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ahmad:2548ʿAffān > ʿAbd al-Wārith > ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Najīḥ > ʿAbdullāh b. Kathīr > Abū al-Minhāl > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ arrived while they were borrowing. He said, "Whoever borrows should not borrow except with a known measure and weight."  

أحمد:٢٥٤٨حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَارِثِ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَبِي نَجِيحٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ كَثِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي الْمِنْهَالِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

قَدِمَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَهُمْ يُسْلِفُونَ فَقَالَ مَنْ أَسْلَفَ فَلا يُسْلِفْ إِلا فِي كَيْلٍ مَعْلُومٍ وَوَزْنٍ مَعْلُومٍ  


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Collected by Bukhārī, Muslim, Nasāʾī, Abū Dāwūd, Tirmidhī, Ibn Mājah, Aḥmad, Ibn Ḥibbān, Ṭabarānī, Suyūṭī
bukhari:2240Ṣadaqah > Ibn ʿUyaynah > Ibn Abū Najīḥ > ʿAbdullāh b. Kathīr > Abū al-Minhāl > Ibn ʿAbbās

The Prophet ﷺ came to Medina and the people used to pay in advance the price of dates to be delivered within two or three years. He said (to them), "Whoever pays in advance the price of a thing to be delivered later should pay it for a specified measure at specified weight for a specified period."  

البخاري:٢٢٤٠حَدَّثَنَا صَدَقَةُ أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي نَجِيحٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ كَثِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي الْمِنْهَالِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ قَالَ

قَدِمَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ الْمَدِينَةَ وَهُمْ يُسْلِفُونَ بِالتَّمْرِ السَّنَتَيْنِ وَالثَّلاَثَ فَقَالَ مَنْ أَسْلَفَ فِي شَىْءٍ فَفِي كَيْلٍ مَعْلُومٍ وَوَزْنٍ مَعْلُومٍ إِلَى أَجَلٍ مَعْلُومٍ  

bukhari:2240bʿAlī > Sufyān > Ibn Abū Najīḥ

as above, saying, "He should pay the price in advance for a specified measure and for a specified period."  

البخاري:٢٢٤٠bحَدَّثَنَا عَلِيٌّ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي ابْنُ أَبِي نَجِيحٍ

وَقَالَ فَلْيُسْلِفْ فِي كَيْلٍ مَعْلُومٍ إِلَى أَجَلٍ مَعْلُومٍ  

muslim:1604aYaḥyá b. Yaḥyá And ʿAmrw al-Nāqid Wa-al-Lafẓ Liyaḥyá > ʿAmr > Yaḥyá > Sufyān b. ʿUyaynah > Ibn Abū Najīḥ > ʿAbdullāh b. Kathīr > Abū al-Minhāl > Ibn ʿAbbās

Those who pay in advance for anything must do so for a specified weight and for a definite time.  

مسلم:١٦٠٤aحَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى وَعَمْرٌو النَّاقِدُ وَاللَّفْظُ لِيَحْيَى قَالَ عَمْرٌو حَدَّثَنَا وَقَالَ يَحْيَى أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي نَجِيحٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ كَثِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي الْمِنْهَالِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

قَدِمَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ الْمَدِينَةَ وَهُمْ يُسْلِفُونَ فِي الثِّمَارِ السَّنَةَ وَالسَّنَتَيْنِ فَقَالَ مَنْ أَسْلَفَ فِي تَمْرٍ فَلْيُسْلِفْ فِي كَيْلٍ مَعْلُومٍ وَوَزْنٍ مَعْلُومٍ إِلَى أَجَلٍ مَعْلُومٍ  

muslim:1604bShaybān b. Farrūkh > ʿAbd al-Wārith > Ibn Abū Najīḥ > ʿAbdullāh b. Kathīr > Abū al-Minhāl > Ibn ʿAbbās

He who makes an advance payment should not make advance payment except for a specified measure and weight (and for a specified period).  

مسلم:١٦٠٤bحَدَّثَنَا شَيْبَانُ بْنُ فَرُّوخَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَارِثِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي نَجِيحٍ حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي الْمِنْهَالِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

قَدِمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَالنَّاسُ يُسْلِفُونَ فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَنْ أَسْلَفَ فَلاَ يُسْلِفْ إِلاَّ فِي كَيْلٍ مَعْلُومٍ وَوَزْنٍ مَعْلُومٍ  

nasai:4616Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > Sufyān > Ibn Abū Najīḥ > ʿAbdullāh b. Kathīr > Abū al-Minhāl > Ibn ʿAbbās

"I heard Ibn 'Abbas say: 'When the Prophet came (to al-Madinah), they used to pay in advance for dates, two or three years in advance. He forbade them that and said: 'whoever pays in advance for dates, let him pay for a known amount or a known weight, to be delivered at a known time'''  

النسائي:٤٦١٦أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي نَجِيحٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ كَثِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي الْمِنْهَالِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

قَدِمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ الْمَدِينَةَ وَهُمْ يُسْلِفُونَ فِي التَّمْرِ السَّنَتَيْنِ وَالثَّلاَثَ فَنَهَاهُمْ وَقَالَ مَنْ أَسْلَفَ سَلَفًا فَلْيُسْلِفْ فِي كَيْلٍ مَعْلُومٍ وَوَزْنٍ مَعْلُومٍ إِلَى أَجَلٍ مَعْلُومٍ  

abudawud:3463ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad al-Nufaylī > Sufyān > Ibn Abū Najīḥ > ʿAbdullāh b. Kathīr > Abū al-Minhāl > Ibn ʿAbbās

When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ came to Medina, they were paying one, two and three years in advance for fruits, so he said: Those who pay in advance for anything, must do for a specified measure and weight with a specified time fixed.  

أبو داود:٣٤٦٣حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ النُّفَيْلِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي نَجِيحٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ كَثِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي الْمِنْهَالِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

قَدِمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَهُمْ يُسْلِفُونَ فِي التَّمْرِ السَّنَةَ وَالسَّنَتَيْنِ وَالثَّلاَثَةَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَنْ أَسْلَفَ فِي تَمْرٍ فَلْيُسْلِفْ فِي كَيْلٍ مَعْلُومٍ وَوَزْنٍ مَعْلُومٍ إِلَى أَجَلٍ مَعْلُومٍ  

tirmidhi:1311Aḥmad b. Manīʿ > Sufyān > Ibn Abū Najīḥ > ʿAbdullāh b. Kathīr > Abū al-Minhāl > Ibn ʿAbbās

"When the Prophet ﷺ arrived in Al-Madinah, they were paying in advance for fruits. So he said: 'Whoever pays in advance, then let him pay in advance for known measurements (of dates), and known weights for a specified period of time.'" He said: There are narrations on this topic from Ibn Abi Awfa and 'Abdur-Rahman bin Abza.  

[Abu 'Eisa said:] The Hadith of Ibn 'Abbas is a Hasan Sahih Hadith. This is acted upon according to the people of knowledge among the Companions of the Prophet ﷺ and others. They allow for advanced payments on food, garments and other things in which the limits and description are known. They differed over delay in delivery of animals. Some of the people of knowledge among the Companions of the Prophet ﷺ and others thought that delay in delivery of animals is allowed. This is the view of Ash-Shafi'i, Ahmad and Ishaq. Some of the people of knowledge among the Companions of the Prophet ﷺ and others, disliked delay in delivery of animals. This is the saying of Sufyan and the people of Al-Kufah. And Abu Al-Minhal's (a narrator) name is 'Abdur-Rahman bin Mut'im.
الترمذي:١٣١١حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مَنِيعٍ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي نَجِيحٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ كَثِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي الْمِنْهَالِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

قَدِمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ الْمَدِينَةَ وَهُمْ يُسْلِفُونَ فِي الثَّمَرِ فَقَالَ مَنْ أَسْلَفَ فَلْيُسْلِفْ فِي كَيْلٍ مَعْلُومٍ وَوَزْنٍ مَعْلُومٍ إِلَى أَجَلٍ مَعْلُومٍ قَالَ وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي أَوْفَى وَعَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبْزَى  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى حَدِيثُ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ وَالْعَمَلُ عَلَى هَذَا عِنْدَ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَغَيْرِهِمْ أَجَازُوا السَّلَفَ فِي الطَّعَامِ وَالثِّيَابِ وَغَيْرِ ذَلِكَ مِمَّا يُعْرَفُ حَدُّهُ وَصِفَتُهُ وَاخْتَلَفُوا فِي السَّلَمِ فِي الْحَيَوَانِ فَرَأَى بَعْضُ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَغَيْرِهِمُ السَّلَمَ فِي الْحَيَوَانِ جَائِزًا وَهُوَ قَوْلُ الشَّافِعِيِّ وَأَحْمَدَ وَإِسْحَاقَ وَكَرِهَ بَعْضُ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَغَيْرِهِمُ السَّلَمَ فِي الْحَيَوَانِ وَهُوَ قَوْلُ سُفْيَانَ الثَّوْرِيِّ وَأَهْلِ الْكُوفَةِ أَبُو الْمِنْهَالِ اسْمُهُ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مُطْعِمٍ
ibnmajah:2280Hishām b. ʿAmmār > Sufyān b. ʿUyaynah > Ibn Abū Najīḥ > ʿAbdullāh b. Kathīr > Abū al-Minhāl > Ibn ʿAbbās

"When the Prophet ﷺ came (to Al-Madinah), they used to pay in advance for dates, two or three years in advance. He said: 'Whoever pays in advance for dates, let him pay for a known amount or a known weight, to be delivered at a known time.’”  

ابن ماجة:٢٢٨٠حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي نَجِيحٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ كَثِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي الْمِنْهَالِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

قَدِمَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ وَهُمْ يُسْلِفُونَ فِي التَّمْرِ السَّنَتَيْنِ وَالثَّلاَثَ فَقَالَ مَنْ أَسْلَفَ فِي تَمْرٍ فَلْيُسْلِفْ فِي كَيْلٍ مَعْلُومٍ وَوَزْنٍ مَعْلُومٍ إِلَى أَجَلٍ مَعْلُومٍ  

ahmad:3370ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Mahdī > Sufyān > Ibn Abū Najīḥ > ʿAbdullāh b. Kathīr > Abū al-Minhāl > Ibn ʿAbbās

When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ came to Medina, they were paying one, two and three years in advance for fruits, so he said: Those who pay in advance for anything, must do for a specified measure and weight with a specified time fixed. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3463)   

أحمد:٣٣٧٠حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي نَجِيحٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ كَثِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي الْمِنْهَالِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

قَدِمَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَهُمْ يُسْلِفُونَ فِي الثِّمَارِ السَّنَةَ وَالسَّنَتَيْنِ أَوِ السَّنَتَيْنِ وَالثَّلَاثَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ سَلِّفُوا فِي الثِّمَارِ فِي كَيْلٍ مَعْلُومٍ وَوَزْنٍ مَعْلُومٍ وَوَقْتٍ مَعْلُومٍ  

ahmad:1937Sufyān > Ibn Abū Najīḥ > ʿAbdullāh b. Kathīr > Abū al-Minhāl > Ibn ʿAbbās

"When the Prophet ﷺ came (to Al-Madinah), they used to pay in advance for dates, two or three years in advance. He said: 'Whoever pays in advance for dates, let him pay for a known amount or a known weight, to be delivered at a known time.’” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 2280)   

أحمد:١٩٣٧حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي نَجِيحٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ كَثِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي الْمِنْهَالِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

قَدِمَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ الْمَدِينَةَ وَهُمْ يُسَلِّفُونَ فِي التَّمْرِالسَّنَتَيْنِ وَالثَّلاثَ فَقَالَ مَنْ سَلَّفَ فَلْيُسَلِّفْ فِي كَيْلٍ مَعْلُومٍ وَوَزْنٍ مَعْلُومٍ إِلَى أَجَلٍ مَعْلُومٍ  

ذِكْرُ الزَّجْرِ عَنِ اسْتِسْلَافِ الْمَرْءِ مَالَهُ إِلَّا فِي الشَّيْءِ الْمَعْلُومِ

ibnhibban:4925al-Ḥasan b. Sufyān > Shaybān b. Farrūkh > ʿAbd al-Wārith > Ibn Abū Najīḥ > ʿAbdullāh b. Kathīr > Abū al-Minhāl > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ arrived in Medina and the people were lending to one another. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to them, "Whoever lends should not lend except in a known measure and weight." Abu Al-Minhaal, whose name is Abdul Rahman bin Mut'im.  

ابن حبّان:٤٩٢٥أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شَيْبَانُ بْنُ فَرُّوخٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَارِثِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي نَجِيحٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي الْمِنْهَالِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

قَدِمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ الْمَدِينَةَ وَالنَّاسُ يُسْلِفُونَ فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «مَنْ أَسْلَفَ فَلَا يُسْلِفْ إِلَّا فِي كَيْلٍ مَعْلُومٍ وَوَزْنٍ مَعْلُومٍ» أَبُو الْمِنْهَالِ هَذَا اسْمُهُ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مُطْعِمٍ  

tabarani:11263ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > Abū Nuʿaym > Sufyān > Ibn Abū Najīḥ > ʿAbdullāh b. Kathīr > Abū al-Minhāl > Ibn ʿAbbās

Those who pay in advance for anything must do so for a specified weight and for a definite time. (Using translation from Muslim 1604a)  

الطبراني:١١٢٦٣حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ ثنا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ ثنا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي نَجِيحٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ كَثِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي الْمِنْهَالِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

قَدِمَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ الْمَدِينَةَ وَهُمْ يُسْلِفُونَ فِي الثَّمَرِ السَّنَةَ وَالسَّنَتَيْنِ وَالثَّلَاثَ فَقَالَ «مَنْ أَسْلَفَ فَلْيُسْلِفْ فِي كَيْلٍ مَعْلُومٍ وَوَزْنٍ مَعْلُومٍ إِلَى أَجْلٍ مَعْلُومٍ»  

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"مَنْ أَسْلَفَ في شَيْءٍ، فَليُسْلِفْ في كَيلٍ مَعْلومٍ وَوزْنِ مَعلُومٍ إِلى أَجَلٍ مَعْلُومٍ".  

[عب] عبد الرازق [حم] أحمد [خ] البخاري [م] مسلم [د] أبو داود [ت] الترمذي [ن] النسائي [هـ] ابن ماجة عن ابن عباس