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nasai:4493 – Muḥammad b. al-Muthanná > Sālim b. Nūḥ > Yūnus > Muḥammad b. Sīrīn > Anas b. Mālik > Nuhīnā

"It was forbidden to us for a town-dweller to sell for a desert-dweller, even if he was his father or brother." (Sahih )  

النسائي:٤٤٩٣ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي سَالِمُ بْنُ نُوحٍ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا يُونُسُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِيرِينَ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ نُهِينَا

أَنْ يَبِيعَ حَاضِرٌ لِبَادٍ وَإِنْ كَانَ أَخَاهُ أَوْ أَبَاهُ  

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bukhari:2161 – Muḥammad b. al-Muthanná > Muʿādh > Ibn ʿAwn > Muḥammad > Anas b. Mālik Nuhīnā

We were forbidden that a town dweller should sell goods of a desert dweller.  

البخاري:٢١٦١ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذٌ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ عَوْنٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَ أَنَسُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ ؓ نُهِينَا

أَنْ يَبِيعَ حَاضِرٌ لِبَادٍ  

muslim:1523a – Yaḥyá b. Yaḥyá > Hushaym > Yūnus > Ibn Sīrīn > Anas b. Mālik > Nuhīnā

We were forbidden that a townsman should sell for a man of the desert, even if he is his brother or father.  

مسلم:١٥٢٣a – وَحَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى أَخْبَرَنَا هُشَيْمٌ عَنْ يُونُسَ عَنِ ابْنِ سِيرِينَ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ نُهِينَا

أَنْ يَبِيعَ حَاضِرٌ لِبَادٍ وَإِنْ كَانَ أَخَاهُ أَوْ أَبَاهُ  

muslim:1523b – Muḥammad b. al-Muthanná > Ibn Abū ʿAdī > Ibn ʿAwn > Muḥammad > Anasḥ > Ibn al-Muthanná > Muʿādh > Ibn ʿAwn > Muḥammad > Anas b. Mālik Nuhīnā

We were forbidden that a townsman should sell for a man of the desert.  

مسلم:١٥٢٣b – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي عَدِيٍّ عَنِ ابْنِ عَوْنٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍح وَحَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ الْمُثَنَّى حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذٌ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ عَوْنٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَ قَالَ أَنَسُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ نُهِينَا

عَنْ أَنْ يَبِيعَ حَاضِرٌ لِبَادٍ  

nasai:4492 – Muḥammad b. Bashhār > Muḥammad b. al-Zibriqān > Yūnus b. ʿUbayd > al-Ḥasan > Anas

the Prophet forbade a town-dweller to sell for a desert- dweller, even if he was his father or brother. (Sahih )  

النسائي:٤٤٩٢ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الزِّبْرِقَانِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ نَهَى أَنْ يَبِيعَ حَاضِرٌ لِبَادٍ وَإِنْ كَانَ أَبَاهُ أَوْ أَخَاهُ  

nasai:4494 – Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Aʿlá > Khālid > Ibn ʿAwn > Muḥammad > Anas > Nuhīnā

"It was forbidden to us for a town-dweller to sell for a desert-dweller." (Sahih )  

النسائي:٤٤٩٤ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الأَعْلَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ عَوْنٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ نُهِينَا

أَنْ يَبِيعَ حَاضِرٌ لِبَادٍ  

abudawud:3440 – Zuhayr b. Ḥarb > Muḥammad b. al-Zibriqān Abū Hammām

The Prophet ﷺ said: A townsman must not sell for a man from the desert, even if he is his brother or father. Abu Dawud said: Anas b. Malik said: It was said: A townsman must not sell for a man from the desert. This phrase carries a broad meaning. It means that the (the townsman) must not sell anything for him or buy anything for him.  

أبو داود:٣٤٤٠ – حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ الزِّبْرِقَانَ أَبَا هَمَّامٍ حَدَّثَهُمْ قَالَ زُهَيْرٌ وَكَانَ ثِقَةً عَنْ يُونُسَ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ لاَ يَبِيعُ حَاضِرٌ لِبَادٍ وَإِنْ كَانَ أَخَاهُ أَوْ أَبَاهُ  

قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ سَمِعْتُ حَفْصَ بْنَ عُمَرَ يَقُولُ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو هِلاَلٍ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدٌ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ كَانَ يُقَالُ لاَ يَبِيعُ حَاضِرٌ لِبَادٍ وَهِيَ كَلِمَةٌ جَامِعَةٌ لاَ يَبِيعُ لَهُ شَيْئًا وَلاَ يَبْتَاعُ لَهُ شَيْئًا
nasai-kubra:6039 – Muḥammad b. Bashhār > Muḥammad b. al-Zibriqān > Yūnus b. ʿUbayd > al-Ḥasan > Anas

the Prophet forbade a town-dweller to sell for a desert- dweller, even if he was his father or brother. (Sahih ) (Using translation from Nasāʾī 4492)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٦٠٣٩ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الزِّبْرِقَانِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ نَهَى أَنْ يَبِيعَ حَاضِرٌ لِبَادٍ وَإِنْ كَانَ أَبَاهُ وَأَخَاهُ  

nasai-kubra:6041 – Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Aʿlá > Khālid > Ibn ʿAwn > Muḥammad > Anas b. Mālik > Nuhīnā

We were forbidden that a town dweller should sell goods of a desert dweller. (Using translation from Bukhārī 2161)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٦٠٤١ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْأَعْلَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ عَوْنٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ «§نُهِينَا

أَنْ يَبِيعَ حَاضِرٌ لِبَادٍ»  

bayhaqi:10904 – Abū al-Ḥusayn b. Bishrān > Ismāʿīl al-Ṣaffār > Muḥammad b. Ghālib > Muḥammad b. Abān al-Balkhī > Abū Hammām al-Ahwāzī Muḥammad b. al-Zibriqān > Yūnus > al-Ḥasan > Anas

The Prophet ﷺ said: A townsman must not sell for a man from the desert, even if he is his brother or father. Abu Dawud said: Anas b. Malik said: It was said: A townsman must not sell for a man from the desert. This phrase carries a broad meaning. It means that the (the townsman) must not sell anything for him or buy anything for him. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3440)   

البيهقي:١٠٩٠٤ – وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحُسَيْنِ بْنُ بِشْرَانَ أنا إِسْمَاعِيلُ الصَّفَّارُ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ غَالِبٍ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبَانَ الْبَلْخِيُّ ثنا أَبُو هَمَّامٍ الْأَهْوَازِيُّ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الزِّبْرِقَانِ عَنْ يُونُسَ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ لَا يَبِيعُ حَاضِرٌ لِبَادٍ وَإنْ كَانَ أَخَاهُ أَوْ أَبَاهُ