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السنن الكبرى للبيهقي
Sunan al-Kubra al-Bayhaqi
كتاب البيوع
Book of Sales
باب: النهي عن بيع حبل الحبلة
Chapter: The prohibition of selling the offspring of the unborn (habal al-habalah)
Bayhaqi 10860 — The prohibition of selling the offspring of the unborn
(A man buys a she-camel and stipulates that its payment will be made when the female bears young, and the female becomes pregnant and then gives birth to a female.)
أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ، أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو النَّضْرِ الْفَقِيهُ، ثنا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا الْقَعْنَبِيُّ، فِيمَا قَرَأَ عَلَى مَالِكٍ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ " أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ نَهَى عَنْ بَيْعِ حَبَلِ الْحَبَلَةِ، وَكَانَ بَيْعًا يَتَبَايَعُهُ أَهْلُ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ كَانَ يَبْتَاعُ الْجَزُورَ إِلَى أَنْ تُنْتَجَ النَّاقَةُ، وَتُنْتَجَ الَّتِي فِي بَطْنِهَا " رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ يُوسُفَ، عَنْ مَالِكٍ.
Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) says that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) "forbade the sale of the offspring of the pregnant one (habal al-habalah)." This was a sale that the people of the Jahiliyyah used to transact among themselves: they would buy a camel (with payment due) when the she-camel gave birth and then the female that was in her belly gave birth.
