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1267. Muḥammad bin Ibrāhīm narrated from Sa'eed bin Al-Musayyab, from Ma'mar bin 'Abdullāh bin [Naḍlah] who said: "I heard the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ saying: 'Hoarding is nothing but sin.'" So I (Muḥammad) said to Sa'eed: "O Abū Muḥammad! You hoard?" He said: "And Ma'mar would hoard." (Sahih)
It has only been reported that Sa'eed bin Al-Musayyab would hoard oil, (camel) fodder, and the like.
[Abū 'Eisā said:] There are narrations on this topic from 'Umar, 'Alī, Abū Umāmah, and Ibn 'Umar. The Hadīth of Ma'mar is a Hasan Sahih Hadīth. This is acted upon according to the people of knowledge, they dislike hoarding food, and some of them make a concession for hoarding things other than food. Ibn Al-Mubārak said: "There is no harm in hoarding cotton, goat pelts and the like."
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Commentary
"Ihtikār" is hoarding. According to Hāfīz Ibn Hajar it means to store the grains and stop their supply in the market to make the price rise. (Tuhfat Al-Ahwadhī v. 2. p. 253.) Most of the scholars disapprove of hoarding grains but are not against the hoarding of other things. The narrator of this narration is a Companion of the Prophet ﷺ. Ma'mar and pupil Sa'eed bin Al-Musayyab took this very meaning of this narration, and hoarded olive oil and fodder and other items. According to 'Allāmah Taqī all Four A'immah also have the same view. (Tuhfat Al-Ahwadhī v.2. p. 257.)
