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Sahih al-Bukhari 2166

Chapter: The limits to which one can go ahead to meet the caravan

Authentic hadith of Sahih al-Bukhari Sahih al-Bukhari 2166

Narrator:Abdullah ibn Mas‘ūd

حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، حَدَّثَنَا جُوَيْرِيَةُ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ قَالَ كُنَّا نَتَلَقَّى الرُّكْبَانَ فَنَشْتَرِي مِنْهُمُ الطَّعَامَ، فَنَهَانَا النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَنْ

نَبِيعَهُ حَتَّى يُبْلَغَ بِهِ سُوقُ الطَّعَامِ‏.‏

Narrated `Abdullah:

We used to go ahead to meet the caravan and used to buy foodstuff from them. The Prophet (ﷺ) forbade us to sell it till it was carried to the market.

Reported by Al-Bukhari (No. 2166).

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Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani — Fath al-Bari

قَوْله : ( قَالَ أَبُو عَبْد اللَّه ) هُوَ الْمُصَنِّفُ. قَوْله : ( هَذَا فِي أَعْلَى السُّوقِ ) أَيْ حَدِيث جُوَيْرِيَة عَنْ نَافِعٍ بِلَفْظ " كُنَّا نَتَلَقَّى الرُّكْبَان فَنَشْتَرِي مِنْهُمْ الطَّعَامَ " الْحَدِيثَ , قَالَ الْبُخَارِيّ : وَبَيَّنَهُ حَدِيث عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْن عُمَر يَعْنِي عَنْ نَافِعٍ أَيْ حَيْثُ قَالَ " كَانُوا يَتَبَايَعُونَ الطَّعَام فِي أَعْلَى السُّوقِ " الْحَدِيث مِثْله , وَأَرَادَ الْبُخَارِيّ بِذَلِكَ الرَّدِّ عَلَى مَنْ اِسْتَدَلَّ بِهِ عَلَى جَوَاز تَلَقِّي الرُّكْبَان لِإِطْلَاقِ قَوْلِ اِبْن عُمَر " كُنَّا نَتَلَقَّى الرُّكْبَان " وَلَا دَلَالَةَ فِيهِ , لِأَنَّ مَعْنَاهُ أَنَّهُمْ كَانُوا يَتَلَقَّوْنَهُمْ فِي أَعْلَى السُّوقِ كَمَا فِي رِوَايَةِ عُبَيْدِ…

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Al-Bukharid. 256 AH Authenticصحيح The hadith صحيح البخاري No. 2166

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Not graded Mishkat al-Masabih 2843

Ibn ‘Umar said they used to buy grain in the upper part of the market and sell it in the same spot, but God’s Messenger forbade them to sell it there before removing it. Abu Dawud transmitted it. I have not found it in the two Sahihs.

وَعَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ: كَانُوا يَبْتَاعُونَ الطَّعَامَ فِي أَعلَى السُّوقِ فيبيعُونَه فِي مكانهِ فَنَهَاهُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَنْ بَيْعِهِ فِي مَكَانِهِ حَتَّى يَنْقِلُوهُ. رَوَاهُ…

Narrated by Abdullāh ibn ‘Umar + 1 other version

Authentic Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Sahih al-Bukhari 2131

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."

رَأَيْتُ الَّذِينَ يَشْتَرُونَ الطَّعَامَ مُجَازَفَةً يُضْرَبُونَ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَنْ يَبِيعُوهُ حَتَّى يُئْوُوهُ إِلَى رِحَالِهِمْ‏.‏

Narrated by Abdullāh ibn ‘Umar + 7 other versions

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