صحيح مسلم
Muslim
كتاب البيوعThe Book of Transactions
باب تَحْرِيمِ بَيْعِ الْحَاضِرِ لِلْبَادِي:Chapter: The prohibition of the town-dweller selling on behalf of a bedouin
Hadith 1522
حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَي بْنُ يَحْيي التَّمِيمِيُّ ، أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو خَيْثَمَةَ ، عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ . ح وحَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ يُونُسَ ، حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرٌ ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الزُّبَيْرِ ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ ، قَالَ : قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " لَا يَبِعْ حَاضِرٌ لِبَادٍ دَعُوا النَّاسَ يَرْزُقْ اللَّهُ بَعْضَهُمْ مِنْ بَعْضٍ " ، غَيْرَ أَنَّ فِي رِوَايَةِ يَحْيَى : يُرْزَقُ .
Yahya ibn Yahya al-Tamimi narrated to us, Abu Khaythamah informed us, from Abu al-Zubayr, from Jabir. And Ahmad ibn Yunus narrated to us, Zuhayr narrated to us, Abu al-Zubayr narrated to us, from Jabir, who said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "Let not a townsman sell for a Bedouin. Leave the people, so that Allah may provide for some of them through others." However, in Yahya's narration, it is: "is provided for."
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حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ، وَعَمْرٌو النَّاقِدُ ، قَالَا : حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ ، عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، بِمِثْلِهِ .
Jabir (RA) reported a similar hadith from Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) through another chain of transmitters.
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Explanation & Benefits
Hafiz Muhammad Ameen
The purpose is that transactions should proceed in a natural manner. Artificial scarcity should not be created, nor should inflation be caused through hoarding; rather, as production comes in, it should be sold in the market and continue to reach those in need. It is evident that if a city dweller sells the goods of a villager, he will engage in hoarding and create artificial scarcity so that the produce can be sold at a higher price for his own benefit.
Source: Sunan Nasa'i: Translation and Benefits by Shaykh Hafiz Muhammad Amin Hafizullah, Page: 4500
