English translation
4616. It was narrated from 'Amr bin Shu'aib, from his father, that his grandfather said: "The Messenger of Allāh said: No man is bound by a transaction involving the sale of something that he does not possess." (Hasan)
Hadith 4616
Selling What The Seller Does Not Have
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Darussalam · Volume 5
44. The Book Of Financial TransactionsSunan an-Nasai Darussalam English translation
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الجزء: 7 ¦ الصفحة: 288
Al-Albani source references (1)
- صحيح وضعيف سنن النسائي (opens in a new tab)
Source no. 4612 · Volume 10 · Page 184
Hasan sahih
حسن صحيح، انظر ما قبله (٤٦١١)
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Arabic text
٤٦١٢ - أَخْبَرَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ ، عَنْ عَبَّادِ بْنِ الْعَوَّامِ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي عَرُوبَةَ ، عَنْ أَبِي رَجَاءٍ قَالَ: عُثْمَانُ هُوَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَيْفٍ، عَنْ مَطَرٍ الْوَرَّاقِ ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، عَنْ جَدِّهِ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «لَيْسَ عَلَى رَجُلٍ بَيْعٌ فِيمَا لَا يَمْلِكُ».
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Merchandise belonging to someone else may not be sold by anyone else, if he sells it; the transaction will not be considered to have been effected. The merchandise shall continue to belong to its rightful original owner. The buyer, therefore, ought to make it certain whether the seller is in reality the owner of the article. Otherwise, the purchaser's money is likely to go waste, because the article would ultimately go to its rightful owner. If the buyer is able to retrieve his money from the seller, it would be well and good, otherwise, it would go waste since the money cannot be demanded from the real owner of the article.