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ahmad:4736Ibn Numayr > ʿUbaydullāh > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

He who buys foodgrain should not sell that before taking possession of it. He (the narrator) said: We used to buy foodgrain from the caravans in bulk, but Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade us to re-sell that until we had shifted it to some other place. (Using translation from Muslim 1526b)  

أحمد:٤٧٣٦حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللهِ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ مَنِ اشْتَرَى طَعَامًا فَلَا يَبِعْهُ حَتَّى يَسْتَوْفِيَهُ  


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bukhari:2126ʿAbdullāh b. Yūsuf > Mālik > Nāfiʿ > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar

Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "He who buys foodstuff should not sell it till he is satisfied with the measure with which he has bought it.  

البخاري:٢١٢٦حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ أَخْبَرَنَا مَالِكٌ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ ؓ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ مَنِ ابْتَاعَ طَعَامًا فَلاَ يَبِيعُهُ حَتَّى يَسْتَوْفِيَهُ  

muslim:1526a[Chain 1] ʿAbdullāh b. Maslamah al-Qaʿnabī > Mālik [Chain 2] Yaḥyá b. Yaḥyá > Mālik > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

He who buys foodgrain should not sell it until he has taken full possession of it.  

مسلم:١٥٢٦aحَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ الْقَعْنَبِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكٌ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى قَالَ قَرَأْتُ عَلَى مَالِكٍ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ مَنِ ابْتَاعَ طَعَامًا فَلاَ يَبِعْهُ حَتَّى يَسْتَوْفِيَهُ  

muslim:1526cḤarmalah b. Yaḥyá > ʿAbdullāh b. Wahb > ʿUmar b. Muḥammad > Nāfiʿ > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar

He who bought foodgrain should not sell it until he had taken full possession of it (after measuring it).  

مسلم:١٥٢٦cحَدَّثَنِي حَرْمَلَةُ بْنُ يَحْيَى أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ وَهْبٍ حَدَّثَنِي عُمَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ مَنِ اشْتَرَى طَعَامًا فَلاَ يَبِعْهُ حَتَّى يَسْتَوْفِيَهُ وَيَقْبِضَهُ  

muslim:1528aAbū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah And Ibn Numayr And ʾAbū Kurayb > Zayd b. Ḥubāb > al-Ḍaḥḥāk b. ʿUthmān > Bukayr b. ʿAbdullāh b. al-Ashaj > Sulaymān b. Yasār > Abū Hurayrah

He who bought foodgrain should not sell it until he had measured it. In the narration of Abu Bakr there the word is Ibta' instead of Ishtara.  

مسلم:١٥٢٨aحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ وَابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ وَأَبُو كُرَيْبٍ قَالُوا حَدَّثَنَا زَيْدُ بْنُ حُبَابٍ عَنِ الضَّحَّاكِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ عَنْ بُكَيْرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الأَشَجِّ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ يَسَارٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ مَنِ اشْتَرَى طَعَامًا فَلاَ يَبِعْهُ حَتَّى يَكْتَالَهُ وَفِي رِوَايَةِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ مَنِ ابْتَاعَ  

nasai:4595Muḥammad b. Salamah And al-Ḥārith b. Miskīn > Ibn al-Qāsim > Mālik > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

"The Messenger of Allah said: 'Whoever buys food, let him not sell it until he has taken possession of it."'  

النسائي:٤٥٩٥أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ وَالْحَارِثُ بْنُ مِسْكِينٍ قِرَاءَةً عَلَيْهِ وَأَنَا أَسْمَعُ عَنِ ابْنِ الْقَاسِمِ عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَنِ ابْتَاعَ طَعَامًا فَلاَ يَبِعْهُ حَتَّى يَسْتَوْفِيَهُ  

nasai:4596Muḥammad b. Salamah > Ibn al-Qāsim > Mālik > ʿAbdullāh b. Dīnār > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar

"Whoever buys food let him not sell it until he has taken possession of it."  

النسائي:٤٥٩٦أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا ابْنُ الْقَاسِمِ عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ دِينَارٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ مَنِ ابْتَاعَ طَعَامًا فَلاَ يَبِعْهُ حَتَّى يَقْبِضَهُ  

abudawud:3492ʿAbdullāh b. Maslamah > Mālik > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying: If anyone buys grain, he must not sell it till receives it in full.  

أبو داود:٣٤٩٢حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ مَنِ ابْتَاعَ طَعَامًا فَلاَ يَبِعْهُ حَتَّى يَسْتَوْفِيَهُ  

ibnmajah:2226Sūwayd b. Saʿīd > Mālik b. Anas > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

"Whoever buys food, let him not sell it until he has taken full possession of it."  

ابن ماجة:٢٢٢٦حَدَّثَنَا سُوَيْدُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكُ بْنُ أَنَسٍ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ مَنِ ابْتَاعَ طَعَامًا فَلاَ يَبِعْهُ حَتَّى يَسْتَوْفِيَهُ  

malik:31-42Yaḥyá > Mālik > Nāfiʿ > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar

Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi from Abdullah ibn Umar that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Someone who buys food, must not resell it until he takes delivery of it all."  

مالك:٣١-٤٢حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ مَنِ ابْتَاعَ طَعَامًا فَلاَ يَبِعْهُ حَتَّى يَسْتَوْفِيَهُ  

malik:31-43Mālik > ʿAbdullāh b. Dīnār > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar

Yahya related to me from Malik from Abdullah ibn Dinar from Abdullah ibn Umar that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Someone who buys food, must not sell it until he takes possession of it."  

مالك:٣١-٤٣وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ دِينَارٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ مَنِ ابْتَاعَ طَعَامًا فَلاَ يَبِعْهُ حَتَّى يَقْبِضَهُ  

ahmad:396Isḥāq b. ʿĪsá > Mālik > Nāfiʿʿan Ibn ʿUmar

The Messenger of Allah ﷺsaid: “Whoever buys foodstuff should not sell it until he takes possession of all of it.”  

أحمد:٣٩٦حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ عِيسَى أَخْبَرَنَا مَالِكٌ عَنْ نَافِعٍعَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَنِ ابْتَاعَ طَعَامًا فَلا يَبِعْهُ حَتَّى يَسْتَوْفِيَهُ  

ahmad:2438ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Sufyān > ʿAmr b. Dīnār > Ṭāwus > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said, "Whoever buys food should not sell it until he has fully exhausted it." Ibn Abbas said, "I consider everything to be at the level of food."  

أحمد:٢٤٣٨حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ دِينَارٍ عَنْ طَاوُسٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ مَنِ اشْتَرَى طَعَامًا فَلا يَبِعْهُ حَتَّى يَسْتَوْفِيَهُ قَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ وَأَحْسِبُ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ بِمَنْزِلَةِ الطَّعَامِ  

ahmad:15216Abū Saʿd al-Ṣaghānī > Ibn Jurayj > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir

The Messenger of Allah ﷺsaid: “Whoever buys foodstuff should not sell it until he takes possession of all of it.” (Using translation from Aḥmad 396)  

أحمد:١٥٢١٦حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو سَعْدٍ الصَّغَانِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَنْ ابْتَاعَ طَعَامًا فَلَا يَبِيعُهُ حَتَّى يَسْتَوْفِيَهُ  

ahmad:5900Isḥāq b. ʿĪsá > Ibn Lahīʿah > Abū al-Aswad > al-Qāsim b. Muḥammad > Ibn ʿUmar

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Whoever buys food by weight or measure, he should not sell it until he receives it."  

أحمد:٥٩٠٠حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ عِيسَى أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ عَنِ أَبِي الْأَسْوَدِ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَنِ اشْتَرَى طَعَامًا بِكَيْلٍ أَوْ وَزْنٍ فَلَا يَبِيعُهُ حَتَّى يَقْبِضَهُ  

ahmad:5064And Jadt Fī Kitāb Abū > Yazīd > Shuʿbah > ʿAbdullāh b. Dīnār > Ibn ʿUmar

[Machine] From the Prophet ﷺ , he said: "Whoever buys food should not sell it until he takes possession of it."  

أحمد:٥٠٦٤قَالَ وَجَدْتُ فِي كِتَابِ أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ أَخْبَرَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ دِينَارٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ مَنِ اشْتَرَى طَعَامًا فَلَا يَبِيعُهُ حَتَّى يَقْبِضَهُ  

ahmad:5309ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Mālik > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

"Whoever buys food, let him not sell it until he has taken full possession of it." (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 2226)  

أحمد:٥٣٠٩حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ مَنِ ابْتَاعَ طَعَامًا فَلَا يَبِيعُهُ حَتَّى يَسْتَوْفِيَهُ  

ذِكْرُ الزَّجْرِ عَنْ بَيْعِ الطَّعَامِ الْمُشْتَرَى قَبْلَ اسْتِيفَائِهِ

ibnhibban:4978ʿAbdullāh b. Aḥmad b. Mūsá al-Jawālīqī > Aḥmad b. ʿAmr b. al-Sarḥ > Ibn Wahb > Ibn Jurayj > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir

He who buys foodgrain should not sell that before taking possession of it. He (the narrator) said: We used to buy foodgrain from the caravans in bulk, but Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade us to re-sell that until we had shifted it to some other place. (Using translation from Muslim 1526b)  

ابن حبّان:٤٩٧٨أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُوسَى الْجَوَالِيقِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ السَّرْحِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «مَنِ اشْتَرَى طَعَامًا فَلَا يَبِعْهُ حَتَّى يَسْتَوْفِيَهُ»  

ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ حُكْمَ حَكِيمِ بْنِ حِزَامٍ وَغَيْرِهِ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ فِي هَذَا الزَّجْرِ سَوَاءٌ

ibnhibban:4986Aḥmad b. ʿAlī b. al-Muthanná > Muḥammad b. al-Ṣabbāḥ al-Dūlābī Mundh Thamānīn Sanah > Ismāʿīl b. Zakariyyā > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿUmar > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever buys food should not sell it until he has received it in full." He also prohibited selling it until it is moved from its place or transferred.  

ابن حبّان:٤٩٨٦أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْمُثَنَّى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الصَّبَّاحِ الدُّولَابِيُّ مُنْذُ ثَمَانِينَ سَنَةً قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ زَكَرِيَّا عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «مَنِ اشْتَرَى طَعَامًا فَلَا يَبِعْهُ حَتَّى يَسْتَوْفِيَهُ» قَالَ وَنَهَى أَنْ يَبِيعَهُ حَتَّى يُحَوِّلَهُ مِنْ مَكَانِهِ أَوْ يَنْقُلَهُ  

tabarani:10877Aḥmad b. al-Naḍr al-ʿAskarī > Saʿīd b. Ḥafṣ al-Nufaylī > Qaraʾnā > Maʿqil b. ʿUbaydullāh > ʿAmr b. Dīnār > Ṭāwus > Ibn ʿAbbās

Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "He who buys foodstuff should not sell it till he is satisfied with the measure with which he has bought it. (Using translation from Bukhārī 2126)  

الطبراني:١٠٨٧٧حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ النَّضْرِ الْعَسْكَرِيُّ ثنا سَعِيدُ بْنُ حَفْصٍ النُّفَيْلِيُّ قَالَ قَرَأْنَا عَلَى مَعْقِلِ بْنِ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ دِينَارٍ عَنْ طَاوُسٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ «مَنِ ابْتَاعَ طَعَامًا فَلَا يَبِعْهُ حَتَّى يَسْتَوْفِيَهُ»  

tabarani:13097al-Miqdām b. Dāwud > Abū al-Aswad al-Naḍr b. ʿAbd al-Jabbār > Ibn Lahīʿah > Abū al-Aswad > al-Qāsim b. Muḥammad > Ibn ʿUmar

He who buys foodgrain should not sell that before taking possession of it. He (the narrator) said: We used to buy foodgrain from the caravans in bulk, but Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade us to re-sell that until we had shifted it to some other place. (Using translation from Muslim 1526b)  

الطبراني:١٣٠٩٧حَدَّثَنَا الْمِقْدَامُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ ثنا أَبُو الْأَسْوَدِ النَّضْرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ ثنا ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ عَنْ أَبِي الْأَسْوَدِ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «مَنِ اشْتَرَى طَعَامًا فَلَا يَبِعْهُ حَتَّى يَسْتَوْفِيَهُ»  

nasai-kubra:6143Muḥammad b. Salamah And al-Ḥārith b. Miskīn > Ibn al-Qāsim > Mālik > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

The Messenger of Allah ﷺsaid: “Whoever buys foodstuff should not sell it until he takes possession of all of it.” (Using translation from Aḥmad 396)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٦١٤٣أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ وَالْحَارِثُ بْنُ مِسْكِينٍ قِرَاءَةً عَلَيْهِ وَأَنَا أَسْمَعُ عَنِ ابْنِ الْقَاسِمِ عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «مَنِ ابْتَاعَ طَعَامًا فَلَا يَبِعْهُ حَتَّى يَسْتَوْفِيَهُ»  

nasai-kubra:6144Muḥammad b. Salamah > Ibn al-Qāsim > Mālik > ʿAbdullāh b. Dīnār > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar

The Prophet ﷺ said, "He who buys foodstuff should not sell it till he has received it." (Using translation from Bukhārī 2133)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٦١٤٤أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ الْقَاسِمِ عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ دِينَارٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «مَنِ ابْتَاعَ طَعَامًا فَلَا يَبِعْهُ حَتَّى يَقْبِضَهُ»  

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The Messenger of Allah ﷺsaid: “Whoever buys foodstuff should not sell it until he takes possession of all of it.” (Using translation from Aḥmad 396)   

البيهقي:١٠٦٧٦أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو طَاهِرٍ الْفَقِيهُ أنا أَبُو بَكْرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ الْقَطَّانُ ثنا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ الدَّارَابَجِرْدِيُّ ثنا أَبُو عَاصِمٍ عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَنِ ابْتَاعَ طَعَامًا فَلَا يَبِعْهُ حَتَّى يَسْتَوْفِيَهُ  

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"مَنِ ابْتَاعَ طَعَامًا فَلا يَبعْهُ حَتَّى يَسْتَوْفِيَهُ"

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مالك، [حم] أحمد [خ] البخاري [م] مسلم [ن] النسائي [هـ] ابن ماجة عن ابن عمر، [حم] أحمد [خ] البخاري [م] مسلم [د] أبو داود [ت] الترمذي [ن] النسائي [هـ] ابن ماجة عن ابن عباس، [حم] أحمد [حب] ابن حبّان عن جابر