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Muwatta Malik 1317

Not graded Muwatta Malik 1317

Narrator:Abu Sa‘īd al-Khudri

وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ دَاوُدَ بْنِ الْحُصَيْنِ، عَنْ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ، مَوْلَى ابْنِ أَبِي أَحْمَدَ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم نَهَى عَنِ الْمُزَابَنَةِ وَالْمُحَاقَلَةِ وَالْمُزَابَنَةُ اشْتِرَاءُ الثَّمَرِ بِالتَّمْرِ فِي رُءُوسِ النَّخْلِ وَالْمُحَاقَلَةُ كِرَاءُ الأَرْضِ بِالْحِنْطَةِ ‏.‏

Yahya related to me from Malik from Da'ud ibn al-Husayn from Abu Sufyan, the mawla of Ibn Abi Ahmad, from Abu Said al-Khudri that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, forbade muzabana and muhaqala. Muzabana was selling fresh dates for dried dates while they were still on the trees. Muhaqala was renting land in exchange for wheat.

Reported by Malik (No. 1317) and Ahmad (No. 10598, 10630, 11148).

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Abu al-Walid al-Baji — Al-Muntaqa

( ش ) : وَقَوْلُهُ وَالْمُزَابَنَةُ اشْتِرَاءُ التَّمْرِ بِالتَّمْرِ فِي رُءُوسِ النَّخْلِ هَذَا نَوْعٌ مِنْ الْمُزَابَنَةِ وَقَدْ تَقَدَّمَ أَنَّ مَعْنَى الْمُزَابَنَةِ أَنْ يَجْهَلَ قَدْرَ أَحَدِ الْمَبِيعَيْنِ مِنْ الْآخَرِ فِي الْجِنْسِ الْوَاحِدِ ; لِأَنَّ كُلَّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا يَقْصِدُ إِلَى غَبْنِ صَاحِبِهِ فِي مَبْلَغِ التَّمْرَتَيْنِ وَإِلَى أَنْ يَأْخُذَ أَكْثَرَ مِمَّا يُعْطِي وَهَذَا مَوْجُودٌ فِي هَذِهِ الْمَسْأَلَةِ وَفِي الَّتِي قَبْلَهَا. ( مَسْأَلَةٌ ) إِذَا ثَبَتَ ذَلِكَ فَإِنَّ الْمَبِيعَ عَلَى ضَرْبَيْنِ ضَرْبٌ يَحْرُمُ فِيهِ التَّفَاضُلُ وَضَرْبٌ يَجُوزُ فِيهِ التَّفَاضُلُ فَأَمَّا مَا يَحْرُمُ فِيهِ التَّفَاضُلُ فَقَدْ بَيَّنَّا مِنْ حُكْمِهِ مَا يَلِيقُ بِهَذَا الْكِ…

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