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tabarani:16066Muḥammad b. ʿUthmān b. Abū Shaybah > ʿUbādah b. Ziyād al-Asadī > Abū Maryam b. ʿAbd al-Ghaffār b. al-Qāsim > al-Ḥakam b. ʿUtaybah > Abū Wāʾil > Qays b. Abū Gharazah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ came out to us while we were called the merchants and said to us, "O group of merchants, indeed, the buying and selling that you engage in involves swearing oaths and the presence of the devil, so purify it with charity."  

الطبراني:١٦٠٦٦حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ثَنَا عُبَادَةُ بْنُ زِيَادٍ الْأَسَدِيُّ ثَنَا أَبُو مَرْيَمَ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْغَفَّارِ بْنِ الْقَاسِمِ عَنِ الْحَكَمِ بْنِ عُتَيْبَةَ عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ عَنْ قَيْسِ بْنِ أَبِي غَرَزَةَ قَالَ

خَرَجَ عَلَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَكُنَّا نُسَمَّى السَّمَاسِرَةَ فَقَالَ لَنَا «يَا مَعْشَرَ التُّجَّارِ إِنَّ بَيْعَكُمْ هَذَا يَحْضُرُهُ الْحَلِفُ وَالشَّيْطَانُ فَشُوبُوهُ بِصَدَقَةٍ»  


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Collected by Nasāʾī, Tirmidhī, Ibn Mājah, Aḥmad
nasai:3797ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Sufyān > ʿAbd al-Malik > Abū Wāʾil > Qays b. Abū Gharazah

"At the time of the Messenger of Allah we used to be called Samasir (brokers). The Messenger of Allah came to us when we were selling and called us by a name that was better than that. He said: 'O merchants (Tujjar), this selling involves lies and (false) oaths, so mix some charity with it.'"  

النسائي:٣٧٩٧أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ عَنْ قَيْسِ بْنِ أَبِي غَرَزَةَ قَالَ

كُنَّا نُسَمَّى السَّمَاسِرَةَ فَأَتَانَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَنَحْنُ نَبِيعُ فَسَمَّانَا بِاسْمٍ هُوَ خَيْرٌ مِنِ اسْمِنَا فَقَالَ يَا مَعْشَرَ التُّجَّارِ إِنَّ هَذَا الْبَيْعَ يَحْضُرُهُ الْحَلِفُ وَالْكَذِبُ فَشُوبُوا بَيْعَكُمْ بِالصَّدَقَةِ  

tirmidhi:1208Hannād > Abū Bakr b. ʿAyyāsh > ʿĀṣim > Abū Wāʾil > Qays b. Abū Gharazah

"The Messenger of Allah (S) came to us, and we were what was called 'brokers,' he said: 'O people of trade! Indeed the Shaitan and sin are present in the sale, so mix your sales with charity.'" He said: There are narrations on this topic from Al-Bara' bin 'Azib and Rifa'ah.  

[Abu 'Eisa said:] The Hadith of Qais bin Abi Gharazah (a narrator) is a Hasan Sahih Hadith. Mansur, Al-A'mash, Habib bin Abi Thabit and others reported it from Abu Wa'il, from Qais bin Abi Gharzah, from the Prophet ﷺ. We do not know of anything from the Prophet ﷺ narrated by Qais other than this.
الترمذي:١٢٠٨حَدَّثَنَا هَنَّادٌ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ عَيَّاشٍ عَنْ عَاصِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ عَنْ قَيْسِ بْنِ أَبِي غَرَزَةَ قَالَ

خَرَجَ عَلَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَنَحْنُ نُسَمَّى السَّمَاسِرَةَ فَقَالَ يَا مَعْشَرَ التُّجَّارِ إِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ وَالإِثْمَ يَحْضُرَانِ الْبَيْعَ فَشُوبُوا بَيْعَكُمْ بِالصَّدَقَةِ قَالَ وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ بْنِ عَازِبٍ وَرِفَاعَةَ  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى حَدِيثُ قَيْسِ بْنِ أَبِي غَرَزَةَ حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ رَوَاهُ مَنْصُورٌ وَالأَعْمَشُ وَحَبِيبُ بْنُ أَبِي ثَابِتٍ وَغَيْرُ وَاحِدٍ عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ عَنْ قَيْسِ بْنِ أَبِي غَرَزَةَ وَلاَ نَعْرِفُ لِقَيْسٍ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ غَيْرَ هَذَا
ibnmajah:2145Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. Numayr > Abū Muʿāwiyah > al-Aʿmash > Shaqīq > Qays b. Abū Gharazah

"At the time of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ we used to be called brokers, but the Messenger of Allah ﷺ passed by us and called by a name that was better than that. He said: 'O merchants, selling involves (false) oaths and idle talk, so mix some charity with it."'  

ابن ماجة:٢١٤٥حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ نُمَيْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ عَنْ شَقِيقٍ عَنْ قَيْسِ بْنِ أَبِي غَرَزَةَ قَالَ

كُنَّا نُسَمَّى فِي عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ السَّمَاسِرَةَ فَمَرَّ بِنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَسَمَّانَا بِاسْمٍ هُوَ أَحْسَنُ مِنْهُ فَقَالَ يَا مَعْشَرَ التُّجَّارِ إِنَّ الْبَيْعَ يَحْضُرُهُ الْحَلِفُ وَاللَّغْوُ فَشُوبُوهُ بِالصَّدَقَةِ  

ahmad:16137Bahz > Shuʿbah > Ḥabīb b. Abū Thābit > Abū Wāʾil Yuḥaddithuʿan Qays b. Abū Gharazah

[Machine] The messenger of Allah, may peace and blessings be upon him, came out to us while we were selling slaves and we were called the brokers. He said, "O merchants, know that your trade involves falsehood or swearing. Purify it with charity or something from charity."  

أحمد:١٦١٣٧حَدَّثَنَا بَهْزٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ قَالَ حَبِيبُ بْنُ أَبِي ثَابِتٍ أَخْبَرَنِي قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا وَائِلٍ يُحَدِّثُعَنْ قَيْسِ بْنِ أَبِي غَرَزَةَ قَالَ

خَرَجَ إِلَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَنَحْنُ نَبِيعُ الرَّقِيقَ نُسَمَّى السَّمَاسِرَةَ فَقَالَ يَا مَعْشَرَ التُّجَّارِ إِنَّ بَيْعَكُمْ هَذَا يُخَالِطُهُ لَغْوٌ أَوْ حَلِفٌ فَشُوبُوهُ بِصَدَقَةٍ أَوْ بِشَيْءٍ مِنْ صَدَقَةٍ  

ahmad:16138ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Mahdī > Sufyān > Ḥabīb b. Abū Thābit > Abū Wāʾil > Qays b. Abū Gharazah

[Machine] "We used to sell slaves in the market and we were called brokers. Then the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , gave us a better name than what we had given ourselves. He said, 'O merchants, this trade involves vain talk and oaths, so make it pure by giving in charity.'"  

أحمد:١٦١٣٨حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ حَبِيبِ بْنِ أَبِي ثَابِتٍ عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ عَنْ قَيْسِ بْنِ أَبِي غَرَزَةَ قَالَ

كُنَّا نَبِيعُ الرَّقِيقَ فِي السُّوقِ وَكُنَّا نُسَمَّى السَّمَاسِرَةَ فَسَمَّانَا رسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِأَحْسَنَ مِمَّا سَمَّيْنَا بِهِ أَنْفُسَنَا فَقَالَ يَا مَعْشَرَ التُّجَّارِ إِنَّ هَذَا الْبَيْعَ يَحْضُرُهُ اللَّغْوُ وَالْأَيْمَانُ فَشُوبُوهُ بِالصَّدَقَةِ  

ahmad:16139Abū Muʿāwiyah > al-Aʿmash > Shaqīq > Qays b. Abū Gharazah

In the time of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ we used to be called brokers, but the Prophet ﷺ came upon us one day, and called us by a better name than that, saying: O company of merchants, unprofitable speech and swearing takes place in business dealings, so mix it with sadaqah (alms). (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3326)  

أحمد:١٦١٣٩حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ شَقِيقٍ عَنْ قَيْسِ بْنِ أَبِي غَرَزَةَ قَالَ

كُنَّا نُسَمَّى عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ السَّمَاسِرَةَ فَمَرَّ بِنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَسَمَّانَا بِاسْمٍ هُوَ أَحْسَنُ مِنْهُ فَقَالَ يَا مَعْشَرَ التُّجَّارِ إِنَّ هَذَا الْبَيْعَ يَحْضُرُهُ اللَّغْوُ وَالْحَلِفُ فَشُوبُوهُ بِالصَّدَقَةِ