Narrated Mamar bin Abi Mamar, one of the children of Adi bin Kab: The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم as saying: No one withholds goods till their price rises but a sinner. I said to Saeed (b. al-Musayyab): You withhold goods till their price rises. He said: Mamar used to withhold goods till their price rose. Abu Dawud said: I asked Ahmad (b. Hanbal): What is hoarding (hukrah) ? He replied: That on which people live. Abu Dawud said: Al-Auzai said: A muhtakir (one who hoards) is one who withholds supply of goods in the market.
Read More..Qatadah said: Hoarding does not apply to dried dates. Ibn al-Muthanna said that he (Yahya bin Fayyad) reported on the authority of al-Hasan. We (Ibn al-Muthanna) said to him (Yahya): Do not say: on the authority of al-Hasan. Abu Dawud said: This tradition according to us is false. Abu Dawud said: Saeed bin al-Musayyab used to hoard kernel, fodder, and seeds. Abu Dawud said: I heard Ahmad bin Yunus say: I asked Sufyan about hoarding fodder. He replied: They (the people in the past) disapproved of hoarding. I asked Abu Bakr bin Ayyash (about it). He replied: Hoard it.
Read More..Narrated Alqamah bin Abdullah: On the authority of his father, who said: The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم forbade to break the coins of the Muslims current among them except for some defect.
Read More..Narrated Abu Hurairah: A man came and said: Messenger of Allah, fix prices. He said: (No), but I shall pray. Again the man came and said: Messenger of Allah, fix prices. He said: It is but Allah Who makes the prices low and high. I hope that when I meet Allah, none of you has any claim on me for doing wrong regarding blood or property.
Read More..Narrated Anas ibn Malik: The people said: Messenger of Allah, prices have shot up, so fix prices for us. Thereupon the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم said: Allah is the one Who fixes prices, Who withholds, gives lavishly and provides, and I hope that when I meet Allah, none of you will have any claim on me for an injustice regarding blood or property.
Read More..Narrated Abu Hurairah: The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم passed a man who was selling grain. He asked him: How are you selling? He informed him. Revelation them came down to him saying: Put your hand into it. So he put his hand into it, and felt that it was damp. The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم then said: He who deceives has nothing to do with us.
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