Tag: Q n A, Bukhari

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 Messenger (ﷺ) 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.”

I heard Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ), in the year of the Conquest of Mecca, saying, “Allah and His Apostle made
illegal the trade of alcohol, dead animals, pigs and idols.” The people asked, “O Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ)! What
about the fat of dead animals, for it was used for greasing the boats and the hides; and people use it for
lights?” He said, “No, it is illegal.” Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) further said, “May Allah curse the Jews, for Allah
made the fat (of animals) illegal for them, yet they melted the fat and sold it and ate its price.”

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 Messenger (ﷺ) 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.”

Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) forbade taking the price of a dog, money earned by prostitution and the earnings of a
soothsayer.

The people used to sell camels on the basis of Habal-al-Habala. The Prophet (ﷺ) forbade such sale. Nafi`
explained Habal-al-Habala by saying. “The camel is to be delivered to the buyer after the she-camel
gives birth.”

I saw my father buying a slave whose profession was cupping, and ordered that his instruments (of
cupping) be broken. I asked him the reason for doing so. He replied, “Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) prohibited
taking money for blood, the price of a dog, and the earnings of a slave-girl by prostitution; he cursed
her who tattoos and her who gets tattooed, the eater of Riba (usury), and the maker of pictures.”

Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) 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.

Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) 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 (ﷺ) said, “Whoever pays money in advance for dates (to be delivered
later) should pay it for known specified weight and measure (of the dates).

While I was standing with Sa`d bin Abi Waqqas, Al-Miswar bin Makhrama came and put his hand on
my shoulder. Meanwhile Abu Rafi`, the freed slave of the Prophet (ﷺ) came and asked Sa`d to buy from
him the (two) dwellings which were in his house. Sa`d said, “By Allah I will not buy them.” Al-
Miswar said, “By Allah, you shall buy them.” Sa`d 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 (ﷺ) 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 Sa`d.

The Prophet (ﷺ) 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.”