Mishkat al-Masabih
Mishkat al-Masabih 2867
وَعَنْ حَكِيمِ بْنِ حِزَامٍ قَالَ: نَهَانِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنْ أَبِيعَ مَا ليسَ عندِي. رَوَاهُ التِّرْمِذِيّ فِي رِوَايَةٍ لَهُ وَلِأَبِي دَاوُدَ وَالنَّسَائِيُّ: قَالَ: قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ يَأْتِينِي الرَّجُلُ فَيُرِيدُ مِنِّي الْبَيْعَ وَلَيْسَ عِنْدِي فَأَبْتَاعُ لَهُ مِنَ السُّوقِ قَالَ: «لَا تبِعْ مَا ليسَ عندَكَ»
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Hakim ibn Hizam reported: The Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and give him peace) forbade me to sell what I did not possess. In a version transmitted by al-Tirmidhi, Abu Dawud, and al-Nasa’i, he said: I asked: ‘Messenger of Allah, a man comes to me wanting to buy something that I do not have, so I buy it for him from the market.’ He replied: ‘Do not sell what you do not have.’ Its listed grading is sahih (al-Albani).