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Riyad as-Salihin, 1778

Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) said:

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) forbade that a man in the city should be the commission agent of a man from the desert and prohibited the practice of Najsh (i.e., offering a high price for something in order to allure another customer who is interested in the thing); and that a man should make an offer while the offer of his brother is pending; or that he should make a proposal of marriage while that of his brother is pending; or that a woman should try that a sister of hers might be divorced so that she might take her place. Another narration is: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) forbade the people from meeting the caravan on the way for entering into business transaction with them; and the selling of the goods by a dweller of the city on behalf of a man of the desert; and the seeking by a woman the divorce of her sister (from her husband); and the practice of Najsh and leaving the animals unmilked (for sometime for the purpose of accumulation of milk to deceive the buyer). <b>[Al-Bukhari and Muslim]</b>.

وعن أبي هريرة رضي الله عنه قال‏:‏ نهى رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم أن يبيع حاضر لباد، ولا تناجشوا ولا يبيع الرجل على بيع أخيه، ولا يخطب على خطبة أخيه، ولا تسأل المرأة طلاق أختها لتكفأ ما في إنائها‏.‏ وفي رواية قال‏:‏ نهى رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم عن التلقي وأن يبتاع المهاجر للأعرابي، وأن تشترط المرأة طلاق أختها، وأن يستام الرجل على سوم أخيه، ونهى عن النجش والتصرية‏"‏ ‏(‏‏(‏متفق عليه‏)‏‏)‏‏.‏

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In-Book Reference
Book 17, Hadith 268
Sharh · explanationclick to expand
<b>Guidance from the Hadiths:</b><br> 1) It is prohibited to overprice a product in a sale transaction for the purpose of deceiving buyers. It is also prohibited for a man to enter into a sale transaction already entered by another man or to seek to buy his product by trying to cancel the sale of another person’s product, after the seller and buyer have already agreed on the price and are close to completing the deal.<br> 2) Anything that causes discord and separation between a man and his wife and inspires rancor and hatred within their hearts is prohibited.<br> 3) All kinds of cheating and deception are prohibited, and so is anything that harms Muslims.<br> 4) One of the excellent aspects of this Shariah is that it seeks to deepen the bond of brotherliness between Muslims and warns of anything that spoils it.<br> <br> <br> <br> <b>Words in the Hadith:</b><br> Najash: to overprice a product with the aim of deceiving a buyer.<br> A man from selling his product by canceling the sale of his brother’s product: This is when the seller and buyer have agreed on the sale transaction and are close to finalizing it, and then another person comes and tells the seller: I will buy your commodity.<br> Some people tend to leave the animals unmilked when they intend to sell them so that their udders look bigger and the buyer gets misled into believing that the animals produce abundant milk, which is not the case.
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