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Qurʾān Bukhārī Muslim Nasāʾī Abū Dāwūd Tirmidhī Ibn Mājah Mālik Aḥmad Dārimī Ḥākim Ibn Ḥibbān Ṭabarānī Nasāʾī's Kubrá Bayhaqī al-Luʾluʾ wa-al-Marjān Ibn Rajab's Fifty Riyāḍ al-Ṣāliḥīn Aḥmad's Zuhd Suyūṭī

ذِكْرُ السَّبَبِ الَّذِي مِنْ أَجْلِهِ أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ جَلَّ وَعَلَا {وَيْلٌ لِلْمُطَفِّفِينَ}

ibnhibban:4919 – Aḥmad b. Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Karīm > al-Ḥusayn b. Saʿd Ibn b. ʿAlī b. al-Ḥusayn b. Wāqid > ʿAlī b. al-Ḥusayn b. Wāqid from my father > Yazīd al-Naḥwī > ʿIkrimah > Ibn ʿAbbās

"When the Prophet ﷺ came to Al-Madinah, they were the worst people in weights and measures. Then Allah, Glorious is He revealed: "Woe to the Mutaffifun (those who give less in measure and weight)",[1] and they were fair in weights and measures after that. (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 2223)  

ابن حبّان:٤٩١٩ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْكَرِيمِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ سَعْدِ ابْنِ بِنْتِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ وَاقِدٍ حَدَّثَنِي عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ وَاقِدٍ أَخْبَرَنَا أَبِي عَنْ يَزِيدَ النَّحْوِيِّ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

«لَمَّا قَدِمَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ الْمَدِينَةَ كَانُوا مِنْ أَخْبَثِ النَّاسِ كَيْلًا فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ ﷻ {وَيْلٌ لِلْمُطَفِّفِينَ} فَأَحْسَنُوا الْكَيْلَ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ»  

See similar narrations below:

Collected by Ibn Mājah, Ḥākim, Ṭabarānī, Nasāʾī's Kubrá, Bayhaqī
ibnmajah:2223 – ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Bishr b. al-Ḥakam And Muḥammad b. ʿAqīl b. Khūwaylid > ʿAlī b. al-Ḥusayn b. Wāqid from my father > Yazīd al-Naḥwī > ʿIkrimah > Ibn ʿAbbās

"When the Prophet ﷺ came to Al-Madinah, they were the worst people in weights and measures. Then Allah, Glorious is He revealed: "Woe to the Mutaffifun (those who give less in measure and weight)",[1] and they were fair in weights and measures after that.  

ابن ماجة:٢٢٢٣ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ بِشْرِ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَقِيلِ بْنِ خُوَيْلِدٍ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ وَاقِدٍ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي حَدَّثَنِي يَزِيدُ النَّحْوِيُّ أَنَّ عِكْرِمَةَ حَدَّثَهُ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

لَمَّا قَدِمَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ الْمَدِينَةَ كَانُوا مِنْ أَخْبَثِ النَّاسِ كَيْلاً فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ سُبْحَانَهُ {وَيْلٌ لِلْمُطَفِّفِينَ} فَأَحْسَنُوا الْكَيْلَ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ  

hakim:2240 – Abū al-ʿAbbās Qāsim b. al-Qāsim al-Sayyārī Bimarw > Muḥammad b. Mūsá b. Ḥātim al-Bāsānī > ʿAlī b. al-Ḥasan b. Shaqīq > al-Ḥasan b. Wāqid > Yazīd al-Naḥwī > ʿIkrimah > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ arrived in Medina, they were people who cheated others in terms of measures. So Allah, the Blessed and Exalted, revealed, "Woe to those who give less [than due] measure" [Quran 99:1]. After that, they started to be honest in their measurements.  

الحاكم:٢٢٤٠ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ قَاسِمُ بْنُ الْقَاسِمِ السَّيَّارِيُّ بِمَرْوَ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُوسَى بْنِ حَاتِمٍ الْبَاسَانِيُّ ثنا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ شَقِيقٍ ثنا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ وَاقِدٍ عَنْ يَزِيدَ النَّحْوِيِّ أَنَّ عِكْرِمَةَ حَدَّثَهُ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

لَمَّا قَدِمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ الْمَدِينَةَ كَانُوا مِنْ أَبْخَسِ النَّاسِ كَيْلًا فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى {وَيْلٌ لِلْمُطَفِّفِينَ} [المطففين 1] فَأَحْسَنُوا الْكَيْلَ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ  

«هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحٌ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ» وَلَهُ شَاهِدٌ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ مُفَسَّرٌ صحيح
tabarani:12041 – Aḥmad b. Muḥammad al-Ḥammāl al-Aṣbahānī > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Bishr b. al-Ḥakam > ʿAlī b. al-Ḥusayn b. Wāqid from my father > Yazīd al-Naḥwī > ʿIkrimah > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ arrived in Medina, they were among the worst of people in measuring. So Allah revealed {Woe to those who give less in measure}. So they improved their measuring after that.  

الطبراني:١٢٠٤١ – حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْحَمَّالُ الْأَصْبَهَانِيُّ ثنا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ بِشْرِ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ ثنا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ وَاقِدٍ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَنْ يَزِيدَ النَّحْوِيِّ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

لَمَّا قَدِمَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الْمَدِينَةَ كَانُوا مِنْ أَخْبَثِ النَّاسِ كَيْلًا فَأَنْزَلَ اللهُ ﷻ {وَيْلٌ لِلْمُطَفِّفِينَ} فَأَحْسَنُوا الْكَيْلَ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ  

nasai-kubra:11590 – Muḥammad b. ʿUqayl > ʿAlī b. al-Ḥusayn from my father > Yazīd > ʿIkrimah > Ibn ʿAbbās

"When the Prophet ﷺ came to Al-Madinah, they were the worst people in weights and measures. Then Allah, Glorious is He revealed: "Woe to the Mutaffifun (those who give less in measure and weight)",[1] and they were fair in weights and measures after that. (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 2223)   

الكبرى للنسائي:١١٥٩٠ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُقَيْلٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَنْ يَزِيدَ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

لَمَّا قَدِمَ نَبِيُّ اللهِ ﷺ الْمَدِينَةَ فَكَانُوا مِنْ أَخْبَثِ النَّاسِ كَيْلًا فَأَنْزَلَ اللهُ ﷻ {وَيْلٌ لِلْمُطَفِّفِينَ} [المطففين 1] فَحَسَّنُوا الْكَيْلَ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ  

bayhaqi:11165 – Abū al-Ḥasan Muḥammad b. al-Ḥusayn b. Dāwud al-ʿAlawī > Abū Ḥāmid b. al-Sharqī > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Bishr > ʿAlī b. al-Ḥusayn b. Wāqid from my father > Yazīd al-Naḥwī > ʿIkrimah > Ibn ʿAbbās

"When the Prophet ﷺ came to Al-Madinah, they were the worst people in weights and measures. Then Allah, Glorious is He revealed: "Woe to the Mutaffifun (those who give less in measure and weight)",[1] and they were fair in weights and measures after that. (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 2223)   

البيهقي:١١١٦٥ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ دَاوُدَ الْعَلَوِيُّ أنبأ أَبُو حَامِدِ بْنُ الشَّرْقِيِّ ثنا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ بِشْرٍ ثنا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ وَاقِدٍ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي حَدَّثَنِي يَزِيدُ النَّحْوِيُّ أَنَّ عِكْرِمَةَ حَدَّثَهُ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

لَمَّا قَدِمَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ الْمَدِينَةَ كَانُوا مِنْ أَخْبَثِ النَّاسِ كَيْلًا فَأَنْزَلَ اللهُ ﷻ {وَيْلٌ لِلْمُطَفِّفِينَ} [المطففين 1] فَأَحْسَنُوا الْكَيْلَ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ