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Riyad as-Salihin 1777
Narrator:Ibn ‘Abbās
وعن ابن عباس رضي الله عنهما قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم : “لا تتلقوا الركبان، ولا يبع حاضر لباد" فقال له طاوس: ما قوله: لا بيع حاضر لباد؟ قال: لا يكون له سمسارًا. ((متفق عليه)).
Ibn 'Abbas (May Allah be pleased with them) said:
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "The caravans carrying merchandise should not be met on the way to purchase from them; a man in the city should not sell for a man of the desert."
Tawus asked him (Ibn 'Abbas): "What do these words really imply?" He said: "He should not work as an agent on his behalf."
[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
Cited in Riyad as-Salihin (No. 1777).