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abudawud:3501Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Aruzzī And ʾIbrāhīm b. Khālid Abū Thawr al-Kalbī al-Maʿná > ʿAbd al-Wahhāb > Muḥammad ʿAbd al-Wahhāb b. ʿAṭāʾ > Saʿīd > Qatādah > Anas b. Mālik

During the time of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ a man used to buy (goods), and he was weak in his intellect. His people came to the Prophet of Allah ﷺ and said: Prophet of Allah, stop so-and-so (to make a bargain) for he buys (goods), but he is weak in his intellect. So the Prophet ﷺ called on him and forbade him to make a bargain. He said: Prophet of Allah, I cannot keep away myself from business transactions. Thereupon the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: If you cannot give up making a bargain , then say: Take , and give, and there is no attempt to deceive.  

أبو داود:٣٥٠١حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الأَرُزِّيُّ وَإِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ أَبُو ثَوْرٍ الْكَلْبِيُّ الْمَعْنَى قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَهَّابِ قَالَ مُحَمَّدٌ عَبْدُ الْوَهَّابِ بْنُ عَطَاءٍ أَخْبَرَنَا سَعِيدٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ

أَنَّ رَجُلاً عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَانَ يَبْتَاعُ وَفِي عُقْدَتِهِ ضَعْفٌ فَأَتَى أَهْلُهُ نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالُوا يَا نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ احْجُرْ عَلَى فُلاَنٍ فَإِنَّهُ يَبْتَاعُ وَفِي عُقْدَتِهِ ضَعْفٌ فَدَعَاهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَنَهَاهُ عَنِ الْبَيْعِ فَقَالَ يَا نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ إِنِّي لاَ أَصْبِرُ عَنِ الْبَيْعِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِنْ كُنْتَ غَيْرَ تَارِكٍ الْبَيْعَ فَقُلْ هَاءَ وَهَاءَ وَلاَ خِلاَبَةَ قَالَ أَبُو ثَوْرٍ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ  


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nasai:4485Yūsuf b. Ḥammād > ʿAbd al-Aʿlá > Saʿīd > Qatādah > Anas

there was a man whose mental faculties were lacking, and he used to buy and sell. His family came to the Prophet and said: "O Prophet of Allah stop him." So the Prophet of Allah called him, and told him not to do that. He said: "O Prophet of Allah, I cannot bear to be away from business," He said "If you engaged in a deal then say: 'There is no intention to deceive. "' (Sahih )  

النسائي:٤٤٨٥أَخْبَرَنَا يُوسُفُ بْنُ حَمَّادٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الأَعْلَى عَنْ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

أَنَّ رَجُلاً كَانَ فِي عُقْدَتِهِ ضَعْفٌ كَانَ يُبَايِعُ وَأَنَّ أَهْلَهُ أَتَوُا النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالُوا يَا نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ احْجُرْ عَلَيْهِ فَدَعَاهُ نَبِيُّ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَنَهَاهُ فَقَالَ يَا نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ إِنِّي لاَ أَصْبِرُ عَنِ الْبَيْعِ قَالَ إِذَا بِعْتَ فَقُلْ لاَ خِلاَبَةَ  

tirmidhi:1250Yūsuf b. Ḥammād al-Baṣrī > ʿAbd al-Aʿlá b. ʿAbd al-Aʿlá > Saʿīd > Qatādah > Anas

That there was a man who was not very sensible and he would make purchases. So his family came to the Prophet ﷺ and said: "O Messenger of Allah! Stop him (from making purchases)." So Allah's Prophet ﷺ called him to prohibit him, and he said: "O Messenger of Allah! I have no patience for business." So he said: "When you are buying, say: 'Hand to hand, and no cheating.'"  

[Abu 'Eisa said:] There is a narration on this topic from Ibn 'Umar. The Hadith of Anas is a Hasan Sahih Gharib Hadith. This is acted upon according to the people of knowledge. They say that the free man can be prevented from selling and buying when his intellect is weak. This is the view of Ahmad and Ishaq. Some of the scholars did not think that the free person who had attained the age of responsibility could be prevented from that.
الترمذي:١٢٥٠حَدَّثَنَا يُوسُفُ بْنُ حَمَّادٍ الْبَصْرِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الأَعْلَى بْنُ عَبْدِ الأَعْلَى عَنْ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

أَنَّ رَجُلاً كَانَ فِي عُقْدَتِهِ ضَعْفٌ وَكَانَ يُبَايِعُ وَأَنَّ أَهْلَهُ أَتَوُا النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ احْجُرْ عَلَيْهِ فَدَعَاهُ نَبِيُّ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَنَهَاهُ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي لاَ أَصْبِرُ عَنِ الْبَيْعِ فَقَالَ إِذَا بَايَعْتَ فَقُلْ هَاءَ وَهَاءَ وَلاَ خِلاَبَةَ  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ وَحَدِيثُ أَنَسٍ حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ غَرِيبٌ وَالْعَمَلُ عَلَى هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ عِنْدَ بَعْضِ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ وَقَالُوا يُحْجَرُ عَلَى الرَّجُلِ الْحُرِّ فِي الْبَيْعِ وَالشِّرَاءِ إِذَا كَانَ ضَعِيفَ الْعَقْلِ وَهُوَ قَوْلُ أَحْمَدَ وَإِسْحَاقَ وَلَمْ يَرَ بَعْضُهُمْ أَنْ يُحْجَرَ عَلَى الْحُرِّ الْبَالِغِ
ibnmajah:2354Azhar b. Marwān > ʿAbd al-Aʿlá > Saʿīd > Qatādah > Anas b. Mālik

there was a man at the time of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ whose mental faculties were lacking, and he used to buy and sell. His family came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, “O Messenger of Allah, stop him.” So The Prophet ﷺ called him, and told him not to do that. He said: “O Messenger of Allah ﷺ, I cannot bear to be away from business.” He said, “If you engage in a transaction then say: “Take it (i.e., the goods) and don't cheat (me).' ”  

ابن ماجة:٢٣٥٤حَدَّثَنَا أَزْهَرُ بْنُ مَرْوَانَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الأَعْلَى حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ

أَنَّ رَجُلاً كَانَ فِي عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي عُقْدَتِهِ ضَعْفٌ وَكَانَ يُبَايِعُ وَأَنَّ أَهْلَهُ أَتَوُا النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ احْجُرْ عَلَيْهِ فَدَعَاهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَنَهَاهُ عَنْ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي لاَ أَصْبِرُ عَنِ الْبَيْعِ فَقَالَ إِذَا بَايَعْتَ فَقُلْ هَا وَلاَ خِلاَبَةَ  

ahmad:13276ʿAbd al-Wahhāb > Saʿīd > Qatādah > Anas

During the time of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ a man used to buy (goods), and he was weak in his intellect. His people came to the Prophet of Allah ﷺ and said: Prophet of Allah, stop so-and-so (to make a bargain) for he buys (goods), but he is weak in his intellect. So the Prophet ﷺ called on him and forbade him to make a bargain. He said: Prophet of Allah, I cannot keep away myself from business transactions. Thereupon the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: If you cannot give up making a bargain , then say: Take , and give, and there is no attempt to deceive. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3501)  

أحمد:١٣٢٧٦حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَهَّابِ أَخْبَرَنَا سَعِيدٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

أَنَّ رَجُلًا عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ يَبْتَاعُ وَكَانَفِي عُقْدَتِهِ يَعْنِي عَقْلَهُ ضَعْفٌ فَأَتَى أَهْلُهُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالُوا يَا نَبِيَّ اللهِ احْجُرْ عَلَى فُلَانٍ فَإِنَّهُ يَبْتَاعُ وَفِي عُقْدَتِهِ ضَعْفٌ فَدَعَاهُ نَبِيُّ اللهِ ﷺ فَنَهَاهُ عَنِ الْبَيْعِ فَقَالَ يَا نَبِيَّ اللهِ إِنِّي لَا أَصْبِرُ عَنِ الْبَيْعِ فَقَالَ ﷺ إِنْ كُنْتَ غَيْرَ تَارِكٍ الْبَيْعَ فَقُلْ هَاءَ وَهَاءَ وَلَا خِلَابَةَ  

hakim:7061Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > Muḥammad b. Abū Ṭālib > ʿAbd al-Wahhāb b. ʿAṭāʾ > Saʿīd > Qatādah > Anas b. Mālik

During the time of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ a man used to buy (goods), and he was weak in his intellect. His people came to the Prophet of Allah ﷺ and said: Prophet of Allah, stop so-and-so (to make a bargain) for he buys (goods), but he is weak in his intellect. So the Prophet ﷺ called on him and forbade him to make a bargain. He said: Prophet of Allah, I cannot keep away myself from business transactions. Thereupon the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: If you cannot give up making a bargain , then say: Take , and give, and there is no attempt to deceive. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3501)   

الحاكم:٧٠٦١حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَهَّابِ بْنُ عَطَاءٍ ثَنَا سَعِيدٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ

أَنَّ رَجُلًا كَانَ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَبْتَاعُ وَكَانَ فِي عُقْدَتِهِ ضَعْفٌ فَأَتَى أَهْلُهُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالُوا يَا نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ احْجُرْ عَلَى فُلَانٍ فَإِنَّهُ يَبْتَاعُ وَفِي عُقْدَتِهِ ضَعْفٌ فَدَعَاهُ نَبِيُّ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَنَهَاهُ عَنِ الْبَيْعِ قَالَ يَا نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ إِنِّي لَا أَصْبِرُ عَنِ الْبَيْعِ فَقَالَ «إِنْ كُنْتَ غَيْرَ تَارِكٍ الْبَيْعَ فَقُلْ هَا وَلَا خِلَابَةَ» وَ  

هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحٌ عَلَى شَرْطِ الشَّيْخَيْنِ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ على شرط البخاري ومسلم

ذِكْرُ مَا يُسْتَحَبُّ لِلْإِمَامِ إِذَا عَلِمَ مِنْ إِنْسَانٍ ضِدَّ الرُّشْدِ فِي أَسْبَابِهِ أَنْ يَحْجُرَ عَلَيْهِ

ibnhibban:5049al-Ḥasan b. Sufyān > Abū Thawr > ʿAbd al-Wahhāb b. ʿAṭāʾ > Saʿīd > Qatādah > Anas b. Mālik

During the time of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ a man used to buy (goods), and he was weak in his intellect. His people came to the Prophet of Allah ﷺ and said: Prophet of Allah, stop so-and-so (to make a bargain) for he buys (goods), but he is weak in his intellect. So the Prophet ﷺ called on him and forbade him to make a bargain. He said: Prophet of Allah, I cannot keep away myself from business transactions. Thereupon the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: If you cannot give up making a bargain , then say: Take , and give, and there is no attempt to deceive. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3501)  

ابن حبّان:٥٠٤٩أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو ثَوْرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَهَّابِ بْنُ عَطَاءٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ

أَنَّ رَجُلًا عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَانَ يُبَايعُ وَفِي عُقْدَتِهِ ضَعْفٌ فَأَتَى أَهْلُهُ نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالُوا يَا نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ احْجُرْ عَلَى فُلَانٍ فَإِنَّهُ يُبَايعُ وَفِي عُقْدَتِهِ ضَعْفٌ فَدَعَاهُ نَبِيُّ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَنَهَاهُ عَنِ الْبَيْعِ فَقَالَ يَا نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ لَا أَصْبِرْ عَنِ الْبَيْعِ فَقَالَ نَبِيُّ اللَّهِ «إِنْ كُنْتَ غَيْرَ تَارِكٍ لِلْبَيْعِ فَقُلْ هَاءً وَهَاءً وَلَا خِلَابَةَ»  

ذِكْرُ الْإِبَاحَةِ لِلْإِمَامِ أَنْ يَحْجُرَ عَلَى مَنْ يَرَى ذَلِكَ احْتِيَاطًا لَهُ مِنْ رَعِيَّتِهِ

ibnhibban:5050Abū Yaʿlá > Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Uruzzī > ʿAbd al-Wahhāb b. ʿAṭāʾ > Saʿīd > Qatādah > Anas b. Mālik

During the time of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ a man used to buy (goods), and he was weak in his intellect. His people came to the Prophet of Allah ﷺ and said: Prophet of Allah, stop so-and-so (to make a bargain) for he buys (goods), but he is weak in his intellect. So the Prophet ﷺ called on him and forbade him to make a bargain. He said: Prophet of Allah, I cannot keep away myself from business transactions. Thereupon the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: If you cannot give up making a bargain , then say: Take , and give, and there is no attempt to deceive. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3501)   

ابن حبّان:٥٠٥٠أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو يَعْلَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْأُرُزِّيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَهَّابِ بْنُ عَطَاءٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ

أَنَّ رَجُلًا كَانَ يَبْتَاعُ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَكَانَ فِي عُقْدَتِهِ ضَعْفٌ فَجَاءَ أَهْلُهُ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ احْجُرْ عَلَى فُلَانٍ فَإِنَّهُ يَبْتَاعُ وَفِي عُقْدَتِهِ ضَعْفٌ فَدَعَاهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَنَهَاهُ عَنِ الْبَيْعِ فَقَالَ يَا نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ إِنِّي لَا أَصْبِرُ عَنِ الْبَيْعِ فَقَالَ ﷺ «إِنْ كُنْتَ غَيْرَ تَارِكٍ الْبَيْعَ فَقُلْ هَاءً وَهَاءً وَلَا خِلَابَةَ»  

bayhaqi:11338[Chain 1] Abū ʿAlī al-Rūdhbārī > Ismāʿīl b. Muḥammad al-Ṣaffār > Aḥmad b. al-Walīd al-Faḥḥām > ʿAbd al-Wahhāb [Chain 2] Abū al-Ḥusayn b. Bishrān > Ismāʿīl al-Ṣaffār > Yaḥyá b. Jaʿfar > ʿAbd al-Wahhāb b. ʿAṭāʾ > Saʿīd > Qatādah > Anas b. Mālik

[Machine] There was a man during the time of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ who used to engage in buying and selling. He had a weak knot in his string. His family went to the Prophet and said, "O Prophet of Allah, supplicate for so-and-so as he is engaged in buying and selling and has a weak knot in his string." The Prophet called him and forbade him from engaging in buying and selling. The man said, "O Prophet of Allah, I cannot refrain from buying and selling." The Prophet ﷺ said, "If you are not abstinent from buying and selling, then say 'Haa and Haa.' There is no concern with the wording of the hadith, as clarified by the hadith of Ar-Rauzabari. Ibn Bashran has also narrated that there was a man during the time of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ who used to engage in selling, while others engaged in the same. It is as if the Prophet ﷺ did not see him in the place of stoning. The evidence for refraining from stoning is an indication of the permissibility of stoning.  

البيهقي:١١٣٣٨أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الرُّوذْبَارِيُّ أنبأ إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الصَّفَّارُ ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ الْفَحَّامُ ثنا عَبْدُ الْوَهَّابِ ح وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحُسَيْنِ بْنُ بِشْرَانَ أنبأ إِسْمَاعِيلُ الصَّفَّارُ ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ ثنا عَبْدُ الْوَهَّابِ بْنُ عَطَاءٍ أنبأ سَعِيدٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ

أَنَّ رَجُلًا كَانَ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ يَبْتَاعُ وَكَانَ فِي عُقْدَتِهِ ضَعْفٌ فَأَتَى أَهْلُهُ نَبِيَّ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالُوا يَا نَبِيَّ اللهِ احْجُرْ عَلَى فُلَانٍ؛ فَإِنَّهُ يَبْتَاعُ وَفِي عُقْدَتِهِ ضَعْفٌ فَدَعَاهُ نَبِيُّ اللهِ ﷺ فَنَهَاهُ عَنِ الْبَيْعِ فَقَالَ يَا نَبِيَّ اللهِ إِنِّي لَا أَصْبِرُ عَنِ الْبَيْعِ فَقَالَ ﷺ إِنْ كُنْتَ غَيْرَ تَارِكٍ الْبَيْعَ فَقُلْ هَا وَهَا وَلَا خِلَابَةَ لَفْظُ حَدِيثِ الرُّوذْبَارِيِّ وَفِي رِوَايَةِ ابْنِ بِشْرَانَ أَنَّ رَجُلًا عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ يُبَايِعُ وَالْبَاقِي سَوَاءٌ وَكَأَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ حِينَ رَآهُ لَمْ يَرَهُ بِمَحَلِّ الْحَجْرِ عَلَيْهِ وَفِي تَرْكِ إِنْكَارِ الْحَجْرِ دَلِيلٌ عَلَى جَوَازِ الْحَجْرِ