A man who bought goods from another man

Muhammad says, concerning a man who sold something to another and then the goods were left with him, and the buyer sold them on, that the profit belongs to the first.

It is narrated from Hammad that a man bought goods from another, then went to fetch a porter to move them, and when he came back his counterpart had already sold them on. He said: If that very item can be found, he may take it. If the second buyer has already taken it away and the item can no longer be obtained, the first buyer gets nothing, and the profit belongs to the seller.

Mughirah says: I was present with al-Hakam when he asked Ibrahim about this, and he was given no answer.