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Hadith 35154
Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab from Abu Bakr ibn
Abd ar-Rahman ibn al-Harith ibn Hisham from Abu Masud al-Ansari that
the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace,
forbade the sale price of a dog, the earnings of a prostitute and the
earnings of a fortune teller.
By the earnings of a prostitute
he meant what a woman was given for fornication. The earnings of a
fortune teller were what he was given to tell a fortune.
Malik said, "I disapprove of the price of a dog, whether it is a
hunting dog or otherwise because the Messenger of Allah, may Allah
bless him and grant him peace, forbade the price of a dog."
Muwatta Malik Book 31, Hadith 68
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Malik said, "It is the generally agreed on way of doing things
among us that the meat of camels, cattle, sheep and so on is not to be
bartered one for one, except like for like, weight for weight, from
hand to hand. There is no harm in that. If it is not weighed, then it
is estimated to be like for like from hand to hand."
Malik
said, "There is no harm in bartering the meat of fish for the meat of
camels, cattle, and sheep and so on two or more for one, from hand to
hand. If delayed terms enter the transaction however, there is no good
in it."
Malik said, "I think that poultry is different from
the meat of cattle and fish. I see no harm in selling some of it for
something different, more of one than another, from hand to hand. None
of that is to be sold on delayed terms." Muwatta Malik Book 31, Hadith 67
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Yahya related to me from Malik that he had heard that the
Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, forbade
'selling and lending.'
Malik said, "The explanation of what
that meant is that one man says to another, 'I will take your goods
for such-and-such if you lend me such-and-such.' If they agree to a
transaction in this manner, it is not permitted. If the one who
stipulates the loan abandons his stipulation, then the sale is
permitted."
Malik said, "There is no harm in exchanging linen
from Shata, for garments from Itribi, or Qass, or Ziqa. Or the cloth
of Herat or Merv for Yemeni cloaks and shawls and such like as one for
two or three, from hand to hand or with delayed terms. If the goods
are of the same kind, and deferment enters into the transaction, there
is no good in it."
Malik said, "It is not good unless they
are different, and the difference between them is clear. When they
resemble each other, even if the names are different, do not take two
for one with delayed terms, for instance two garments of Herat for one
from Merv or Quhy with delayed terms, ortwo garments of Furqub for one
from Shata. All these sorts are of the same description, so do not buy
two for one, on delayed terms."
Malik said, "There is no harm
in selling what you buy of things of this nature, before you complete
the deal, to some one other than the person from whom you purchased
them if the price was paid in cash." Muwatta Malik Book 31, Hadith 69