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Riyad as-Salihin 1368

Chapter: Excellence of Fair Bargaining and Matters Relation to it

Not graded Riyad as-Salihin 1368

Narrator:Jābir ibn ‘Abdullāh

وعن جابر رضي الله عنه أن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم قال‏:‏ ‏

"‏رحم الله رجلا سمحًا إذا باع وإذا اشترى وإذا اقتضى‏"

Jabir (May Allah be pleased with him) reported:

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "May Allah show mercy to a man who adopts a kind attitude when he sells, buys and demands for the repayment of loans."

[Al-Bukhari].

Reported by Al-Bukhari (No. 2076). Cited in Riyad as-Salihin (No. 1368).

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An explanation exists for another version of this hadith: Sahih al-Bukhari 2076

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Grades of other versions (3)
  • AuthenticAl-Bukhari صحيح — صحيح البخاري (2076)
  • Al-Daraqutni تفرد به أبو غسان محمد بن مطرف عنه — أطراف الغرائب (1/319)
  • عبد الحق الإشبيلي سكت عنه [وقالَ في المقدمة: وإن لم تكن فيه علة كانَ سكوتي عنه دليلا على صحته — الأحكام الوسطى (3/ 232)

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Authentic Mishkat al-Masabih 2790

Jabir reported God's Messenger as saying, “God show mercy to a man who is kindly when he sells, when he buys, and when he makes a claim!” Bukhari transmitted it.

عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: رَحِمَ اللَّهُ رَجُلًا سَمْحًا إِذَا بَاعَ وَإِذَا اشْتَرَى وَإِذَا اقْتَضَى رَوَاهُ البُخَارِيّ

Narrated by Jābir ibn ‘Abdullāh

Also reported by… (1)
  • شرح السنة (2045)رَحِمَ اللَّهُ رَجُلا سَمْحًا إِذَا بَاعَ ، وَإِذَا اشْتَرَى ، وَإِذَا اقْتَضَى

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Authentic Jami' at-Tirmidhi 1320

That the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "Allah forgave a man who was before you: He was tolerant when selling, tolerant when purchasing, and tolerant when repaying." He said: This Hadith is Gharib Sahih Hasan from this route.

"‏ غَفَرَ اللَّهُ لِرَجُلٍ كَانَ قَبْلَكُمْ كَانَ سَهْلاً إِذَا بَاعَ سَهْلاً إِذَا اشْتَرَى سَهْلاً إِذَا اقْتَضَى ‏"

Narrated by Jābir ibn ‘Abdullāh + 1 other version

Differing grades Jami' at-Tirmidhi 1319

That the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "Indeed Allah loves tolerance in selling, tolerance in buying, and tolerance in repaying." He said: There is something on this topic from Jabir. [Abu 'Eisa said:] This Hadith is Gharib. Some of them reported this Hadith from Yunus, from Sa'eed Al-Maqburi, from…

"‏ إِنَّ اللَّهَ يُحِبُّ سَمْحَ الْبَيْعِ سَمْحَ الشِّرَاءِ سَمْحَ الْقَضَاءِ ‏"

Narrated by Abu Hurayrah

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