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الفتح الربانی
Fath al-Rabbani
أبواب أحكام العيوبChapters on Rulings of Defects
بَابُ مَا جَاءَ فِي دَمِ الاحْتِكَارِChapter: What has been reported regarding the condemnation of hoarding
Hadith 5944
اُردوEn
عَنْ أَبِي يَحْيَى رَجُلٍ مِنْ أَهْلِ مَكَّةَ عَنْ فَرُّوخَ مَوْلَى عُثْمَانَ أَنَّ عُمَرَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ وَهُوَ يَوْمَئِذٍ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ خَرَجَ إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ فَرَأَى طَعَامًا مَنْثُورًا فَقَالَ مَا هَذَا الطَّعَامُ فَقَالُوا طَعَامٌ جُلِبَ إِلَيْنَا قَالَ بَارَكَ اللَّهُ فِيهِ وَفِيمَنْ جَلَبَهُ قِيلَ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ فَإِنَّهُ قَدِ احْتُكِرَ قَالَ وَمَنِ احْتَكَرَهُ قَالُوا فَرُّوخُ مَوْلَى عُثْمَانَ وَفُلَانٌ مَوْلَى عُمَرَ فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَيْهِمَا فَدَعَاهُمَا فَقَالَ مَا حَمَلَكُمَا عَلَى احْتِكَارِ طَعَامِ الْمُصَلِّينَ قَالَا يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ نَشْتَرِي بِأَمْوَالِنَا وَنَبِيعُ فَقَالَ عُمَرُ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ مَنِ احْتَكَرَ عَلَى الْمُسْلِمِينَ طَعَامَهُمْ ضَرَبَهُ اللَّهُ بِالْإِفْلَاسِ أَوْ بِجُذَامٍ فَقَالَ فَرُّوخُ عِنْدَ ذَلِكَ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ أُعَاهِدُ اللَّهَ وَأُعَاهِدُكَ أَنْ لَا أَعُودَ فِي طَعَامٍ أَبَدًا وَأَمَّا مَوْلَى عُمَرَ فَقَالَ إِنَّمَا نَشْتَرِي بِأَمْوَالِنَا وَنَبِيعُ قَالَ أَبُو يَحْيَى فَلَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ مَوْلَى عُمَرَ مَجْذُومًا
Mawla Usman Farukh narrated that one day Sayyiduna Umar bin Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him), who was at that time the Commander of the Faithful, went towards the mosque and saw scattered grain there and asked: What is this grain? The people said: This grain has been brought for us from outside. Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) asked: May Allah bless it and the one who brought it. Meanwhile, someone said: O Commander of the Faithful! This is hoarded wealth. He asked: Who has hoarded it? The people said: The slave of Sayyiduna Usman (may Allah be pleased with him), Farukh, and a slave of Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) himself have hoarded it. He called both of them, so they came. He asked: What made you inclined to hoard the Muslims’ grain? Both of them said: O Commander of the Faithful! We buy and sell such things with our own wealth. Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: Whoever hoards the Muslims’ grain, Allah Almighty will afflict him with poverty or leprosy. Farukh immediately said: O Commander of the Faithful! I make a covenant with Allah Almighty and then with you that I will not hoard grain in the future. But the slave of Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: We buy and sell things with our own wealth. Abu Yahya says: Later, I saw that slave of Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) afflicted with leprosy.
Brief Explanation
Benefits: … Hoarding: Hafiz Ibn Hajar rahimahullah said: … “Because the legally defined hoarding (ihtikar) is to withhold food from sale and to wait for prices to rise, while being oneself in no need of it and the people being in dire need of it.” (Legally defined hoarding is to withhold grain and not sell it, in anticipation that prices will rise, while the public is in severe need of it and the one doing so is not in need of it.)
Saeed ibn al-Musayyib’s opinion is that hoarding pertains only to food items. However, the ahadith condemning hoarding are general, and furthermore, people’s needs are not limited only to food and drink.
Saeed ibn al-Musayyib’s opinion is that hoarding pertains only to food items. However, the ahadith condemning hoarding are general, and furthermore, people’s needs are not limited only to food and drink.
