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tabarani:10921al-ʿAbbās b. al-Faḍl al-Asfāṭī > Sahl b. Bakkār > Wuhayb > Ibn Ṭāwus from his father > Ibn ʿAbbās > Innamā Nuhī

[Machine] About entertainment, because they used to trade in the middle of the year."  

الطبراني:١٠٩٢١حَدَّثَنَا الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ الْأَسْفَاطِيُّ ثنا سَهْلُ بْنُ بَكَّارٍ ثنا وُهَيْبٌ عَنِ ابْنِ طَاوُسٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ «إِنَّمَا §نُهِي

عَنِ الْمُتْعَةِ لِأَنَّهُمْ كَانُوا يَتَّجِرُونَ فِي وَسَطِ السَّنَةِ»