Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 2174
حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ، وَسَهْلُ بْنُ أَبِي سَهْلٍ، قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ قَالَ " لاَ تَنَاجَشُوا " .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Hisham ibn Ammar and Sahl ibn Abi Sahl narrated to us. They said: Sufyan narrated to us, from al-Zuhri, from Said, from Abu Hurayrah, from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), who said: “Do not engage in deceptive bidding.”
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ قَالَ " لاَ تَنَاجَشُوا " .
The prohibition uses the verb form of najsh, deceptive bidding to inflate a price.
Does “deceptive bidding” convey the term naturally in this concise report?