Muwatta Malik: Book 31, Hadith 37 Yahya related to me from Malik that he had heard that al-Oasim ibn Muhammad said, ”Umar ibn al-Khattab said, ‘A dinar for a dinar, and a dirham for adirham, and a sa for a sa. Something to be collected later is not to be sold for something at hand. […]
Muwatta Malik is one of the earliest and most respected collections of hadith and Islamic jurisprudence, compiled by Imam Malik ibn Anas. It combines the sayings and actions of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) with the practices of the people of Madinah, serving as a foundational text for Maliki fiqh and Islamic legal tradition.
Book 31, Business Transactions, discusses the principles and rules governing trade and commerce.
Muwatta Malik: Book 31, Hadith 38 Yahya related to me from Malik that Abu’z-Zinad heard Said ibn al-Musayyab say, “There is usury only in gold or silver or what is weighed or measured of what is eaten or drunk.” وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ سَعِيدَ بْنَ الْمُسَيَّبِ، يَقُولُ لاَ رِبًا إِلاَّ فِي […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 31, Hadith 39 Yahya related to me from Malik that Yahya ibn Said heard Said ibn al-Musayyab say, “Keeping gold and silver out of circulation is part of working corruption in the land.” Malik said, “There is no harm in buying gold with silver or silver with gold without measuring if it […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 31, Hadith 40 Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab from Malik ibn Aus ibn al-Hadathan an-Nasri that one time he asked to exchange 100 dinars. He said, “Talha ibn Ubaydullah called me over and we made a mutual agreement that he would make an exchange for me. He took […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 31, Hadith 41 Yahya related to me from Malik that Yazid ibn Abdullah ibn Qusayt saw Said ibn al-Musayyab sell gold counterpoising for gold. He poured his gold into one pan of the scales, and the man with whom he was counterpoising put his gold in the other pan of the scale […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 31, Hadith 42 Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi from Abdullah ibn Umar that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “Someone who buys food, must not resell it until he takes delivery of it all.” حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 31, Hadith 43 Yahya related to me from Malik from Abdullah ibn Dinar from Abdullah ibn Umar that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “Someone who buys food, must not sell it until he takes possession of it.” وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 31, Hadith 44 Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi that Abdullah ibn Umar said, “In the time of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, we used to buy food. He sent orders for us to move our purchases from the place in which we […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 31, Hadith 45 Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi that Hakim ibn Hizam traded in food for people as Umar ibn al-Khattab had ordered him to do. Hakim re-sold the food before he had taken delivery of it. That reached Umar ibn al-Khattab and he revoked the sale and said, […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 31, Hadith 46 Yahya related to me from Malik that he had heard that receipts were given to people in the time of Marwan ibn al-Hakam for the produce of the market at al-Jar. People bought and sold the receipts among themselves before they took delivery of the goods. Zayd Thabit and […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 31, Hadith 47 Yahya related to me from Malik that he had heard that a man wanted to buy food from a man in advance. The man who wanted to sell the food to him went with him to the market, and he began to show him heaps, saying, “Which one would […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 31, Hadith 48 Yahya related to me from Malik that Yahya ibn Said heard Jamil ibn Abd ar-Rahman the Muadhdhin say to Said ibn al-Musayyab, “I am a man who buys whatever Allah wills of the receipts for the provisions which people are offered at al-Jar. I want to take payment for […]