Business Transactions

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Jabir reported: I was owed a debt by the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace). He repaid me and gave me extra. Abu Dawud transmitted it. Its listed grading has not been studied (al-Albani).

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‘Abd Allah ibn Abi Rabi‘ah reported: The Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) borrowed forty thousand from me. Some funds came to him, and he paid it back to me, saying: ‘May Allah, Exalted is He, bless your family and your wealth. The reward for a loan is praise and repayment.’ Al-Nasa’i transmitted it. Its listed grading has not been studied (al-Albani).

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‘Imran ibn Husayn reported that the Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and give him peace) said: ‘Whoever is owed a right by someone else, if he gives that person more time, will receive the reward of charity for each day.’ Ahmad transmitted it. Its listed grading has not been studied (al-Albani).

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Sa‘d ibn al-Atwal reported: My brother died, leaving three hundred dinars and young children. I wanted to spend it on them, but the Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and give him peace) said to me: ‘Your brother is held back by his debt, so repay it on his behalf.’ I went and repaid it. Nothing remained except a woman claiming two dinars without evidence. He said: ‘Give them to her, for she is truthful.’ Ahmad transmitted it. Its listed grading has not been studied (al-Albani).

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Muhammad ibn ‘Abd Allah ibn Jahsh reported: We were sitting in the courtyard of the mosque, where funeral biers were placed, with the Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and give him peace) sitting among us. He raised his gaze toward the sky and looked, then lowered his gaze and put his hand on his forehead. He said: ‘Glory be to Allah! Glory be to Allah! How severe a command has been revealed!’ We remained quiet for the rest of that day and night, and saw nothing but good until morning. Muhammad said: I asked the Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and give him peace): ‘What severe command was revealed?’ He replied: ‘Concerning debt. By Him in whose hand is Muhammad’s soul, if a man were killed in the path of Allah, then lived, then was killed in the path of Allah, then lived, then was killed in the path of Allah, then lived, while still owing a debt, he would not enter Paradise until his debt was repaid.’ Ahmad transmitted it; a similar report is found in Sharh al-Sunnah. Its listed grading has not been studied (al-Albani).

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Zuhrah ibn Ma‘bad reported: His grandfather, ‘Abd Allah ibn Hisham, used to take him to the market to buy food. Ibn ‘Umar and Ibn al-Zubayr would meet him and say: ‘Let us share with you, for the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) prayed for blessing for you.’ He would let them share with him, and sometimes he would return with a camel-load just as it was and send it home. ‘Abd Allah ibn Hisham’s mother had taken him to the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace), who stroked his head and prayed for blessing for him. Al-Bukhari transmitted it. Its listed grading is sahih (al-Albani).

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Abu Hurayrah reported: The Ansar said to the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace): ‘Divide the date palms between us and our brothers.’ He replied: ‘No. You will spare us the labor and expenses, and we will share the fruit with you.’ They said: ‘We hear and obey.’ Al-Bukhari transmitted it. Its listed grading is sahih (al-Albani).

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‘Urwah ibn Abi al-Ja‘d al-Bariqi reported that the Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and give him peace) gave him a dinar to buy a sheep. He bought two sheep for him, sold one of them for a dinar, and came back with a sheep and a dinar. The Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and give him peace) prayed for blessing in his trade, and after that, even if he bought dust, he would profit from it. Al-Bukhari transmitted it. Its listed grading is sahih (al-Albani).

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Abu Hurayrah attributed this report to the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace): ‘Allah, Mighty and Majestic, says: “I am the third of two partners so long as one of them does not betray his companion. When he betrays him, I depart from between them.”’ Abu Dawud transmitted it. Razin adds: ‘And the devil comes.’ Its listed grading has not been studied (al-Albani).

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‘Amr ibn Shu‘ayb reported from his father, from his grandfather, that the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) said: ‘Return the trust to the one who entrusted you, and do not betray the one who betrayed you.’ Al-Tirmidhi, Abu Dawud, and al-Darimi transmitted it. Its listed grading is sahih (al-Albani).

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Jabir reported: I intended to travel to Khaybar, so I went to the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace), greeted him, and said: ‘I intend to travel to Khaybar.’ He said: ‘When you reach my agent, take fifteen wasqs from him. If he asks you for a sign, place your hand on his collarbone.’ Abu Dawud transmitted it.

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Suhaib reported that the Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and give him peace) said: ‘Three things contain blessing: selling on deferred terms, profit-sharing investment, and mixing wheat with barley for household use, not for sale.’ Ibn Majah transmitted it.

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Hakim ibn Hizam reported that the Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and give him peace) sent him with a dinar to buy a sacrificial animal. He bought a ram for a dinar and sold it for two. He then returned, bought a sacrificial animal for a dinar, and brought it together with the extra dinar from the other sale. The Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and give him peace) gave the extra dinar in charity and prayed that his trade be blessed. Al-Tirmidhi transmitted it.

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Sa‘id ibn Zayd reported that the Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and give him peace) said: ‘Whoever wrongfully takes a handspan of land will have it placed around his neck on the Day of Resurrection, from seven earths.’ It is agreed upon. Its listed grading is agreed upon (al-Albani).

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‘Abd Allah ibn ‘Umar reported that the Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and give him peace) said: ‘No one may milk another person’s livestock without his permission. Would any of you like someone to enter his pantry, break open his storage container, and take away his food? The udders of people’s livestock are their food stores.’ Muslim transmitted it. Its listed grading is sahih (al-Albani).

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Anas reported: The Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) was at the home of one of his wives when one of the Mothers of the Believers sent a dish of food. The wife in whose home he was struck the servant’s hand, and the dish fell and broke. The Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) gathered the pieces of the dish, then began gathering the food that had been in it, saying: ‘Your mother was overcome by jealousy.’ He kept the servant there until a dish was brought from the wife in whose home he was staying. He gave the intact dish to the wife whose dish had been broken and kept the broken one in the home of the wife who had broken it. Al-Bukhari transmitted it. Its listed grading is sahih (al-Albani).

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‘Abd Allah ibn Yazid reported from the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) that he forbade plunder and mutilation. Al-Bukhari transmitted it. Its listed grading is sahih (al-Albani).

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Jabir reported: The sun was eclipsed in the time of the Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and give him peace), on the day Ibrahim, the son of the Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and give him peace), died. He led the people in a prayer of six bowings and four prostrations. When he finished, the sun had reappeared. He said: ‘There is nothing you are promised but that I have seen it in this prayer of mine. The Fire was brought near. That was when you saw me step back, fearing that its heat might strike me. I even saw in it the man with the hooked staff dragging his intestines through the Fire. He used to steal pilgrims’ belongings with his hook. If he was noticed, he would say: “It just caught on my hook,” but if people were unaware, he would take it away. I also saw in it the woman with the cat that she had tied up: she neither fed it nor let it eat the small creatures of the earth, until it died of hunger. Then Paradise was brought near. That was when you saw me move forward until I stood in my place. I reached out my hand, wanting to take some of its fruit, so that you could see it; then it occurred to me not to do so.’ Muslim transmitted it. Its listed grading is sahih (al-Albani).

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Qatadah reported: I heard Anas say: There was an alarm in Madinah, so the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) borrowed a horse from Abu Talhah called al-Mandub and rode it. When he returned, he said: ‘We saw nothing, and we found him to be like the sea [in speed].’ It is agreed upon. Its listed grading is agreed upon (al-Albani).

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Sa‘id ibn Zayd reported that the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) said: ‘Whoever revives dead land, it belongs to him; an unjustly planted root has no right.’ Ahmad, al-Tirmidhi, and Abu Dawud transmitted it. Malik transmitted it from ‘Urwah as a mursal report. Al-Tirmidhi said: ‘This is a hasan gharib hadith.’ The listed gradings are sahih and not studied (al-Albani).