Muwatta Malik: Book 31, Hadith 49 Yahya related to me from Malik that Abu’z-Zinad heard Sa’id ibn al-Musayyab andSulayman ibn Yasar forbid a man to sell wheat for gold on delayed terms and then to buy dried dates with the gold before he had taken delivery of the gold. حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ أَبِي […]
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 50 Yahya related to me from Malik that Kathir ibn Farqad asked Abu Bakr ibn Muhammad ibn Amr ibn Hazm about a man who sold food to be delivered at a future date to a man for gold and then with the gold, he bought dates before he had taken […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 31, Hadith 51 Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi that Abdullah ibn Umar said that there was no harm in a man making an advance to another man for food, with a set description and price until a set date, as long as it was not in crops, or dates […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 31, Hadith 52 Yahya related to me from Malik that he had heard that Sulayman ibn Yasar said, “The fodder of the donkeys of Saad ibn Abi Waqqas ran out and so he told his slave to take some of the family’s wheat and buy barley with it, and to only take […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 31, Hadith 53 Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi that Sulayman ibn Yasar told him that one time the fodder of the animals of Abd ar-Rahman ibn al-Aswad ibn Abd Yaghuth was finished so he said to his slave, “Take some of your family’s wheat as food and buy with […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 31, Hadith 54 Yahya related to me from Malik that he had heard the same as that from al-Qasim ibn Muhammad from Ibn Muayqib ad-Dawsi. Malik said, “This is the way of doing things among us . ” Malik said, “The generally agreed on way of doing things among us is that […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 31, Hadith 55 Yahya related to me from Malik that Muhammad ibn Abdullah ibn Abi Maryam asked Said ibn al-Musayyab’s advice. “I am a man who buys food with receipts from al-Jar. Perhaps I will buy something for a dinar and half a dirham, and will be given food for a half.” […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 31, Hadith 56 Yahya related to me from Malik that he had heard that Muhammad Sirin used to say, “Do not sell grain on the ears until it is white.” Malik said, “If someone buys food for a known price to be delivered at a stated date, and when the date comes, […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 31, Hadith 57 Malik said, “Another example of that is that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, forbade the sale called muzabana and granted an indulgence in the ariya for computing the equivalent in dates. It was distinguished between them that the muzabana-sale was based on […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 31, Hadith 58 Yahya related to me from Malik that he had heard that Umar ibn al-Khattab said, “There is no hoarding in our market, and men who have excess gold in their hands should not buy up one of Allah’s provisions which he has sent to our courtyard and then hoard […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 31, Hadith 59 Yahya related to me from Malik from Yunus ibn Yusuf from Said ibn al-Musayyab that Umar ibn al-Khattab passed by Hatab ibn Abi Baltaa who was underselling some of his raisins in the market. Umar ibn al- Khattab said to him, “Either increase the price or leave our market.” […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 31, Hadith 60 Yahya related to me from Malik that he had heard that Uthman ibn Affan forbade hoarding . وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، أَنَّهُ بَلَغَهُ أَنَّ عُثْمَانَ بْنَ عَفَّانَ، كَانَ يَنْهَى عَنِ الْحُكْرَةِ، . Muwatta Malik: Book 31, Hadith 60 The above hadith is from the Muwatta Malik collection of hadiths. […]