English translation
4551. Jâbir bin 'Abdullâh said: "The Messenger of Allâh ﷺ forbade selling a heap of dried dates whose volume is unknown for known volume of dried dates." (Sahih)
Hadith 4551
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Darussalam · Volume 5
44. The Book Of Financial TransactionsSunan an-Nasai Darussalam English translation
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الحديث: 4547 ¦ الجزء: 7 ¦ الصفحة: 269
Al-Albani source references (2)
- صحيح وضعيف سنن النسائي (opens in a new tab)
Source no. 4547 · Volume 10 · Page 119
Sahih
صحيح أحاديث البيوع
- صحيح سنن النسائي (opens in a new tab)
Source no. 4238 · Volume 3 · Page 943
Sahih
(صحيح) - أحاديث البيوع: م.
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Arabic text
4547 - أَخْبَرَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجٌ، قَالَ ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ: أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو الزُّبَيْرِ أَنَّهُ، سَمِعَ جَابِرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ يَقُولُ: «نَهَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَنْ بَيْعِ الصُّبْرَةِ مِنَ التَّمْرِ، لَا يُعْلَمُ مَكِيلُهَا بِالْكَيْلِ الْمُسَمَّى مِنَ التَّمْرِ»
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Commentary
The reason for forbiddance is the same which has preceded in the previous narrations, when there is the same species on either side; deficiency or excess would become interest or usury. Since the weight of the heap is not known, the deficiency or excess is incumbent and this if forbidden.