Selling milk in the udders

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: Do not trade in wool on the backs of sheep (that is, first shear it off), and do not trade in milk in the udders.

Yazid said: I asked Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) about buying milk that is in the udders. He (may Allah be pleased with him) forbade me from it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade the sale of the young in the bellies of animals until it is born, and forbade the sale of the milk in their udders except by measure.

Tawus (may Allah have mercy on him) disliked the sale of milk in the udders unless it was drawn out and measured.

Al-Hasan disliked buying milk that is in the udders of goats.

Wahb bin Uqbah said: I asked al-Sha'bi (may Allah have mercy on him) about a group of people who would buy the milk of cows for a fixed number of days and then sell it on. He replied: This sale is valid only if it is hand to hand.

It is narrated from Ikrimah that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade the sale of milk in the udder and the sale of ghee in milk.

Ibrahim (may Allah have mercy on him) disliked the sale of milk in the udders of goats.

Ibrahim bin Maysarah (may Allah have mercy on him) said that Tawus and Mujahid (may Allah have mercy on them both) disliked the sale of milk in the udders.