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1231. Abū Hurairah narrated: "The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ prohibited two sales in one."
There are narrations on this topic from 'Abdullāh bin 'Amr, Ibn 'Umar, and Ibn Mas'ūd. (Hasan)
[Abū 'Eisā said:] The Hadīth of Abū Hurairah is a Hasan Ṣaḥīḥ Hadīth.
This is acted upon according to the people of knowledge. Some of the people of knowledge have explained it by saying that two sales in one is when one says: "I will sell you this garment for ten in cash, and twenty on credit." He does not distinguish between either of the two sales. But when he distinguishes it as being one of them, then there is no harm when
one of them is agreed upon.
Ash-Shāfi'i said: "Included in the meaning of what the Prophet ﷺ prohibited of regarding two sales in one, is if one said: 'I will sell you this house of mine for that (price), upon the condition that you sell me your slave for this (price). When I get the slave, then you get the house.' In this way the sales are distinguished without the prices being known, and neither of them knows what will happen at the conclusion of it (the agreement)."
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Commentary
Three explanations have been given of "two sales in one" by scholars. Imām At-Tirmidhi has already given two explanations of the narration and the third explanation is that a person pays another person one Dinar on the promise that he will give him ten kilos of wheat next month. After one month when he demands ten kilos of wheat the other man says that the wheat he owes him may be sold to him again and next month he will give him twenty kilos of wheat. All kinds of such sales are unlawful and strictly prohibited. It is also a kind of Ribā.
