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ahmad:16140Yazīd b. Hārūn > al-ʿAwwām b. Ḥawshab > Ibrāhīm a freed slave of Ṣukhayr

[Machine] Narrated by one of the companions of the Prophet Muhammad, ﷺ , he said, "The Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , intended to prohibit a certain type of sale. So we said, 'O Messenger of Allah, it is our livelihood.' He replied, 'Then it is not allowed.' And we used to be called middlemen. And he mentioned the Hadith."  

أحمد:١٦١٤٠حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا الْعَوَّامُ بْنُ حَوْشَبٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي إِبْرَاهِيمُ مَوْلَى صُخَيْرٍ

عَنْ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ أَرَادَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ يَنْهَى عَنْ بَيْعٍ فَقَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّهَا مَعَايِشُنَا قَالَ فَقَالَ لَا خِلَابَ إِذًا وَكُنَّا نُسَمَّى السَّمَاسِرَةَ فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ