Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 2188
حَدَّثَنَا أَزْهَرُ بْنُ مَرْوَانَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ، ح وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كُرَيْبٍ، حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ ابْنُ عُلَيَّةَ، قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا أَيُّوبُ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ جَدِّهِ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ " لاَ يَحِلُّ بَيْعُ مَا لَيْسَ عِنْدَكَ وَلاَ رِبْحُ مَا لَمْ يُضْمَنْ " .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Azhar ibn Marwan narrated to us; he said: Hammad ibn Zayd narrated to us. (A second chain:) Abu Kurayb narrated to us; Ismail ibn Ulayyah narrated to us. Both said: Ayyub narrated to us, from Amr ibn Shuayb, from his father, from his grandfather, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “It is not lawful to sell what you do not have, nor to take profit on what you have not assumed liability for.”
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ " لاَ يَحِلُّ بَيْعُ مَا لَيْسَ عِنْدَكَ وَلاَ رِبْحُ مَا لَمْ يُضْمَنْ " .
Ribh ma lam yudman refers to profit from an item before the seller has borne its liability or risk; the legal application is technical.
Does “assumed liability for” adequately convey the meaning of yudman?