Caution: Translations of Quran and Ḥadīth may lead to possible misapplications and misinterpretations. This site is intended for students of sacred knowledge that are proficient in comprehending classical Arabic and have a strong foundation in Islamic sciences. Also note that religious injunctions rely on several aspects beyond what one may glean through reading individual aḥādīth.
Qurʾān Bukhārī Muslim Nasāʾī Abū Dāwūd Tirmidhī Ibn Mājah Mālik Aḥmad Dārimī Ḥākim Ibn Ḥibbān Ṭabarānī Nasāʾī's Kubrá Bayhaqī al-Luʾluʾ wa-al-Marjān Ibn Rajab's Fifty Riyāḍ al-Ṣāliḥīn Aḥmad's Zuhd Suyūṭī
tabarani:6930 – Muʿādh b. al-Muthanná > ʿAlī b. al-Madīnī > ʿAbdullāh b. Nājiyah > Shabāb al-ʿUṣfurī > Muʿādh b. Hishām from my father > Maṭar al-Warrāq > al-Ḥasan > Samurah

The Prophet ﷺ said, "No town-dweller should sell for a bedouin. Do not practice Najsh (i.e. Do not offer a high price for a thing which you do not want to buy, in order to deceive the people). No Muslim should offer more for a thing already bought by his Muslim brother, nor should he demand the hand of a girl already engaged to another Muslim. A Muslim woman shall not try to bring about The divorce of her sister (i.e. another Muslim woman) in order to take her place herself." (Using translation from Bukhārī 2723)  

الطبراني:٦٩٣٠ – حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى ثنا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْمَدِينِيِّ وَحَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ نَاجِيَةَ ثنا شَبَابٌ الْعُصْفُرِيُّ قَالَا ثنا مُعَاذُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَنْ مَطَرٍ الْوَرَّاقِ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ سَمُرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «لَا يَبِعْ حَاضِرٌ لِبَادٍ»  

See similar narrations below:

Collected by Bukhārī, Muslim, Nasāʾī, Abū Dāwūd, Ibn Mājah, Aḥmad, Ṭabarānī, Bayhaqī, Suyūṭī
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  

bukhari:2162 – Muḥammad b. Bashhār > ʿAbd al-Wahhāb > ʿUbaydullāh > Saʿīd b. Abū Saʿīd > Abū Hurayrah

The Prophet ﷺ forbade the meeting (of caravans) on the way and the selling of goods by an inhabitant of the town on behalf of a desert dweller.  

البخاري:٢١٦٢ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَهَّابِ حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ؓ قَالَ

نَهَى النَّبِيُّ ﷺ عَنِ التَّلَقِّي وَأَنْ يَبِيعَ حَاضِرٌ لِبَادٍ  

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: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
ibnmajah:2175 – Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Sufyān b. ʿUyaynah > al-Zuhrī > Saʿīd b. al-Musayyab > Abū Hurayrah

"A City-dweller should not sell for a Bedouin."  

ابن ماجة:٢١٧٥ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ لاَ يَبِيعُ حَاضِرٌ لِبَادٍ  

ahmad:7312 – Sufyān > Abū al-Zinād > al-Aʿraj > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] Narrated by the Prophet ﷺ, "A seller should not sell to a buyer who is present for someone else."  

أحمد:٧٣١٢ – حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ عَنِ الْأَعْرَجِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ لَا يَبِيعُ حَاضِرٌ لِبَادٍ  

ahmad:10366 – Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Hishām > Muḥammadʿan Abū Hurayrah

The Prophet ﷺ said, "No town-dweller should sell for a bedouin. Do not practice Najsh (i.e. Do not offer a high price for a thing which you do not want to buy, in order to deceive the people). No Muslim should offer more for a thing already bought by his Muslim brother, nor should he demand the hand of a girl already engaged to another Muslim. A Muslim woman shall not try to bring about The divorce of her sister (i.e. another Muslim woman) in order to take her place herself." (Using translation from Bukhārī 2723)  

أحمد:١٠٣٦٦ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍعَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ لَا يَبِيعُ حَاضِرٌ لِبَادٍ  

ahmad:10235 – Wakīʿ > Sufyān > Ṣāliḥ a freed slave of al-Tawʾamah > Abū Hurayrah

"A City-dweller should not sell for a Bedouin." (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 2175)   

أحمد:١٠٢٣٥ – حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ صَالِحٍ مَوْلَى التَّوْأَمَةِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَا يَبِعْ حَاضِرٌ لِبَادٍ  

عَطَاءُ بْنُ السَّائِبِ، عَنْ يَعْلَى بْنِ مُرَّةَ

tabarani:18993 – Muḥammad b. Isḥāq b. Rāhawayh from my father > Jarīr > ʿAṭāʾ b. al-Sāʾib > Unās from Qawmih > Yaʿlá b. Murrah

[Machine] "That the Prophet ﷺ said, 'Do not depict my servants.'"  

الطبراني:١٨٩٩٣ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ رَاهَوَيْهِ ثنا أَبِي ثنا جَرِيرٌ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ السَّائِبِ عَنْ أُنَاسٍ مِنْ قَوْمِهِ عَنْ يَعْلَى بْنِ مُرَّةَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ لَا تُمَثِّلُوا بِعِبَادِي  

tabarani:13545a – Muḥammad b. al-Ḥusayn Ibn b. Rishdīn b. Saʿd al-Miṣrī

The Prophet ﷺ said, "No town-dweller should sell for a bedouin. Do not practice Najsh (i.e. Do not offer a high price for a thing which you do not want to buy, in order to deceive the people). No Muslim should offer more for a thing already bought by his Muslim brother, nor should he demand the hand of a girl already engaged to another Muslim. A Muslim woman shall not try to bring about The divorce of her sister (i.e. another Muslim woman) in order to take her place herself." (Using translation from Bukhārī 2723)  

الطبراني:١٣٥٤٥a – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ ابْنُ بِنْتِ رِشْدِينَ بْنِ سَعْدٍ الْمِصْرِيُّ ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ الْجُعْفِيُّ ثنا أَبُو الْمُحَيَّاةِ يَحْيَى بْنُ يَعْلَى عَنْ لَيْثٍ عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «لَا يَبِعْ حَاضِرٌ لِبَادٍ»  

tabarani:13545b – Muḥammad b. al-Ḥusayn Ibn b. Rishdīn b. Saʿd al-Miṣrī

The Prophet ﷺ said, "No town-dweller should sell for a bedouin. Do not practice Najsh (i.e. Do not offer a high price for a thing which you do not want to buy, in order to deceive the people). No Muslim should offer more for a thing already bought by his Muslim brother, nor should he demand the hand of a girl already engaged to another Muslim. A Muslim woman shall not try to bring about The divorce of her sister (i.e. another Muslim woman) in order to take her place herself." (Using translation from Bukhārī 2723)  

الطبراني:١٣٥٤٥b – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ ابْنُ بِنْتِ رِشْدِينَ بْنِ سَعْدٍ الْمِصْرِيُّ ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ الْجُعْفِيُّ ثنا أَبُو الْمُحَيَّاةِ يَحْيَى بْنُ يَعْلَى عَنْ لَيْثٍ عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «لَا يَبِعْ حَاضِرٌ لِبَادٍ»  

tabarani:13545c – Muḥammad b. al-Ḥusayn Ibn b. Rishdīn b. Saʿd al-Miṣrī

The Prophet ﷺ said, "No town-dweller should sell for a bedouin. Do not practice Najsh (i.e. Do not offer a high price for a thing which you do not want to buy, in order to deceive the people). No Muslim should offer more for a thing already bought by his Muslim brother, nor should he demand the hand of a girl already engaged to another Muslim. A Muslim woman shall not try to bring about The divorce of her sister (i.e. another Muslim woman) in order to take her place herself." (Using translation from Bukhārī 2723)  

الطبراني:١٣٥٤٥c – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ ابْنُ بِنْتِ رِشْدِينَ بْنِ سَعْدٍ الْمِصْرِيُّ ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ الْجُعْفِيُّ ثنا أَبُو الْمُحَيَّاةِ يَحْيَى بْنُ يَعْلَى عَنْ لَيْثٍ عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «لَا يَبِعْ حَاضِرٌ لِبَادٍ»  

tabarani:13545d – Muḥammad b. al-Ḥusayn Ibn b. Rishdīn b. Saʿd al-Miṣrī

The Prophet ﷺ said, "No town-dweller should sell for a bedouin. Do not practice Najsh (i.e. Do not offer a high price for a thing which you do not want to buy, in order to deceive the people). No Muslim should offer more for a thing already bought by his Muslim brother, nor should he demand the hand of a girl already engaged to another Muslim. A Muslim woman shall not try to bring about The divorce of her sister (i.e. another Muslim woman) in order to take her place herself." (Using translation from Bukhārī 2723)  

الطبراني:١٣٥٤٥d – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ ابْنُ بِنْتِ رِشْدِينَ بْنِ سَعْدٍ الْمِصْرِيُّ ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ الْجُعْفِيُّ ثنا أَبُو الْمُحَيَّاةِ يَحْيَى بْنُ يَعْلَى عَنْ لَيْثٍ عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «لَا يَبِعْ حَاضِرٌ لِبَادٍ»  

tabarani:13545e – Muḥammad b. al-Ḥusayn Ibn b. Rishdīn b. Saʿd al-Miṣrī

The Prophet ﷺ said, "No town-dweller should sell for a bedouin. Do not practice Najsh (i.e. Do not offer a high price for a thing which you do not want to buy, in order to deceive the people). No Muslim should offer more for a thing already bought by his Muslim brother, nor should he demand the hand of a girl already engaged to another Muslim. A Muslim woman shall not try to bring about The divorce of her sister (i.e. another Muslim woman) in order to take her place herself." (Using translation from Bukhārī 2723)  

الطبراني:١٣٥٤٥e – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ ابْنُ بِنْتِ رِشْدِينَ بْنِ سَعْدٍ الْمِصْرِيُّ ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ الْجُعْفِيُّ ثنا أَبُو الْمُحَيَّاةِ يَحْيَى بْنُ يَعْلَى عَنْ لَيْثٍ عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «لَا يَبِعْ 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