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ذِكْرُ خَبَرٍ قَدْ يُوهِمُ غَيْرَ الْمُتَبَحِّرِ فِي صِنَاعَةِ الْعِلْمِ أَنَّ خَبَرَ حَمَّادِ بْنِ سَلَمَةَ الَّذِي ذَكَرْنَاهُ مَوْهُومٌ

ibnhibban:4980ʿUmar b. Muḥammad al-Hamdānī > Bishr b. Muʿādh al-ʿAqadī > Ḥammād b. Zayd > ʿAmr b. Dīnār > Ṭāwus > Ibn ʿAbbās

He who buys food-rain should not sell it until he has taken possession of it. Ibn Abbas (Allah be pleased with them) said: I regard everything like food (so far as this principle is concerned). (Using translation from Muslim 1525c)  

ابن حبّان:٤٩٨٠أَخْبَرَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْهَمْدَانِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ مُعَاذٍ الْعَقَدِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عَمْرُو بْنُ دِينَارٍ عَنْ طَاوُسٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «مَنِ اشْتَرَى طَعَامًا فَلَا يَبِعْهُ حَتَّى يَقْبِضَهُ» قَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ وَأَحْسِبُ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ بِمَنْزِلَةِ الطَّعَامِ  


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Collected by Muslim, Nasāʾī, Aḥmad, Ṭabarānī, Nasāʾī's Kubrá
muslim:1525cIsḥāq b. Ibrāhīm And Muḥammad b. Rāfiʿ Waʿabd b. Ḥumayd > Ibn Rāfiʿ > al-Ākharān > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > Ibn Ṭāwus from his father > Ibn ʿAbbās

He who buys food-rain should not sell it until he has taken possession of it. Ibn Abbas (Allah be pleased with them) said: I regard everything like food (so far as this principle is concerned).  

مسلم:١٥٢٥cحَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رَافِعٍ وَعَبْدُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ قَالَ ابْنُ رَافِعٍ حَدَّثَنَا وَقَالَ الآخَرَانِ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنِ ابْنِ طَاوُسٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَنِ ابْتَاعَ طَعَامًا فَلاَ يَبِعْهُ حَتَّى يَقْبِضَهُ قَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ وَأَحْسِبُ كُلَّ شَىْءٍ بِمَنْزِلَةِ الطَّعَامِ  

nasai:4600Muḥammad b. Rāfiʿ > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > Ibn Ṭāwus from his father > Ibn ʿAbbās

"The Messenger of Allah said: 'Whoever buys food let him not sell it until he takes possession of it. Ibn 'Abbas said: "I think the same applies to everything else as to food."  

النسائي:٤٦٠٠أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رَافِعٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنِ ابْنِ طَاوُسٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَنِ ابْتَاعَ طَعَامًا فَلاَ يَبِيعُهُ حَتَّى يَقْبِضَهُ قَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ فَأَحْسَبُ أَنَّ كُلَّ شَىْءٍ بِمَنْزِلَةِ الطَّعَامِ  

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:3481ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > Ibn Ṭāwus from his father > Ibn ʿAbbās

"The Messenger of Allah said: 'Whoever buys food let him not sell it until he takes possession of it. Ibn 'Abbas said: "I think the same applies to everything else as to food." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 4600)  

أحمد:٣٤٨١حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ حَدَّثَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنْ ابْنِ طَاوُسٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَنِ ابْتَاعَ طَعَامًا فَلَا يَبِعْهُ حَتَّى يَقْبِضَهُ قَالَ قَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ أَحْسِبُ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ بِمَنْزِلَةِ الطَّعَامِ  

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  

tabarani:10871Ḥafṣ b. ʿUmar b. al-Ṣabbāḥ al-Raqqī > Qabīṣah b. ʿUqbah > Sufyān > ʿAmr b. Dīnār > Ṭāwus > Ibn ʿAbbās

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

الطبراني:١٠٨٧١حَدَّثَنَا حَفْصُ بْنُ عُمَرَ بْنِ الصَّبَّاحِ الرَّقِّيُّ ثنا قَبِيصَةُ بْنُ عُقْبَةَ ثنا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ دِينَارٍ عَنْ طَاوُسٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ قَالَ

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

tabarani:10872Muḥammad b. al-ʿAbbās al-Muʾaddib > Dāwud b. ʿAmr al-Ḍabbī > Muḥammad

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "When you purchase food, do not sell it until you take possession of it." Ibn Abbas said, "And I think the same applies to other types of transactions, like food."  

الطبراني:١٠٨٧٢حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْعَبَّاسِ الْمُؤَدِّبُ ثنا دَاوُدُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو الضَّبِّيُّ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ الطَّائِفِيُّ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ دِينَارٍ عَنْ طَاوُسٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِذَا ابْتَعْتَ طَعَامًا فَلَا تَبِعْهُ حَتَّى تَقْبِضَهُ» قَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ فَأَرَى مَا سِوَى ذَلِكَ مِنَ الْبَيْعِ مِثْلَ الطَّعَامِ  

nasai-kubra:6149Muḥammad b. Rāfiʿ > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > Ibn Ṭāwus from his father > Ibn ʿAbbās

He who buys food-rain should not sell it until he has taken possession of it. Ibn Abbas (Allah be pleased with them) said: I regard everything like food (so far as this principle is concerned). (Using translation from Muslim 1525c)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٦١٤٩أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رَافِعٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنِ ابْنِ طَاوُسٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «مَنِ ابْتَاعَ طَعَامًا فَلَا يَبِعْهُ حَتَّى يَقْبِضَهُ» قَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ فَأَحْسَبُ أَنَّ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ بِمَنْزِلَةِ الطَّعَامِ