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ذِكْرُ وَصْفِ الْقَبْضِ الَّذِي يَحِلُّ بِهِ بَيْعُ الطَّعَامِ الْمُشْتَرَى

ibnhibban:4982al-Ḥasan b. Sufyān > Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. Numayr from my father > ʿUbaydullāh > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

"We used to buy food from troops of riders (i.e., the caravans) without knowing the amount, but the Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade us to sell it until it had been delivered to us." (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 2229)  

ابن حبّان:٤٩٨٢أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ نُمَيْرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي نَافِعٌ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

«كُنَّا نَشْتَرِي الطَّعَامَ مِنَ الرُّكْبَانِ جُزَافًا فَنَهَانَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنْ نَبِيعَهُ حَتَّى نَنْقُلَهُ مِنْ مَكَانِهِ»  


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Collected by Muslim, Ibn Mājah, Aḥmad
muslim:1526b[Chain 1] Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > ʿAlī b. Mushir > ʿUbaydullāh [Chain 2] Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. Numayr from my father > 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.  

مسلم:١٥٢٦bحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُسْهِرٍ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ نُمَيْرٍ وَاللَّفْظُ لَهُ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ مَنِ اشْتَرَى طَعَامًا فَلاَ يَبِعْهُ حَتَّى يَسْتَوْفِيَهُ قَالَ وَكُنَّا نَشْتَرِي الطَّعَامَ مِنَ الرُّكْبَانِ جِزَافًا فَنَهَانَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنْ نَبِيعَهُ حَتَّى نَنْقُلَهُ مِنْ مَكَانِهِ  

ibnmajah:2229Sahl b. Abū Sahl > ʿAbdullāh b. Numayr > ʿUbaydullāh > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

"We used to buy food from troops of riders (i.e., the caravans) without knowing the amount, but the Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade us to sell it until it had been delivered to us."  

ابن ماجة:٢٢٢٩حَدَّثَنَا سَهْلُ بْنُ أَبِي سَهْلٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ نُمَيْرٍ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

كُنَّا نَشْتَرِي الطَّعَامَ مِنَ الرُّكْبَانِ جِزَافًا فَنَهَانَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنْ نَبِيعَهُ حَتَّى نَنْقُلَهُ مِنْ مَكَانِهِ  

ahmad:6275Ibn Numayr > ʿUbaydullāh > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

"We used to buy food from troops of riders (i.e., the caravans) without knowing the amount, but the Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade us to sell it until it had been delivered to us." (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 2229)  

أحمد:٦٢٧٥حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللهِ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

كُنَّا نَشْتَرِي الطَّعَامَ مِنَ الرُّكْبَانِ جُزَافًا فَنَهَانَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ نَبِيعَهُ حَتَّى نَنْقُلَهُ مِنْ مَكَانِهِ