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1223. Jābir narrated that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: "The dweller of the town is not to sell for the Bedouin, leave the people; Allāh provides for some of them through others." (Saḥih)
[Abū 'Eisā said:] The Hadīth of Abū Hurairah is a Hasan Saḥih Hadīth, and this Hadīth of Jābir is a Hasan Saḥih Hadīth as well.
This Hadīth is acted upon according to some of the people of knowledge among the Companions of the Prophet ﷺ and others. They dislike the dweller of the town to sell for the Bedouin, while some of them permitted the town dweller to purchase for the Bedouin. Ash-Shāfi'ī said: "It is disliked for the dweller of the town to sell for the Bedouin, and if he does sell, then the sale is permissible."
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Commentary
This narration of Jābir makes the point clear; if the buyer and seller deal directly it is beneficial for both of them. When a person from a rural area brings his goods and sells them directly to the people of the town without any intervention of a third person, he sells them at the price which suits him and he gets the money on the spot. This encourages him to bring more things to the town and ultimately business flourishes and the residents of the town get needed things on reasonably low prices. But if there is an intervention of a third person, it complicates the whole business process. Supply and demand is affected. The third person or the commission agent does not supply the needed thing in time and raises the prices. The owners of the goods do not get their money on the spot and their needs are delayed. So, Islam has prevented such intervention.
