Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah

Hazrat Usman did not consider there to be any harm in selling anything before taking possession of it, except for things sold by measure or by weight.

It is narrated in the same manner from Hazrat Saeed bin Al-Musayyib.

It is narrated in the same manner from Hazrat Saeed bin Al-Musayyib.

Muhammad, may Allah have mercy on him, said: If a person buys something that is measured by weight or scale, then there is no harm in selling it before taking possession.

Ibrahim said regarding the person who sells the merchandise before taking possession of it: This was said concerning things measured by weight and scale.

Hazrat Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) says that prohibition and forbiddance have been applied to those things which are measured by volume or by weight, and I consider other things similar to them as well.

It is also narrated in the same manner from Hazrat Ata.

Hazrat Hakam and Hazrat Hammad state that there is no harm in selling anything that is neither measured by volume nor by weight before taking possession of it.

Hazrat Ibn Aun says that I asked Hazrat Qasim whether a person can sell forward an item he has purchased but which is not yet present (i.e., before taking possession of it)? Hazrat Qasim replied: We used to say that until the item is present, it should not be sold forward.