Sales in which a Price
is paid for Goods to be Delivered Later (As-Salam)
Volume 3, Book
35, Number 441:
Narrated Ibn Abbas:
Allah's Apostle came to Medina and the
people used to pay in advance the price of fruits to be
delivered within one or two years. (The sub-narrator is in doubt
whether it was one to two years or two to three years.) The
Prophet said, "Whoever pays money in advance for dates (to be
delivered later) should pay it for known specified weight and
measure (of the dates)."
Volume 3, Book
35, Number 442:
Narrated Ibn Abi Najih:
as above, mentioning only specific
measure.
Volume 3, Book
35, Number 443:
Narrated Ibn 'Abbas:
The Prophet came to Medina and the
people used to pay in advance the price of dates to be delivered
within two or three years. He said (to them), "Whoever pays in
advance the price of a thing to be delivered later should pay it
for a specified measure at specified weight for a specified
period."
Volume 3, Book
35, Number 444:
Narrated Ibn Abi Najih:
as above, saying, "He should pay the
price in advance for a specified measure and for a specified
period."
Volume 3, Book
35, Number 445:
Narrated Ibn 'Abbas:
The Prophet came (to Medina) and he
told the people (regarding the payment of money in advance that
they should pay it) for a known specified measure and a known
specified weight and a known specified period.
Volume 3, Book
35, Number 446:
Narrated Shu'ba:
Muhammad or 'Abdullah bin Abu
Al-Mujalid said, "Abdullah bin Shaddad and Abu Burda differed
regarding As-Salam, so they sent me to Ibn Abi Aufa and I asked
him about it. He replied, 'In the life-time of Allah's Apostle,
Abu Bakr and 'Umar, we used to pay in advance the prices of
wheat, barley, dried grapes and dates to be delivered later. I
also asked Ibn Abza and he, too, replied as above.' "
Volume 3, Book
35, Number 447:
Narrated Muhammad bin Al-Majalid:
Abdullah bin Shaddad and Abu Burda sent
me to 'Abdullah bin Abi Aufa and told me to ask 'Abdullah
whether the people in the life-time of the Prophet used to pay
in advance for wheat (to be delivered later). Abdullah replied,
"We used to pay in advance to the peasants of Sham for wheat,
barley and olive oil of a known specified measure to be
delivered in a specified period." I asked (him), "Was the price
paid (in advance) to those who had the things to be delivered
later?" Abdullah bin Aufa replied, "We did not use to ask them
about that." Then they sent me to 'Abdur Rahman bin Abza and I
asked him. He replied, "The companions of the Prophet used to
practice Salam in the life-time of the Prophet; and we did not
use to ask them whether they had standing crops or not."
Volume 3, Book
35, Number 448:
Narrated Muhammad bin Abi Al-Mujalid:
as above (446) and said, "We used to
pay them in advance for wheat and barley (to be delivered
later). Narrated Ash-Shaibani--"And also for oil."
Volume 3, Book
35, Number 449:
Narrated Ash-Shaibani:
who said "We used to pay in advance for
wheat barley and dried grapes."
Volume 3, Book
35, Number 450:
Narrated Abu Bakhtari At-Tai:
I asked Ibn 'Abbas about Salam for (the
fruits of) date-palms. He replied "The Prophet forbade the sale
a dates on the trees till they became fit for eating and could
be weighed." A man asked what to be weighed (as the dates were
still on the trees). Another man sitting beside Ibn 'Abbas
replied, "Till they are cut and stored." Narrated Abu
Al-Bakhtari: I heard Ibn Abbas (saying) that the Prophet forbade
... etc. as above.
Volume 3, Book
35, Number 451:
Narrated Abu Al-Bakhtari:
I asked Ibn Umar about Salam (the
fruits of) date-palms. He replied, "The Prophet forbade the sale
of dates till their benefit becomes evident and fit for eating
and also the sale of silver (for gold) on credit." I asked Ibn
'Abbas about Salam for dates and he replied, "The Prophet
forbade the sale of dates till they were fit for eating and
could be estimated."
Volume 3, Book
35, Number 452:
Narrated Abu Al-Bakhtari:
I asked Ibn 'Umar about Salam for
dates. Ibn 'Umar replied, "The Prophet forbade the sale (the
fruits) of datepalms until they were fit for eating and also
forbade the sale of silver for gold on credit." I also asked Ibn
'Abbas about it. Ibn 'Abbas replied, "The Prophet forbade the
sale of dates till they were fit for eating, and could be
weighed." I asked him, "What is to be weighed (as the dates are
on the trees)?" A man sitting by Ibn 'Abbas said, "It means till
they are cut and stored."
Volume 3, Book
35, Number 453:
Narrated 'Aisha:
Allah's Apostle bought some foodstuff
(barley) from a Jew on credit and mortgaged his iron armor to
him (the armor stands for a guarantor).
Volume 3, Book
35, Number 454:
Narrated Al-A'mash:
We argued at Ibrahim's dwelling place
about mortgaging in Salam. He said, "Aisha said, 'The Prophet
bought some foodstuff from a Jew on credit and the payment was
to be made by a definite period, and he mortgaged his iron armor
to him."
Volume 3, Book
35, Number 455:
Narrated Ibn 'Abbas:
The Prophet came to Medina and the
people used to pay in advance the prices of fruits to be
delivered within two to three years. The Prophet said (to them),
"Buy fruits by paying their prices in advance on condition that
the fruits are to be delivered to you according to a fixed
specified measure within a fixed specified period." Ibn Najih
said, " ... by specified measure and specified weight."
Volume 3, Book
35, Number 456:
Narrated Muhammad bin Abi Al-Mujalid:
Abu Burda and 'Abdullah bin Shaddad
sent me to 'Abdur Rahman bin Abza and 'Abdullah bin Abi Aufa to
ask them about the Salaf (Salam). They said, "We used to get war
booty while we were with Allah's Apostle and when the peasants
of Sham came to us we used to pay them in advance for wheat,
barley, and oil to be delivered within a fixed period." I asked
them, "Did the peasants own standing crops or not?" They
replied, "We never asked them about it."
Volume 3, Book
35, Number 457:
Narrated 'Abdullah:
The people used to sell camels on the
basis of Habal-al-Habala. The Prophet forbade such sale. Nafi'
explained Habalal-Habala by saying. "The camel is to be
delivered to the buyer after the she-camel gives birth."
Volume 3, Book
35, Number 458:
Narrated Jabir bin 'Abdullah:
Allah's Apostle gave a verdict
regarding Shuf'a in every undivided joint thing (property). But
if the limits are defined (or demarcated) or the ways and
streets are fixed, then there is no pre-emption.
Volume 3, Book
35, Number 459:
Narrated 'Amr bin Ash-Sharid:
While I was standing with Sad bin Abi
Waqqas, Al-Miswar bin Makhrama came and put his hand on my
shoulder. Meanwhile Abu Rafi', the freed slave of the Prophet
came and asked Sad to buy from him the (two) dwellings which
were in his house. Sad said, "By Allah I will not buy them." Al-Miswar
said, "By Allah, you shall buy them." Sad replied, "By Allah, I
will not pay more than four thousand (Dirhams) by installments."
Abu Rafi' said, "I have been offered five hundred Dinars (for
it) and had I not heard the Prophet saying, 'The neighbor has
more right than anyone else because of his nearness, I would not
give them to you for four-thousand (Dirhams) while I am offered
five-hundred Dinars (one Dinar equals ten Dirhams) for them."
So, he sold it to Sad.
Volume 3, Book
35, Number 460:
Narrated Aisha:
I said, "O Allah's Apostle! I have two
neighbors and would like to know to which of them I should give
presents." He replied, "To the one whose door is nearer to you."
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