 750
Source no. 2230 · Volume 5 · Page 230
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2230. It was narrated that 'Uthmân bin 'Affân said: "I used to sell dates in the marketplace, and I would say: 'This was such and such an amount (when I bought it).' I would give the purchaser a specific amount of dates according to the way it had been measured for me, and take my profit. Then I began to have some doubts about that, so I asked the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ, and he said: 'When you name the amount, measure it in front of the purchaser.'" (Hasan)
2230 - حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مَيْمُونٍ الرَّقِّيُّ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يَزِيدَ، عَنِ ابْنِ لَهِيعَةَ، عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ وَرْدَانَ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ، عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عَفَّانَ، قَالَ: كُنْتُ أَبِيعُ التَّمْرَ فِي السُّوقِ، فَأَقُولُ: كِلْتُ فِي وَسْقِي هَذَا كَذَا، فَأَدْفَعُ أَوْسَاقَ التَّمْرِ بِكَيْلِهِ، وَآخُذُ شِفِّي، فَدَخَلَنِي مِنْ ذَلِكَ شَيْءٌ، فَسَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَقَالَ: «إِذَا سَمَّيْتَ الْكَيْلَ فَكِلْهُ»
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The commodity bought as a measure should be measured again at the time of sale in order to avoid doubt and uncertainty and so that the customer will be satisfied. If there is doubt in any issue of lawfulness or unlawfulness, it should be clarified by a scholar.