Tag: Q n A, Bukhari

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “The buyer and the seller have the option of canceling or confirming the bargain
unless they separate, and if they spoke the truth and made clear the defects of the goods, them they
would be blessed in their bargain, and if they told lies and hid some facts, their bargain would be
deprived of Allah’s blessings.”

`Abdullah bin `Amr bin Haram died and was in debt to others. I asked the Prophet (ﷺ) to intercede with
his creditors for some reduction in the debts. The Prophet (ﷺ) requested them (to reduce the debts) but
they refused. The Prophet (ﷺ) said to me, “Go and put your dates (In heaps) according to their different
kinds. The Ajwa on one side, the cluster of Ibn Zaid on another side, etc.. Then call me.” I did that and
called the Prophet (ﷺ) He came and sat at the head or in the middle of the heaps and ordered me. Measure
(the dates) for the people (creditors).” I measured for them till I paid all the debts. My dates remained
as it nothing had been taken from them. In other narrations, Jabir said; The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “He (i.e.
`Abdullah) continued measuring for them till he paid all the debts.” The Prophet (ﷺ) said (to `Abdullah),
“Cut (clusters) for him (i.e. one of the creditors) and measure for him fully.”

Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said, “Both the buyer and the seller have the option of canceling or confirming a
bargain unless they separate, or the sale is optional.” (See Hadith No.320).

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Measure your foodstuff and you will be blessed.”

Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said, “Both the buyer and the seller have the option of canceling or confirming the
bargain, as long as they are still together; and unless they separate or one of them gives the other the
option of keeping or returning the things and a decision is concluded then, in which case the bargain is considered final. If they separate after the bargain and none of them has rejected it, then the bargain is rendered final.”

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “The Prophet (ﷺ) Abraham made Mecca a sanctuary, and asked for Allah’s blessing in
it. I made Medina a sanctuary as Abraham made Mecca a sanctuary and I asked for Allah’s Blessing in
its measures the Mudd and the Sa as Abraham did for Mecca.

I was with the Prophet (ﷺ) in a Ghazwa (Military Expedition) and my camel was slow and exhausted. The
Prophet came up to me and said, “O Jabir.” I replied, “Yes?” He said, “What is the matter with you?” I
replied, “My camel is slow and tired, so I am left behind.” So, he got down and poked the camel with
his stick and then ordered me to ride. I rode the camel and it became so fast that I had to hold it from
going ahead of Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) . He then asked me, have you got married?” I replied in the
affirmative. He asked, “A virgin or a matron?” I replied, “I married a matron.” The Prophet (ﷺ) said,
“Why have you not married a virgin, so that you may play with her and she may play with you?” Jabir
replied, “I have sisters (young in age) so I liked to marry a matron who could collect them all and
comb their hair and look after them.” The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “You will reach, so when you have arrived (at
home), I advise you to associate with your wife (that you may have an intelligent son).” Then he asked
me, “Would you like to sell your camel?” I replied in the affirmative and the Prophet (ﷺ) purchased it for
one Uqiya of gold. Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) reached before me and I reached in the morning, and when I went
to the mosque, I found him at the door of the mosque. He asked me, “Have you arrived just now?” I
replied in the affirmative. He said, “Leave your camel and come into (the mosque) and pray two
rak`at.” I entered and offered the prayer. He told Bilal to weigh and give me one Uqiya of gold. So
Bilal weighed for me fairly and I went away. The Prophet (ﷺ) sent for me and I thought that he would
return to me my camel which I hated more than anything else. But the Prophet (ﷺ) said to me, “Take your
camel as well as its price.”

`Ukaz, Majanna and Dhul-Majaz were markets in the Pre-Islamic period. When the people embraced
Islam they considered it a sin to trade there. So, the following Holy Verse came:– ‘There is no harm
for you if you seek of the bounty of your Lord (Allah) in the Hajj season.” (2.198) Ibn `Abbas recited
it like this.

Here (i.e. in Mecca) there was a man called Nawwas and he had camels suffering from the disease of
excessive and unquenchable thirst. Ibn `Umar went to the partner of Nawwas and bought those
camels. The man returned to Nawwas and told him that he had sold those camels. Nawwas asked him,
“To whom have you sold them?” He replied, “To such and such Sheikh.” Nawwas said, “Woe to you;
By Allah, that Sheikh was Ibn `Umar.” Nawwas then went to Ibn `Umar and said to him, “My partner
sold you camels suffering from the disease of excessive thirst and he had not known you.” Ibn `Umar
told him to take them back. When Nawwas went to take them, Ibn `Umar said to him, “Leave them
there as I am happy with the decision of Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) that there is no oppression . ”

We set out with Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) in the year of Hunain, (the Prophet (ﷺ) gave me an armor). I sold that
armor and bought a garden in the region of the tribe of Bani Salama and that was the first property I
got after embracing Islam.