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ذِكْرُ الِاسْتِحْبَابِ لِلْمَرْءِ أَنْ يَكُونَ بَيْعُهُ الْعَرَايَا فِيمَا دُونَ خَمْسَةِ أَوْسُقٍ وَلَا يُجَاوِزُ بِهِ إِلَى أَنْ يَبْلُغَ خَمْسَةَ أَوْسُقٍ احْتِيَاطًا

ibnhibban:5008Abū Yaʿlá > Abū Khaythamah > Yaʿqūb b. Ibrāhīm from my father > Ibn Isḥāq > Muḥammad b. Yaḥyá b. Ḥibbān from his uncle Wāsiʿ b. Ḥabbān > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ when he allowed the poor to sell grapes by the bunch, he said, "Al-Wasq, al-Wasqayn, ath-Thalathah, wal-Arba'ah."  

ابن حبّان:٥٠٠٨أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو يَعْلَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو خَيْثَمَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي عَنِ ابْنِ إِسْحَاقَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى بْنِ حِبَّانَ عَنْ عَمِّهِ وَاسِعِ بْنِ حَبَّانَ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ حِينَ أَذِنَ لِلْعَرَايَا أَنْ يَبِيعُوهَا بِخَرْصِهَا يَقُولُ «الْوَسْقُ وَالْوَسْقَيْنِ وَالثَّلَاثَةُ وَالْأَرْبَعَةُ»  


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ahmad:14868Yaʿqūb from my father > Ibn Isḥāq > Muḥammad b. Yaḥyá b. Ḥabbān from his uncle Wāsiʿ b. Ḥabbān > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh al-Anṣārī

[Machine] I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) when he allowed the owners of infant camels to sell them as they please, saying the following prices: one wasq, two wasqs, three wasqs, and four wasqs.  

أحمد:١٤٨٦٨حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي عَنْ ابْنِ إِسْحَاقَ حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى بْنِ حَبَّانَ عَنْ عَمِّهِ وَاسِعِ بْنِ حَبَّانَ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ حِينَ أَذِنَ لِأَصْحَابِ الْعَرَايَا أَنْ يَبِيعُوهَا بِخَرْصِهَا يَقُولُ الْوَسْقَ وَالْوَسْقَيْنِ وَالثَّلَاثَةَ وَالْأَرْبَعَةَ  

bayhaqi:10668Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ And ʾAbū Bakr Aḥmad b. al-Ḥasan > Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > Abū Zurʿah ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. ʿAmr al-Dimashqī > Aḥmad b. Khālid al-Wahbī > Muḥammad b. Isḥāq > Muḥammad b. Yaḥyá b. Ḥabbān from his uncle Wāsiʿ b. Ḥabbān > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ prohibited gambling and selling by chance, but he allowed the sale of defective merchandise at its appropriate value. Then he mentioned wasq, double wasq, three [units], and four [units].  

البيهقي:١٠٦٦٨أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ قَالَا ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا أَبُو زُرْعَةَ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَمْرٍو الدِّمَشْقِيُّ ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ الْوَهْبِيُّ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى بْنِ حَبَّانَ عَنْ عَمِّهِ وَاسِعِ بْنِ حَبَّانَ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ

نَهَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَنِ الْمُحَاقَلَةِ وَالْمُزَابَنَةِ وَأَذِنَ لِأَصْحَابِ الْعَرَايَا أَنْ يَبِيعُوهَا بِمِثْلِ خَرْصِهَا ثُمَّ قَالَ الْوَسْقَ وَالْوَسْقَيْنِ وَالثَّلَاثَةَ وَالْأَرْبَعَةَ