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ahmad:15311Hushaym b. Bashīr > Abū Bishr > Yūsuf b.imāhak > Ḥakīm b. Ḥizām

Hakim asked (the Prophet): Messenger of Allah, a man comes to me and wants me to sell him something which is not in my possession. Should I buy it for him from the market? He replied: Do not sell what you do not possess. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3503)  

أحمد:١٥٣١١حَدَّثَنَا هُشَيْمُ بْنُ بَشِيرٍ أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو بِشْرٍ عَنْ يُوسُفَ بْنِمَاهَكَ عَنْ حَكِيمِ بْنِ حِزَامٍ قَالَ

قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ يَأْتِينِي الرَّجُلُ يَسْأَلُنِي الْبَيْعَ لَيْسَ عِنْدِي مَا أَبِيعُهُ ثُمَّ أَبِيعُهُ مِنَ السُّوقِ فَقَالَ لَا تَبِعْ مَا لَيْسَ عِنْدَكَ  


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nasai:4613Ziyād b. Ayyūb > Hushaym > Abū Bishr > Yūsuf b. Māhak > Ḥakīm b. Ḥizām

"I asked the Prophet "O Messenger of Allah, a man may come to me and ask me to sell him something that I do not have. Can I sell it to him then go and buy it from the market?' He said: 'Do not sell what you do not have.'''  

النسائي:٤٦١٣حَدَّثَنَا زِيَادُ بْنُ أَيُّوبَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هُشَيْمٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بِشْرٍ عَنْ يُوسُفَ بْنِ مَاهَكَ عَنْ حَكِيمِ بْنِ حِزَامٍ قَالَ

سَأَلْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ يَأْتِينِي الرَّجُلُ فَيَسْأَلُنِي الْبَيْعَ لَيْسَ عِنْدِي أَبِيعُهُ مِنْهُ ثُمَّ أَبْتَاعُهُ لَهُ مِنَ السُّوقِ قَالَ لاَ تَبِعْ مَا لَيْسَ عِنْدَكَ  

abudawud:3503Musaddad > Abū ʿAwānah > Abū Bishr > Yūsuf b. Māhak > Ḥakīm b. Ḥizām

Hakim asked (the Prophet): Messenger of Allah, a man comes to me and wants me to sell him something which is not in my possession. Should I buy it for him from the market? He replied: Do not sell what you do not possess.  

أبو داود:٣٥٠٣حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ عَنْ أَبِي بِشْرٍ عَنْ يُوسُفَ بْنِ مَاهَكَ عَنْ حَكِيمِ بْنِ حِزَامٍ قَالَ

يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ يَأْتِينِي الرَّجُلُ فَيُرِيدُ مِنِّي الْبَيْعَ لَيْسَ عِنْدِي أَفَأَبْتَاعُهُ لَهُ مِنَ السُّوقِ فَقَالَ لاَ تَبِعْ مَا لَيْسَ عِنْدَكَ  

tirmidhi:1232Qutaybah > Hushaym > Abū Bishr > Yūsuf b. Māhak > Ḥakīm b. Ḥizām

"I asked Messenger of Allah ﷺ, I said: 'A man came to me asking to buy something that I did not have. Can I buy it from the market for him and then give it to him?' He said: 'Do not sell what is not with you.'" He said: There are narrations on this topic from 'Abdullah bin 'Umar.  

الترمذي:١٢٣٢حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ حَدَّثَنَا هُشَيْمٌ عَنْ أَبِي بِشْرٍ عَنْ يُوسُفَ بْنِ مَاهَكَ عَنْ حَكِيمِ بْنِ حِزَامٍ قَالَ

أَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقُلْتُ يَأْتِينِي الرَّجُلُ يَسْأَلُنِي مِنَ الْبَيْعِ مَا لَيْسَ عِنْدِي أَبْتَاعُ لَهُ مِنَ السُّوقِ ثُمَّ أَبِيعُهُ قَالَ لاَ تَبِعْ مَا لَيْسَ عِنْدَكَ قَالَ وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ  

ibnmajah:2187Muḥammad b. Bashhār > Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > Abū Bishr > Yūsuf b. Māhak > Ḥakīm b. Ḥizām

"I said: 'O Messenger of Allah, a man is asking me to sell him something that I do not possess; Shall I sell it to him?' He said: 'Do not sell what is not with you."'  

ابن ماجة:٢١٨٧حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ أَبِي بِشْرٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ يُوسُفَ بْنَ مَاهَكَ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ حَكِيمِ بْنِ حِزَامٍ قَالَ

قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ الرَّجُلُ يَسْأَلُنِي الْبَيْعَ وَلَيْسَ عِنْدِي أَفَأَبِيعُهُ قَالَ لاَ تَبِعْ مَا لَيْسَ عِنْدَكَ  

ahmad:15312Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > Abū Bishr > Yūsuf b. Māhak > Ḥakīm b. Ḥizām

"I said: 'O Messenger of Allah, a man is asking me to sell him something that I do not possess; Shall I sell it to him?' He said: 'Do not sell what is not with you."' (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 2187)   

أحمد:١٥٣١٢حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ أَبِي بِشْرٍ عَنْ يُوسُفَ بْنِ مَاهَكَ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ حَكِيمِ بْنِ حِزَامٍ قَالَ

بَايَعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ عَلَى أَنْ لَا أَخِرَّ إِلَّا قَائِمًا قَالَ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ الرَّجُلُ يَسْأَلُنِي الْبَيْعَ وَلَيْسَ عِنْدِي أَفَأَبِيعُهُ؟ قَالَ لَا تَبِعْ مَا لَيْسَ عِنْدَكَ  

ahmad:15315Yaḥyá b. Sʿyd > Shuʿbah > Abū Bishr > Yūsuf b. Māhak > Ḥakīm b. Ḥizām

"I said: 'O Messenger of Allah, a man is asking me to sell him something that I do not possess; Shall I sell it to him?' He said: 'Do not sell what is not with you."' (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 2187)   

أحمد:١٥٣١٥حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سعيد عَنْ شُعْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بِشْرٍ عَنْ يُوسُفَ بْنِ مَاهَكَ عَنْ حَكِيمِ بْنِ حِزَامٍ قَالَ

قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ يُطْلَبُ مِنِّي الْمَتَاعُ وَلَيْسَ عِنْدِي أَفَأَبِيعُهُ لَهُ؟ قَالَ لَا تَبِعْ مَا لَيْسَ عِنْدَكَ  

ahmad:15573Hushaym > Abū Bishr > Yūsuf b. Māhak > Ḥakīm b. Ḥizām

Hakim asked (the Prophet): Messenger of Allah, a man comes to me and wants me to sell him something which is not in my possession. Should I buy it for him from the market? He replied: Do not sell what you do not possess. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3503)   

أحمد:١٥٥٧٣حَدَّثَنَا هُشَيْمٌ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو بِشْرٍ عَنْ يُوسُفَ بْنِ مَاهَكَ عَنْ حَكِيمِ بْنِ حِزَامٍ قَالَ

قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ يَأْتِينِي الرَّجُلُ يَسْأَلُنِي الْبَيْعَ لَيْسَ عِنْدِي مَا أَبِيعُهُ مِنْهُ ثُمَّ أَبِيعُهُ مِنَ السُّوقِ فَقَالَ لَا تَبِعْ مَا لَيْسَ عِنْدَكَ  

tabarani:3097Abū Muslim al-Kashhī > ʿAmr b. Marzūq > Shuʿbah > Abū Bishr > Yūsuf b. Māhak > Ḥakīm b. Ḥizām

"I said: 'O Messenger of Allah, a man is asking me to sell him something that I do not possess; Shall I sell it to him?' He said: 'Do not sell what is not with you."' (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 2187)   

الطبراني:٣٠٩٧حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُسْلِمٍ الْكَشِّيُّ حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ مَرْزُوقٍ أَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ أَبِي بِشْرٍ عَنْ يُوسُفَ بْنِ مَاهَكَ عَنْ حَكِيمِ بْنِ حِزَامٍ قَالَ

قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ الرَّجُلُ يَطْلُبُ مِنِّي الْبَيْعَ وَلَيْسَ عِنْدِي أَفَأَبْتَاعُهُ؟ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «لَا تَبِعْ مَا لَيْسَ عِنْدَكَ»  

tabarani:3098Muʿādh b. al-Muthanná > Musaddad > Abū ʿAwānah > Abū Bishr > Yūsuf b. Māhak > Ḥakīm b. Ḥizām

Hakim asked (the Prophet): Messenger of Allah, a man comes to me and wants me to sell him something which is not in my possession. Should I buy it for him from the market? He replied: Do not sell what you do not possess. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3503)  

الطبراني:٣٠٩٨حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى ثنا مُسَدَّدٌ ثنا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ عَنْ أَبِي بِشْرٍ عَنْ يُوسُفَ بْنِ مَاهَكَ عَنْ حَكِيمِ بْنِ حِزَامٍ قَالَ

قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ الرَّجُلُ يَأْتِينِي فَيُرِيدُ مِنِّي الْبَيْعَ وَلَيْسَ عِنْدِي أَفَأَبْتَاعُهُ لَهُ مِنَ السُّوقِ؟ فَقَالَ «لَا تَبِعْ مَا لَيْسَ عِنْدَكَ»  

tabarani:3099Yūsuf al-Qāḍī > Abū al-Rabīʿ al-Zahrānī > Hushaym > Abū Bishr > Yūsuf b. Māhak > Ḥakīm b. Ḥizām

Hakim asked (the Prophet): Messenger of Allah, a man comes to me and wants me to sell him something which is not in my possession. Should I buy it for him from the market? He replied: Do not sell what you do not possess. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3503)   

الطبراني:٣٠٩٩حَدَّثَنَا يُوسُفُ الْقَاضِي ثنا أَبُو الرَّبِيعِ الزَّهْرَانِيِّ ثنا هُشَيْمٌ عَنْ أَبِي بِشْرِ عَنْ يُوسُفَ بْنِ مَاهَكَ عَنْ حَكِيمِ بْنِ حِزَامٍ قَالَ

قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ يَأْتِينِي الرَّجُلُ يَسْأَلُنِي الْبَيْعَ لَيْسَ عِنْدِي أَبِيعُهُ مِنْهُ أَتَكَلَّفُهُ لَهُ مِنَ السُّوقِ؟ فَقَالَ «لَا تَبِعْ مَا لَيْسَ عِنْدَكَ»  

nasai-kubra:6162Ziyād b. Ayyūb > Hushaym > Abū Bishr > Yūsuf b. Māhik > Ḥakīm b. Ḥizām

"I asked the Prophet "O Messenger of Allah, a man may come to me and ask me to sell him something that I do not have. Can I sell it to him then go and buy it from the market?' He said: 'Do not sell what you do not have.''' (Using translation from Nasāʾī 4613)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٦١٦٢أَخْبَرَنَا زِيَادُ بْنُ أَيُّوبَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هُشَيْمٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بِشْرٍ عَنْ يُوسُفَ بْنِ مَاهِكٍ عَنْ حَكِيمِ بْنِ حِزَامٍ قَالَ

سَأَلْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ يَأْتِينِي الرَّجُلُ يَسْأَلُنِي البَيْعَ لَيْسَ عِنْدِي أَبِيعُهُ مِنْهُ ثُمَّ أَبْتَاعُهُ لَهُ مِنَ السُّوقِ؟ فَقَالَ «لَا تَبِعْ مَا لَيْسَ عِنْدَكَ»  

bayhaqi:10422Abū Bakr Muḥammad b. al-Ḥasan b. Fūrak > ʿAbdullāh b. Jaʿfar > Yūnus b. Ḥabīb > Abū Dāwud al-Ṭayālisī > Shuʿbah > Jaʿfar b. Iyās > Yūsuf b. Māhik > Ḥakīm b. Ḥizām

"I said: 'O Messenger of Allah, a man is asking me to sell him something that I do not possess; Shall I sell it to him?' He said: 'Do not sell what is not with you."' (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 2187)   

البيهقي:١٠٤٢٢أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ فُورَكٍ أنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ ثنا يُونُسُ بْنُ حَبِيبٍ ثنا أَبُو دَاوُدَ الطَّيَالِسِيُّ ثنا شُعْبَةُ أنا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ إِيَاسٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ يُوسُفَ بْنَ مَاهِكٍ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ حَكِيمِ بْنِ حِزَامٍ قَالَ

قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ الرَّجُلُ يَطْلُبُ مِنِّي الْبَيْعَ وَلَيْسَ عِنْدِي أَفَأَبِيعُهُ لَهُ؟ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَا تَبِعْ مَا لَيْسَ عِنْدَكَ  

bayhaqi:10705Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī b. Muḥammad al-Muqriʾ > al-Ḥasan b. Muḥammad b. Isḥāq > Yūsuf b. Yaʿqūb > Abū al-Rabīʿ > Hushaym > Abū Bishr > Yūsuf b. Māhik > Ḥakīm b. Ḥizām

"I asked the Prophet "O Messenger of Allah, a man may come to me and ask me to sell him something that I do not have. Can I sell it to him then go and buy it from the market?' He said: 'Do not sell what you do not have.''' (Using translation from Nasāʾī 4613)   

البيهقي:١٠٧٠٥أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْمُقْرِئُ أنا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ ثنا يُوسُفُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا أَبُو الرَّبِيعِ ثنا هُشَيْمٌ عَنْ أَبِي بِشْرٍ عَنْ يُوسُفَ بْنِ مَاهِكٍ عَنْ حَكِيمِ بْنِ حِزَامٍ قَالَ

قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ يَأْتِينِي الرَّجُلُ يَسْأَلُنِي الْبَيْعَ لَيْسَ عِنْدِي أَبِيعُهُ مِنْهُ ثُمَّ أَتَكَلَّفُهُ لَهُ مِنَ السُّوقِ قَالَ لَا تَبِعْ مَا لَيْسَ عِنْدَكَ