الفتح الربانی
Fath al-Rabbani
أبواب أحكام العيوبChapters on Rulings of Defects
بَابُ مَا جَاءَ فِي دَمِ الاحْتِكَارِ
Chapter: What has been reported regarding the condemnation of hoarding
Hadith 5941
عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَنِ احْتَكَرَ طَعَامًا أَرْبَعِينَ لَيْلَةً فَقَدْ بَرِئَ مِنَ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى وَبَرِئَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى مِنْهُ وَأَيُّمَا أَهْلُ عَرْصَةٍ أَصْبَحَ فِيهِمُ امْرُؤٌ جَائِعٌ فَقَدْ بَرِئَتْ مِنْهُمْ ذِمَّةُ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Whoever hoards for forty nights, he is absolved from Allah and Allah is absolved from him. And if there is a hungry person with any household (and they do not feed him), then Allah's guarantee is also lifted from them.
Hadith 5942
عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَنِ احْتَكَرَ حُكْرَةً يُرِيدُ أَنْ يَغْلِيَ بِهَا عَلَى الْمُسْلِمِينَ فَهُوَ خَاطِئٌ
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Whoever hoards goods with the intention of causing price hikes for the Muslims, he will be sinful.
Hadith 5943
عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ عَنْ مَعْمَرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْعَدَوِيِّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَا يَحْتَكِرُ إِلَّا خَاطِئٌ وَكَانَ سَعِيدُ بْنُ الْمُسَيَّبِ يَحْتَكِرُ الزَّيْتَ
Narrated by Sayyiduna Mu'mar bin Abdullah 'Adawi (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Only a sinner hoards. Sa'id bin al-Musayyib used to hoard olive oil (or all kinds of oil).
Hadith 5944
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.
