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Selling Food Like For Like

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Darussalam · Volume 4

22. The Book Of Musâqâ And Mu'âmalah

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الحديث: 1592 ¦ الجزء: 3 ¦ الصفحة: 1214

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[4080] 93 - (1592) It was narrated from Ma'mar bin 'Abdullâh that he sent his slave with a Sâ' of wheat and he said: "Sell it then buy barley." The slave went and took a Sâ' and part of a Sâ' more. When he came to Ma'mar he told him about that, and Ma'mar said to him: "Why did you do that? Go and give it back, and do not take anything but like for like, for I used to hear the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ say: 'Food for food, like for like.' And our food at that time was barley. It was said to him: 'It is not like it.' He said: 'I am afraid that it may be similar.'"

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93 - (1592) حَدَّثَنَا هَارُونُ بْنُ مَعْرُوفٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ وَهْبٍ، أَخْبَرَنِي عَمْرٌو، ح وحَدَّثَنِي أَبُو الطَّاهِرِ، أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْحَارِثِ، أَنَّ أَبَا النَّضْرِ، حَدَّثَهُ أَنَّ بُسْرَ بْنَ سَعِيدٍ، حَدَّثَهُ، عَنْ مَعْمَرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ، أَنَّهُ أَرْسَلَ غُلَامَهُ بِصَاعِ قَمْحٍ، فَقَالَ: بِعْهُ، ثُمَّ اشْتَرِ بِهِ شَعِيرًا، فَذَهَبَ الْغُلَامُ، فَأَخَذَ صَاعًا وَزِيَادَةَ بَعْضِ صَاعٍ، فَلَمَّا جَاءَ مَعْمَرًا أَخْبَرَهُ بِذَلِكَ، فَقَالَ لَهُ مَعْمَرٌ: لِمَ فَعَلْتَ ذَلِكَ؟ انْطَلِقْ فَرُدَّهُ، وَلَا تَأْخُذَنَّ إِلَّا مِثْلًا بِمِثْلٍ، فَإِنِّي كُنْتُ أَسْمَعُ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، يَقُولُ: «الطَّعَامُ بِالطَّعَامِ مِثْلًا بِمِثْلٍ»، قَالَ: «وَكَانَ طَعَامُنَا يَوْمَئِذٍ الشَّعِيرَ»، قِيلَ لَهُ: فَإِنَّهُ لَيْسَ بِمِثْلِهِ، قَالَ: «إِنِّي أَخَافُ أَنْ يُضَارِعَ»

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