English translation
4500. Jâbir said: "The Messenger of Allâh ﷺ said: 'A town-dweller should not sell for a desert-dweller. Leave the people alone and let Allâh provide for them from one another.'" (Sahîh)
Hadith 4500
The Town-Dweller Selling For A Desert-Dweller
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Darussalam · Volume 5
44. The Book Of Financial TransactionsSunan an-Nasai Darussalam English translation
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الحديث: 4495 ¦ الجزء: 7 ¦ الصفحة: 256
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Source no. 4495 · Volume 10 · Page 67
Sahih
صحيح، ابن ماجة (٢١٧٦) // غاية المرام (٣٣٠) //
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Source no. 4187 · Volume 3 · Page 935
Sahih
(صحيح) - ابن ماجه ٢١٧٦: م [غاية المرام في تخريج الحلال والحرام ٣٣٠].
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Arabic text
4495 - أَخْبَرَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجٌ قَالَ: قَالَ ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ: أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو الزُّبَيْرِ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ جَابِرًا يَقُولُ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «لَا يَبِيعُ حَاضِرٌ لِبَادٍ، دَعُوا النَّاسَ يَرْزُقُ اللَّهُ بَعْضَهُمْ مِنْ بَعْضٍ»
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Commentary
The objective is that transactions and commercial dealings should run in natural unconstrained fashion. Inflation should not be generated by creating shortage, using tricky artificial means or hoarding. Rather, as the products or merchandise reach the market, they ought to be sold on their arrival and thus the needs of people should be continued to be met. Apparently, if the townsman would sell the merchandise of the villager, he would assuredly practice hoarding and create artificial shortage.