Those who said: if you buy goods, do not sell them until you take possession

Sayyiduna Hakim (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I bought some food from the charity food and made a profit on it before taking possession of it. I came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and asked him about it. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Do not sell it until you have taken possession of it."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When one of you buys food, let him not sell it until he has measured it." Ibn Abi Za'idah said: He also said: "and until he has taken possession of it."

Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) was asked about an advance-payment sale (salaf) in raisins, dates, wheat and barley. He said: There is no harm in it, but do not sell it before taking possession of it.

Nafi' (may Allah have mercy on him) said: I was informed that Sayyiduna Hakim bin Hizam (may Allah be pleased with him) used to buy ration slips, and Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) forbade him from selling them before taking possession.

Something similar is narrated from Nafi' (may Allah have mercy on him).

Al-Sha'bi (may Allah have mercy on him) said: When you buy something, do not sell it on until you have taken possession of it.

Sa'id bin al-Musayyib (may Allah have mercy on him) said: When you buy food, do not sell it on until you have taken possession of it. And he saw no harm in partnership, or in giving him the price.

Ata (may Allah have mercy on him) said concerning a man who buys an item and wants to sell it on before taking possession of it: Do not do so until you have first taken possession of it, and then sell it.

Ibrahim (may Allah have mercy on him) was asked about a person who buys something and sells it on before taking possession of it. He said: That (prohibition) applied only to what is measured and weighed.

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: It was forbidden concerning food that it should be sold on before taking possession of it, and I consider that everything is like food (in this ruling).

Sayyiduna Zayd bin Thabit (may Allah be pleased with him) used to forbid those who bought the documents (entitling them to food) of al-Jar, until they had received them in full (and had taken possession).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever buys food, let him not sell it on before measuring it." The narrator (may Allah have mercy on him) said: I asked Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both): Why is that? He said: Do you not see that they buy (and sell) for gold in such a way that the food is deferred?

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever buys food, let him not sell it before measuring it."