"A Shaikh from Banu Murrah narrated to me, he said: 'I arrived in Al-Kufah and was informed about Bilal bin Abi Burdah so I said: "Indeed there is a lesson in him" so I went to him while he was imprisoned in his home, which he had built.' He said: 'After everything that had happened to him he had changed due to the punishment and the beatings, and now he was living in isolation. So I said: "All praise is due to Allah O Bilal! I have seen you passing you by us holding your nose, and it was not from the dust! And today you are in this state.' So he said: 'Where are you from?' I said: 'From Banu Murrah bin 'Abbad.' So he said: 'Shall I not narrate a Hadith to you, perhaps Allah will benefit you by it?' I said: 'Go ahead.' He said: 'My father, Abu Burdah narrated from his father Abu Musa, that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "No worshiper suffers a calamity nor what is worse than that or less, except due to a sin, and what Allah pardons as a result of it is more." He (Abu Musa) said: "And he recited: And whatever misfortune befalls you, it is because of what your hands have earned (42:30)."
Jami` at-Tirmidhi Book 47, Hadith 304
Yahya related to me from Malik that he had heard the same as that
from al-Qasim ibn Muhammad from Ibn Muayqib ad-Dawsi.
Malik
said, "This is the way of doing things among us . "
Malik
said, "The generally agreed on way of doing things among us is that
wheat is not sold for wheat, dates for dates, wheat for dates, dates
for raisins, wheat for raisins, nor any kind of food sold for food at
all, except from hand to hand. If there is any sort of delayed terms
in the transaction, it is not good. It is haram. Condiments are not
bartered except from hand to hand."
Malik said, "Food and
condiments are not bartered when they are the same type, two of one
kind for one of the other. A mudd of wheat is not sold for two mudds
of wheat, nor a mudd of dates for two mudds of dates, nor a mudd of
raisins for two mudds of raisins, nor is anything of that sort done
with grains and condiments when they are of one kind, even if it is
hand to hand.
"This is the same position as silver for silver
and gold for gold. No increase is halal in the transaction, and only
like for like, from hand to hand is halal."
Malik said, "If
there is a clear difference in foodstuffs which are measured and
weighed, there is no harm in taking two of one kind for one of
another, hand to hand. There is no harm in taking a sa of dates for
two sa of wheat, and a sa of dates for two sa of raisins, and a sa of
wheat for two sa of ghee. If the two sorts in the transaction are
different, there is no harm in two for one or more than that from hand
to hand. If delayed terms enter into the sale, it is not halal ."
Malik said, "It is not halal to trade a heap of wheat for a heap
of wheat. There is no harm in a heap of wheat for a heap of dates,
from hand to hand. That is because there is no harm in buying wheat
with dates without precise measurement."
Malik said, "With
kinds of foods and condiments that differ from each other, and the
difference is clear, there is no harm in bartering one kind for
another, without precise measurement from hand to hand. If delayed
terms enter into the sale, there is no good in it. Bartering such
things without precise measurement is like buying it with gold and
silver without measuring precisely."
Malik said, "That is
because you buy wheat with silver without measuring precisely, and
dates with gold without measuring precisely, and it is halal. There is
no harm in it."
Malik said, "It is not good for someone to
make a heap of food, knowing its measure and then to sell it as if it
had not been measured precisely, concealing its measure from the
buyer. If the buyer wants to return that food to the seller, he can,
because he concealed its measure and so it is an uncertain
transaction. This is done with any kind of food or other goods whose
measure and number the seller knows, and which he then sells without
measurement and the buyer does not know that. If the buyer wants to
return that to the seller, he can return t. The people of knowledge
still forbid such a transaction."
Malik said, "There is no
good in selling one round loaf of bread for two round loaves, nor
large for small when some of them are bigger than others. When care is
taken that they are like for like, there is no harm in the sale, even
if they are not weighed."
Malik said, "It is not good to sell
a mudd of butter and a mudd of milk for two mudds of butter. This is
like what we described of selling dates when two sa of kabis and a sa
of poor quality dates were sold for three sa of ajwa dates after the
buyer had said to the seller, 'Two sa of kabis dates for three sa of
ajwa dates is not good,' and then he did that to make the transaction
possible. The owner of the milk puts the milk with his butter so that
he can use the superiority of his butter over the butter of the other
party to put his milk in with it."
Malik said, "Flour for
wheat is like for like, and there is no harm in that. That is if he
does not mix up anything with the flour and sell it for wheat, like
for like. Had he put half a mudd of flour and half of wheat, and then
sold that for a mudd of wheat, it would be like what we described, and
it would not be good because he would want to use the superiority of
his good wheat to put flour along with it. Such a transaction is not
good."
Muwatta Malik Book 31, Hadith 52
`Ali addressed us while he was standing on a brick pulpit and carrying a sword from which was hanging a scroll He said "By Allah, we have no book to read except Allah's Book and whatever is on this scroll," And then he unrolled it, and behold, in it was written what sort of camels were to be given as blood money, and there was also written in it: 'Medina is a sanctuary form 'Air (mountain) to such
and such place so whoever innovates in it an heresy or commits a sin therein, he will incur the curse of Allah, the angels, and all the people and Allah will not accept his compulsory or optional good deeds.'
There was also written in it: 'The asylum (pledge of protection) granted by any Muslims is one and the
same, (even a Muslim of the lowest status is to be secured and respected by all the other Muslims, and
whoever betrays a Muslim in this respect (by violating the pledge) will incur the curse of Allah, the
angels, and all the people, and Allah will not accept his compulsory or optional good deeds.' There
was also written in it: 'Whoever (freed slave) befriends (takes as masters) other than his real masters
(manumitters) without their permission will incur the curse of Allah, the angels, and all the people,
and Allah will not accept his compulsory or optional good deeds. ' (See Hadith No. 94, Vol. 3)
Sahih al-Bukhari Book 96, Hadith 31
Ibn Abbas explained the following Quranic verse: "O ye who believe! fasting is prescribed for you as it was prescribed for those before you" During the lifetime of the Prophet (ﷺ), when the people offered night prayer, they were asked to abstain from food and drink and (intercourse with) women, they kept fast till the next night. A man betrayed himself and had intercourse with his wife after he had offered the night prayer, and he did not break his fast. So Allah, the Exalted, intended to make it (fasting) easy for those who survived, thus providing a concession and utility. Allah, the Glorified, said: "Allah knoweth what ye used to do secretly among yourselves." By this Allah benefited the people and provided concession and ease to them.
Sunan Abi Dawud Book 14, Hadith 1