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1715. Ibn 'Abbās said: "The idolaters wanted to purchase the body of a man who was from the idolaters. But the Prophet ﷺ refused to trade with them [for him]." (Ḍa'if)
[Abū 'Eisā said:] This Hadīth is Ḥasan Gharīb, we do not know of it except from the narration of Al-Ḥakam. Al-Ḥajjāj bin Arṭāh also reported it from Al-Ḥakam. Aḥmad bin Al-Ḥasan said: "I heard Aḥmad bin Ḥanbal saying: 'Ibn Abī Lailā's narrations are not used as proof.'" Muḥammad bin Ismā'īl said: "Ibn Abī Lailā is truthful, but his correct Aḥādīth are not recognizable from his weak ones. And I do not report anything from him." Ibn Abī Lailā is truthful, and a Faqīh, the problem is only in the chain.
Naṣr bin 'Alī narrated to us, [he said:] "Abdullāh bin Dāwud narrated to us, from Sufyān Ath-Thawrī who said: 'Our Fuqahā' are Ibn Abī Lailā and 'Abdullāh bin Shubrumah.'"
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Only the things of value are bought and sold. The corpse of an idolater has no worth or value. As such, when Nawfal bin 'Abdullāh bin Mughirah got killed, the Prophet ﷺ refused to accept any ransom money and released his dead body as it was. He even declared it unlawful to trade in dead bodies.
