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الفتح الربانی
Fath al-Rabbani
أبواب أحكام العيوبChapters on Rulings of Defects
بَابُ مَا جَاءَ فِي التَّسْعِيرِChapter: What has been reported regarding price fixing
Hadith 5947
اُردوEn
عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ أَنَّ رَجُلًا قَالَ سَعِّرْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ إِنَّمَا يَرْفَعُ اللَّهُ وَيَخْفِضُ إِنِّي لَأَرْجُو أَنْ أَلْقَى اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ وَلَيْسَ لِأَحَدٍ عِنْدِي مَظْلِمَةٌ قَالَ آخَرُ سَعِّرْ فَقَالَ ادْعُوا اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) that a man said: O Messenger of Allah! Fix the prices. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: It is only Allah Almighty who raises and lowers the prices. I hope to meet Allah Almighty in such a state that I have not wronged anyone. When another person also said the same thing, asking you to fix the prices, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Call upon Allah Almighty (and pray to Him).
Brief Explanation
Benefits: … The manner of price-fixing is that the Sultan, his deputy, or any authority binds the sellers in the marketplace through orders that they must not sell goods above a certain price, and, for expediency, halts the fluctuation and variation of prices. This results, firstly, in loss to the traders, and secondly, they withhold goods, thereby depriving the public of necessities of life. The fundamental reason is that the owner of any item has the right to sell it at a low price or at a high price; no one else can compel him otherwise. However, it is certainly appropriate to encourage such traders to make things easy for people, as has been encouraged in Hadith number (6048) and the ahadith that follow it.
