Sunan an-Nasa'i
Sunan an-Nasa'i 3860
أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدٌ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حِبَّانُ، قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ، عَنْ مَعْمَرٍ، عَنْ حَمَّادٍ، وَقَتَادَةَ، فِي رَجُلٍ قَالَ لِرَجُلٍ أَسْتَكْرِي مِنْكَ إِلَى مَكَّةَ بِكَذَا وَكَذَا فَإِنْ سِرْتُ شَهْرًا أَوْ كَذَا وَكَذَا شَيْئًا سَمَّاهُ فَلَكَ زِيَادَةُ كَذَا وَكَذَا فَلَمْ يَرَيَا بِهِ بَأْسًا وَكَرِهَا أَنْ يَقُولَ أَسْتَكْرِي مِنْكَ بِكَذَا وَكَذَا فَإِنْ سِرْتُ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ شَهْرٍ نَقَصْتُ مِنْ كِرَائِكَ كَذَا وَكَذَا.
Muhammad reported to us: Hibban narrated to us: ʿAbdullah informed us, from Maʿmar, from Hammad and Qatadah, concerning a man who said to another: ‘I will hire you to take me to Mecca for such-and-such an amount. If I travel for a month—or for another specified period—you will receive an additional such-and-such amount.’ They saw no harm in that. They disapproved of his saying: ‘I will hire you for such-and-such an amount, but if I travel for more than a month, I will deduct such-and-such from your fare.’
Translation notes
The source leaves the amounts and the alternative period unspecified, using “such-and-such.”