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bayhaqi:11188Abū Thawbah > Ibn al-Mubārak > Maʿmar > al-Zuhrī

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ passed by a Bedouin who was selling something and said, “Stick to the first offer (or the first bidding), for profits come with generosity.”

البيهقي:١١١٨٨وَعَنْ أَبِي ثَوْبَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ الْمُبَارَكِ عَنْ مَعْمَرٍ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ قَالَ

مَرَّ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ عَلَى أَعْرَابِيٍّ يَبِيعُ شَيْئًا فَقَالَ عَلَيْكَ بِأَوَّلِ سَوْمٍ أَوْ أَوَّلِ السَّوْمِ؛ فَإِنَّ الْأَرْبَاحَ مَعَ السَّمَاحِ

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[Machine] Al-Zuhri narrated that the Prophet ﷺ passed by a Bedouin who was selling something and said: “Stick to the first offer, or to the first bidding, for profit comes with leniency.”

السيوطي:٧١٥-٣b

"عَن الزُّهْرِى: أَنَّ النَّبِى ﷺ مَرَّ بِأعْرَابِىٍّ يَبِيعُ شَيْئًا فَقَالَ: عَلَيْكَ بِأوَّلِ سَوْمَةٍ أوَ بِأوَّلِ السَّوْمِ، فَإِنَّ الرِّبْح مَعَ السَّمَاحِ".

[ش] ابن أبى شيبة