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Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) forbade the sale called ‘Habal-al-Habala which was a kind of sale practiced in the Pre-
Islamic Period of ignorance. One would pay the price of a she-camel which was not born yet would be
born by the immediate offspring of an extant she-camel.

Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) forbade the selling by Munabadha, i.e. to sell one’s garment by casting it to the buyer
not allowing him to examine or see it. Similarly he forbade the selling by Mulamasa. Mulamasa is to
buy a garment, for example, by merely touching it, not looking at it.

The Prophet (ﷺ) forbade two kinds of dressing; (one of them) is to sit with one’s legs drawn up while
wrapped in one garment. (The other) is to lift that garment on one’s shoulders. And also forbade two
kinds of sale: Al-Limais and An-Nibadh.

Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) forbade selling by Mulamasa and Munabadha.

that his father said. “I saw those, who used to buy foodstuff without measuring or weighing in the life
time of the Prophet (ﷺ) being punished if they sold it before carrying it to their own houses.”

The Prophet (ﷺ) forbade two kinds of dresses and two kinds of sale, i.e., Mulamasa and Munabadha.

Ibn `Abbas said, “Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) forbade the selling of foodstuff before its measuring and
transferring into one’s possession.” I asked Ibn `Abbas, “How is that?” Ibn `Abbas replied, “It will be
just like selling money for money, as the foodstuff has not been handed over to the first purchaser who
is the present seller.”

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Don’t keep camels and sheep unmilked for a long time, for whoever buys such an
animal has the option to milk it and then either to keep it or return it to the owner along with one Sa of
dates.” Some narrated from Ibn Seereen (that the Prophet (ﷺ) had said), “One Sa of wheat, and he has the
option for three days.” And some narrated from Ibn Seereen, ” … a Sa of dates,” not mentioning the
option for three days. But a Sa of dates is mentioned in most narrations.

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “He who buys foodstuff should not sell it till he has received it.”

Whoever buys a sheep which has not been milked for a long time, has the option of returning it along
with one Sa of dates; and the Prophet (ﷺ) forbade going to meet the seller on the way (as he has no
knowledge of the market price and he may sell his goods at a low price).