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English translation
1216. ‘Abbād bin Laith Al-Karābīsī [Al-Baṣrī] narrated: “Abdul-Majīd bin Wahb narrated to us, he said: ‘Al-‘Addā’ bin Khālid bin Hawdhah said to me: “Shall I not read to you a letter that was written for me from the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ?”’ He said: ‘I said: “Of course.” So he took out a letter for me: “This is what Al-‘Addā’ bin Khālid bin Hawdhah purchased from Muḥammad, the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ: He purchased from him a slave’ – or – ‘a female slave, having no ailments, nor being a runaway, nor having any malicious behavior. Sold by a Muslim to a Muslim.’” (Hasan)
[Abū ‘Eisā said:] This Hadīth is Hasan Gharīb, we do not know of it except from ‘Abbād bin Laith. More than one of the people of Hadīth have reported this Hadīth from him.
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Commentary
This narration points out that while doing a business deal, Muslims should make it transparent and clear. All the faults and good qualities of the property should be made clear to the buyer. As this deal mentioned in the narration was barter based, so in the deed sometimes the name of ‘Addā’ is mentioned as buyer (Ashtarā) and sometimes the name of the Prophet ﷺ is mentioned as buyer.
