Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 23, Hadith 49 Narrated Jabir ibn Abdullah: The Prophet (ﷺ) forbade selling fruits years ahead, and commanded that unforeseen loss be remitted in respect of what is affected by blight. Abu Dawud said: The attribution of the tradition regarding the effect of blight is one-third of the produce to the Prophet […]
Sunan Abī Dāwūd is one of the six major hadith collections in Sunni Islam, compiled by Imam Abū Dāwūd al-Sijistānī. It focuses on hadiths related to Islamic law (fiqh), offering a detailed record of the sayings and actions of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ that form the basis for legal rulings. Carefully selected from hundreds of thousands of narrations, it emphasizes authenticity and relevance to jurisprudence, making it a key reference for scholars and students of Islamic law.
Book 23, Commercial Transactions (Kitāb al‑Buyūʿ), discusses buying, selling, contracts, and trade ethics.
Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 23, Hadith 50 Narrated Jabir bin ‘Abdullah : The Prophet (ﷺ) forbade sale of fruits for a number of years. One of the two narrators (Abu al-Zubair and Sa’id b. Mina’) mentioned the words “sale for years” (bai’ al-sinin instead of al-mu’awamah). حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ، عَنْ أَيُّوبَ، عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ، […]
Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 23, Hadith 51 Narrated Abu Hurairah: The Prophet (ﷺ) forbade the type of sale which involves risk (or uncertainty) and a transaction determined by throwing stones. حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ، وَعُثْمَانُ، ابْنَا أَبِي شَيْبَةَ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ إِدْرِيسَ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ، عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ، عَنِ الأَعْرَجِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى […]
Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 23, Hadith 52 Narrated Abu Sa’id Al Khudri : The Prophet (ﷺ) forbade two types of business transactions and two ways of dressing. The two types of business transactions are mulamasah and munabadhah. As regards the two ways of dressing, they are the wrapping of the samma’, and that when a […]
Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 23, Hadith 53 The tradition mentioned above has also been reported by Abu Sa’id al-Khudri from the Prophet (ﷺ) through a different chain of narrators. This version adds: “Wearing the samma’ means that a man puts his garment over his left shoulder and keeps his right side uncovered. Munabadhah means that […]
Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 23, Hadith 54 The tradition mentioned above has also been transmitted by Abu Said al-Khudri through a different chain of narrators from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) to the same effect as narrated by both Sufyan and ‘Abd al-Razzaq. حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَنْبَسَةُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ، عَنِ ابْنِ […]
Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 23, Hadith 55 Narrated Ibn ‘Umar: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) forbade the transaction called habal al-habalah. حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم نَهَى عَنْ بَيْعِ حَبَلِ الْحَبَلَةِ . Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 23, Hadith 55 […]
Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 23, Hadith 56 A similar tradition has also been narrated by Ibn ‘Umar from the Prophet (ﷺ) through a different chain of transmitters. He said: Habal al-habalah means that a she-camel delivers an offspring and then the offspring which it delivers becomes pregnant. حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ حَنْبَلٍ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ […]
Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 23, Hadith 57 Narrated Ali ibn AbuTalib: A time is certainly coming to mankind when people will bite each other and a rich man will hold fast, what he has in his possession (i.e. his property), though he was not commanded for that. Allah, Most High, said: “And do not forget […]
Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 23, Hadith 58 Narrated AbuHurayrah: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) having said: Allah, Most High, says: “I make a third with two partners as long as one of them does not cheat the other, but when he cheats him, I depart from them.” حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ الْمِصِّيصِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ […]
Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 23, Hadith 59 Narrated Urwah ibn AbulJa’d al-Bariqi: The Prophet (ﷺ) gave him a dinar to buy a sacrificial animal or a sheep. He bought two sheep, sold one of them for a dinar, and brought him a sheep and dinar. So he invoked a blessing on him in his business […]
Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 23, Hadith 60 The tradition mentioned above has also been transmitted by ‘Urwat al-Bariqi through a different chain of narrators. The wordings of this version are different from those of the previous one. حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ الصَّبَّاحِ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْمُنْذِرِ، حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ، – هُوَ أَخُو حَمَّادِ بْنِ زَيْدٍ – […]