Sunan Ibn Majah

Sunan Ibn Majah 2246

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا وَهْبُ بْنُ جَرِيرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي، سَمِعْتُ يَحْيَى بْنَ أَيُّوبَ، يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ أَبِي حَبِيبٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ شُمَاسَةَ، عَنْ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ عَامِرٍ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ يَقُولُ ‏ "‏ الْمُسْلِمُ أَخُو الْمُسْلِمِ وَلاَ يَحِلُّ لِمُسْلِمٍ بَاعَ مِنْ أَخِيهِ بَيْعًا فِيهِ عَيْبٌ إِلاَّ بَيَّنَهُ لَهُ ‏"‏ ‏.‏

Translation

Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.

Muhammad ibn Bashshar narrated to us; Wahb ibn Jarir narrated to us; my father narrated to us: I heard Yahya ibn Ayyub relate from Yazid ibn Abi Habib, from Abd al-Rahman ibn Shumasah, from Uqbah ibn Amir, who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: “A Muslim is the brother of a Muslim. It is not lawful for a Muslim to sell his brother an item with a defect unless he makes that defect clear to him.”

Notes and open questions — unreviewed
  • قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ يَقُولُ ‏ "‏ الْمُسْلِمُ أَخُو الْمُسْلِمِ وَلاَ يَحِلُّ لِمُسْلِمٍ بَاعَ مِنْ أَخِيهِ بَيْعًا فِيهِ عَيْبٌ إِلاَّ بَيَّنَهُ لَهُ ‏"‏ ‏.

    The obligation is to disclose a defect in the item sold; the report does not specify the defect’s nature.

    Does “makes that defect clear to him” express the disclosure obligation naturally?