The Book of Financial Transactions

Ibn ʿUmar reported that he went to the Prophet and asked to speak with him. He said that he sold camels at al-Baqiʿ for dinars and took dirhams in exchange. The Prophet replied that there was no harm in taking them at the exchange rate for that day, provided they did not part while anything remained unsettled between them.

Jabir reported: “When the Prophet came to Medina, he called for a scale, weighed something for me, and gave me extra.”

Jabir reported: “The Messenger of Allah paid me what he owed and gave me extra.”

Suwayd ibn Qays reported: “Makhrafah al-ʿAbdi and I brought cloth from Hajar. The Messenger of Allah came to us while we were at Mina, where a man was weighing goods for a fee. He bought trousers from us and instructed the weigher to weigh them and give a little extra.”

Abu Safwan reported: “I sold a pair of trousers to the Messenger of Allah before the Hijrah, and he weighed them for me, giving me extra.”

Ibn ʿUmar reported that the Messenger of Allah said, “Measures of volume follow the measure of the people of Medina, and weights follow the weight of the people of Mecca.” This is the wording transmitted by Ishaq.

Ibn ʿUmar reported that the Messenger of Allah said, “Whoever buys food must not sell it until he has taken full possession of it.”

ʿAbdullah ibn ʿUmar reported that the Messenger of Allah said, “Whoever buys food must not sell it until he has taken possession of it.”

Ibn ʿAbbas reported that the Messenger of Allah said, “Whoever buys food must not sell it until he has measured it.”

Ibn ʿAbbas reported that he heard the Prophet say the same as the two preceding reports: food must not be resold until it has been taken into possession.

Tawus reported that he heard Ibn ʿAbbas say, “What the Messenger of Allah forbade was selling food before taking full possession of it.”

Ibn ʿAbbas reported that the Messenger of Allah said, “Whoever buys food must not resell it until he takes possession of it.” Ibn ʿAbbas added, “I think everything else is treated like food in this regard.”

Hakim ibn Hizam reported that the Messenger of Allah said, “Do not sell food until you have bought it and taken full possession of it.”

This report is transmitted through ʿAtaʾ, from ʿAbdullah ibn ʿIsmah al-Jushami, from Hakim ibn Hizam, from the Prophet.

Hakim ibn Hizam said that he bought food from the charity allotment and made a profit by reselling it before taking possession of it. He told the Messenger of Allah, who instructed him not to sell it until taking possession.

Ibn ʿUmar reported that the Prophet forbade anyone from reselling food bought by measure until he had taken full possession of it.

ʿAbdullah ibn ʿUmar reported: “During the time of the Messenger of Allah, we used to buy food, and he would send someone to instruct us to move it from the place where we bought it to another place before selling it.”

Ibn ʿUmar reported that they used to buy goods by heaps at the upper end of the marketplace during the time of the Messenger of Allah. The Messenger of Allah forbade them from reselling them in the place where they had bought them until they moved them elsewhere.

Nafiʿ reported from Ibn ʿUmar that they used to buy food from caravans during the time of the Messenger of Allah. He forbade them from selling it where they had bought it until they moved it to the food market.

Salim reported from his father: “I saw people being struck during the time of the Messenger of Allah for buying food in unmeasured heaps and selling it before moving it to their own camps.”