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ذِكْرُ الزَّجْرِ عَنْ بَيْعِ الْمَرْءِ عَلَى بَيْعِ أَخِيهِ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَتَفَرَّقَ الْبَائِعُ وَالْمُشْتَرِي

ibnhibban:4965al-Ḥusayn b. Idrīs al-Anṣārī > Aḥmad b. Abū Bakr > Mālik > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

"Let one of you not undersell another."[1] (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 2171)  

ابن حبّان:٤٩٦٥أَخْبَرَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ إِدْرِيسَ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «لَا يَبِعْ بَعْضُكُمْ عَلَى بَيْعِ بَعْضٍ»  


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Collected by Bukhārī, Muslim, Abū Dāwūd, Ibn Mājah, Mālik, Aḥmad, Ibn Ḥibbān, Nasāʾī's Kubrá, Suyūṭī
bukhari:2139Ismāʿīl > Mālik > Nāfiʿ > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar

Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Do not urge somebody to return what he has already bought (i.e. in optional sale) from another seller so as to sell him your own goods."  

البخاري:٢١٣٩حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ ؓ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ لاَ يَبِيعُ بَعْضُكُمْ عَلَى بَيْعِ أَخِيهِ  

bukhari:2165ʿAbdullāh b. Yūsuf > Mālik > Nāfiʿ > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar

Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "You should not try to cancel the purchases of one another (to get a benefit thereof), and do not go ahead to meet the caravan (for buying the goods) (but wait) till it reaches the market."  

البخاري:٢١٦٥حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ أَخْبَرَنَا مَالِكٌ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ ؓ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ لاَ يَبِيعُ بَعْضُكُمْ عَلَى بَيْعِ بَعْضٍ وَلاَ تَلَقَّوُا السِّلَعَ حَتَّى يُهْبَطَ بِهَا إِلَى السُّوقِ  

muslim:1412a[Chain 1] Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > Layth [Chain 2] Ibn Rumḥ > al-Layth > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

None amongst you should outbid another in a transaction, nor should he make proposals of marriage upon the proposal made by someone else.  

مسلم:١٤١٢aوَحَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا لَيْثٌ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ رُمْحٍ أَخْبَرَنَا اللَّيْثُ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ لاَ يَبِعْ بَعْضُكُمْ عَلَى بَيْعِ بَعْضٍ وَلاَ يَخْطُبْ بَعْضُكُمْ عَلَى خِطْبَةِ بَعْضٍ  

muslim:1412eYaḥyá b. Yaḥyá > Mālik > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

One amongst you should not enter into a transaction when another is bargaining.  

مسلم:١٤١٢eحَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى قَالَ قَرَأْتُ عَلَى مَالِكٍ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ لاَ يَبِعْ بَعْضُكُمْ عَلَى بَيْعِ بَعْضٍ  

abudawud:3436ʿAbdullāh b. Maslamah al-Qaʿnabī > Mālik > Nāfiʿ > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying: None of you must buy in opposition to one another ; and do not go out to meet the merchandise, (but one must wait) till it is brought down to the market.  

أبو داود:٣٤٣٦حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ الْقَعْنَبِيُّ عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ لاَ يَبِعْ بَعْضُكُمْ عَلَى بَيْعِ بَعْضٍ وَلاَ تَلَقَّوُا السِّلَعَ حَتَّى يُهْبَطَ بِهَا الأَسْوَاقَ  

ibnmajah:2171Sūwayd b. Saʿīd > Mālik b. Anas > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

"Let one of you not undersell another."[1]  

ابن ماجة:٢١٧١حَدَّثَنَا سُوَيْدُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكُ بْنُ أَنَسٍ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ لاَ يَبِيعُ بَعْضُكُمْ عَلَى بَيْعِ بَعْضٍ  

malik:31-97Yaḥyá > Mālik > Nāfiʿ > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar

Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi from Abdullah ibn Umar that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Do not let any of you bid against each other."  

مالك:٣١-٩٧حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ لاَ يَبِعْ بَعْضُكُمْ عَلَى بَيْعِ بَعْضٍ  

ahmad:8937Muḥammad b. Idrīs > Mālik > Abū al-Zinād > al-Aʿrajiʿan Abū Hurayrah

One amongst you should not enter into a transaction when another is bargaining. (Using translation from Muslim 1412e)  

أحمد:٨٩٣٧حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِدْرِيسَ أَخْبَرَنَا مَالِكٌ عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ عَنْ الْأَعْرَجِعَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ لَا يَبِعْ بَعْضُكُمْ عَلَى بَيْعِ بَعْضٍ وَلَا يَبِعْ حَاضِرٌ لِبَادٍ وَلَا تَنَاجَشُوا وَلَا تَلَقَّوْا السِّلَعَ  

ahmad:6060Yūnus > Layth > Nāfiʿ > ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] According to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , he said, "None of you should sell based on the sale of another, nor should anyone propose marriage to someone who has already been proposed to."  

أحمد:٦٠٦٠حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ حَدَّثَنَا لَيْثٌ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَنَّهُ قَالَ لَا يَبِيعُ بَعْضُكُمْعَلَى بَيْعِ بَعْضٍ وَلَا يَخْطُبُ عَلَى خِطْبَةِ بَعْضٍ  

ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ هَذَا الْفِعْلَ إِنَّمَا زُجِرَ عَنْهُ مَا لَمْ يَأْذَنِ الْبَائِعُ الْأَوَّلُ فِيهِ

ibnhibban:4966al-Ḥasan b. Sufyān > Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. Numayr from my father > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿUmar > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "None of you should sell the property of his brother without his permission."  

ابن حبّان:٤٩٦٦أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ نُمَيْرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «لَا يَبِعْ أَحَدُكُمْ عَلَى بَيْعِ أَخِيهِ إِلَّا بِإِذْنِهِ»  

nasai-kubra:6050Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > Mālik And al-Layth > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Do not urge somebody to return what he has already bought (i.e. in optional sale) from another seller so as to sell him your own goods." (Using translation from Bukhārī 2139)   

الكبرى للنسائي:٦٠٥٠أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ مَالِكٍ وَاللَّيْثِ وَاللَّفْظُ لَهُ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «لَا يَبِيعُ أَحَدُكُمْ عَلَى بَيْعِ بَعْضٍ»