What Has Been Related About 'The Dweller Of A Town Is Not To Sell On Behalf Of The Bedouin'
Darussalam · Volume 3
12. The Chapters On Business From The Messenger of Allāh ﷺJami at-Tirmidhi Darussalam English translation
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Source no. 1222 · Volume 3 · Page 222
Sahih
صحيح، ابن ماجة (٢١٧٥)
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1222. Abū Hurairah narrated that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: "The dweller of the town is not to sell for the Bedouin." (Sahih) [He said:] There are narrations on this topic from Talḥah, Jābir, Anas, Ibn 'Abbās, Ḥakīm bin Abī Yazīd from his father, 'Amr bin 'Awf Al-Muzanī the grandfather of Kathīr bin 'Abdullāh, and a man from the Companions of the Prophet ﷺ.
١٢٢٢ - حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ وَأَحْمَدُ بْنُ مَنِيعٍ قَالَا: حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - وَقَالَ قُتَيْبَةُ يَبْلُغُ بِهِ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، قَالَ: «لَا يَبِيعُ حَاضِرٌ» لِبَادٍ. وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ طَلْحَةَ، وَجَابِرٍ، وَأَنَسٍ، وَابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، وَحَكِيمِ بْنِ أَبِي يَزِيدَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ وَعَمْرِو بْنِ عَوْفٍ الْمُزْنِيِّ جَدِّ كَثِيرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ، وَرَجُلٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ.
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There is great wisdom in this prohibition. This prevention is to eliminate the commission agents from in between the urban population and the residents of the rural area who come to the towns and cities to sell their produce and products. Usually the people of rural areas bring their goods to sell to the people of a town with the intention of fulfilling the needs of both areas. If they sell their goods directly to the dwellers of the town they will get the goods at a low price and the seller will get the money to fulfill his other needs. But if a third person from the town or city comes in between, it creates many problems. The seller gets his money late because the commission agent will not give him money until he sells it (since he likes to sell at a higher price) and the purchaser gets the goods at a high price and the commission agent makes the money for nothing. There are many other vices which emerge from this action. Hoarding, black marketing, problems of demand and supply etc., make life troublesome.