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`Ukaz, Majanna and Dhul-Majaz were markets in the Pre-Islamic period. When the people embraced
Islam they considered it a sin to trade there. So, the following Holy Verse came:-- 'There is no harm
for you if you seek of the bounty of your Lord (Allah) in the Hajj season." (2.198) Ibn `Abbas recited
it like this.
Sahih al-Bukhari Book 34, Hadith 51
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I was with the Prophet (ﷺ) in a Ghazwa (Military Expedition) and my camel was slow and exhausted. The
Prophet came up to me and said, "O Jabir." I replied, "Yes?" He said, "What is the matter with you?" I
replied, "My camel is slow and tired, so I am left behind." So, he got down and poked the camel with
his stick and then ordered me to ride. I rode the camel and it became so fast that I had to hold it from
going ahead of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) . He then asked me, have you got married?" I replied in the
affirmative. He asked, "A virgin or a matron?" I replied, "I married a matron." The Prophet (ﷺ) said,
"Why have you not married a virgin, so that you may play with her and she may play with you?" Jabir
replied, "I have sisters (young in age) so I liked to marry a matron who could collect them all and
comb their hair and look after them." The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "You will reach, so when you have arrived (at
home), I advise you to associate with your wife (that you may have an intelligent son)." Then he asked
me, "Would you like to sell your camel?" I replied in the affirmative and the Prophet (ﷺ) purchased it for
one Uqiya of gold. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) reached before me and I reached in the morning, and when I went
to the mosque, I found him at the door of the mosque. He asked me, "Have you arrived just now?" I
replied in the affirmative. He said, "Leave your camel and come into (the mosque) and pray two
rak`at." I entered and offered the prayer. He told Bilal to weigh and give me one Uqiya of gold. So
Bilal weighed for me fairly and I went away. The Prophet (ﷺ) sent for me and I thought that he would
return to me my camel which I hated more than anything else. But the Prophet (ﷺ) said to me, "Take your
camel as well as its price."
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Here (i.e. in Mecca) there was a man called Nawwas and he had camels suffering from the disease of
excessive and unquenchable thirst. Ibn `Umar went to the partner of Nawwas and bought those
camels. The man returned to Nawwas and told him that he had sold those camels. Nawwas asked him,
"To whom have you sold them?" He replied, "To such and such Sheikh." Nawwas said, "Woe to you;
By Allah, that Sheikh was Ibn `Umar." Nawwas then went to Ibn `Umar and said to him, "My partner
sold you camels suffering from the disease of excessive thirst and he had not known you." Ibn `Umar
told him to take them back. When Nawwas went to take them, Ibn `Umar said to him, "Leave them
there as I am happy with the decision of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) that there is no oppression . "