Sahih Muslim

The Book of Transactions

كتاب البيوع

Chapter 4: The prohibition of urging a buyer to cancel a purchase in order to sell him one's own goods; And urging a seller to cancel a sale already agreed upon so that one can buy the goods oneself; And the prohibition of artificially inflating prices; And the prohibition of letting milk accumulate in the udder in order to deceive the purchaser

Sahih Muslim 1412e
Ibn 'Umar (Allah be pleased with them) reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as having said this

One amongst you should not enter into a transaction when another is bargaining.

Sahih Muslim 1515b

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Abu Huraira through another chain of transmitters but with a slight change of words.

Sahih Muslim 1515e

This hadith has been narrated through another chain of transmitters.

Chapter 6: The prohibition of the town-dweller selling on behalf of a bedouin

Sahih Muslim 1522b

Jabir (Allah be pleased with him) reported a similar hadith from Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) through another chain of transmitters.

Chapter 1: The invalidity of Mulamasah and Munabadhah transactions

Sahih Muslim 1511c

Abu Huraira reported from Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) a hadith like this through another chain cf transmitters.

Chapter 3: The prohibition of selling Habl Al-Habalah

Sahih Muslim 1514b

Ibn 'Umar (Allah be pleased with them) reported that the people of pre-Islamic days used to sell the meat of the slaughtered camel up to habal al-habala. And habal al-habala implies that a she-camel should give birth and then the (born one should grow young) and become pregnant. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) forbade them that (this transaction).

Chapter 4: The prohibition of urging a buyer to cancel a purchase in order to sell him one's own goods; And urging a seller to cancel a sale already agreed upon so that one can buy the goods oneself; And the prohibition of artificially inflating prices; And the prohibition of letting milk accumulate in the udder in order to deceive the purchaser

Sahih Muslim 1515a
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying

A Muslim should not purchase (in opposition) to his brother.

Sahih Muslim 1516

Ibn Umar (Allah be pleased with them) reported that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) forbade the outbidding (against another).

Chapter 5: The prohibition of intercepting traders

Sahih Muslim 1519a
Abu Huraira (Allah be pleased with him) reported Allah's Messenger (may peace he upon him) as saying

Do not meet the merchandise (in the way).

Sahih Muslim 1519b
Abu Huraira (Allah be pleased with him) reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying

Do not meet the merchant in the way and enter into business transaction with him, and whoever meets him and buys from him (and in case it is done, see) that when the owner of (merchandise) comes into the market (and finds that he has been paid less price) he has the option (to declare the transaction null and void).

Chapter 7: Ruling on selling Al-Musarrah (An animal in whose udder milk has been allowed to accumulate)

Sahih Muslim 1524b
Abu Huraira (Allah be pleased with him) reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying

He who buys a goat with its udder tied up has the option to retain the goat if he so desires or return it within three days, and in case he returns it he should do so along with a sa' of dates.

Sahih Muslim 1524c
Abu Huraira (Allah be pleased with him) reported Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) as saying

lie who buys a goat having its udder tied up has the option to return it within three days. If he returns it he should pay a sa' of dates. Wheat is not essential.

Chapter 8: It is invalid to sell goods before taking possession of them

Sahih Muslim 1525b

A hadith like this has been narrated through the same chain of transmitters.

Sahih Muslim 1525d
Ibn Abbas (Allah be pleased with them) reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying

He who buys foodgrain should not sell it, until he has weighed it (and then taken possession of it). I (Tawus) said to Ibn Abbas (Allah be pleased with them): Why is it so? Thereupon he said: Don't you see that they (the people) sell foodgrains against gold for the stipulated time. Abu Kuraib did not make any mention of the stipulated time.

Sahih Muslim 1526c
Ibn 'Umar (Allah be pleased with them) reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying

He who bought foodgrain should not sell it until he had taken full possession of it (after measuring it).

Sahih Muslim 1526d
Ibn 'Umar (Allah be pleased with them) reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying,

He who bought foodgrain should not sell it until he had taken possession of it.

Chapter 9: The prohibition of selling a heap of dates the weight of which is unknown

Sahih Muslim 1530b

This hadith is narrated on the authority of Jabir b. Abdullah (Allah be pleased with them) but with this variation that no mention is made of the dates (which one finds) at the end of the previous hadith.

Chapter 12: One who is deceived in transactions

Sahih Muslim 1533b
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of 'Abdullah b. Dinar with the same chain of transmitters but these words are not found in it." When he buys he should say

There should be no attempt to deceive."

Chapter 13: The prohibition of selling produce before its goodness appears

Sahih Muslim 1534a

Ibn 'Umar (Allah be pleased with them) reported that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) forbade the sale of fruits until they were clearly in good condition, he forbade it both to the seller and to the buyer.

Sahih Muslim 1534f

Nafi, reported on the authority of Ibn Umar (Allah be pleased with them) a hadith like that narrated before.