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2354. It was narrated from Anas bin Mâlik that there was a man at the time of the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ whose mental faculties were lacking, and he used to buy and sell. His family came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, "O Messenger of Allâh, stop him." So the Prophet ﷺ called him, and told him not to do that. He said: "O Messenger of Allâh, I cannot bear to be away from business." He said, "If you engage in a transaction, then say: 'Take it (i.e. the goods) and don't cheat (me).'"[1] (Sahih)
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'And don't cheat' means if you deceive me in this transaction, and later I find out, then I have the right to cancel the transaction.
Once he was hit in the head and his brain was affected, and that was the reason for him being deceived.
The person who is mentally unstable can be banned from conducting business deals, and any transaction made by him may be annulled. After having been banned from doing so, whoever makes a business deal with him, will be responsible himself, because his relatives have the right to prove the deal, void.
