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Abu Dawood: Hadith 3327

23. Commercial Transactions (Kitab Al-Buyu)

سنن أبي داود

23/1246 Chapter:

Regarding Trade That Is Mixed With Swearing And Idle Talk

باب فِي التِّجَارَةِ يُخَالِطُهَا الْحَلِفُ وَاللَّغْوُ

3327
Abu Dawood
Sahih (Al-Albani)
حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ، عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ، عَنْ قَيْسِ بْنِ أَبِي غَرَزَةَ، قَالَ كُنَّا فِي عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم نُسَمَّى السَّمَاسِرَةَ فَمَرَّ بِنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَسَمَّانَا بِاسْمٍ هُوَ أَحْسَنُ مِنْهُ فَقَالَ ‏‏ يَا مَعْشَرَ التُّجَّارِ إِنَّ الْبَيْعَ يَحْضُرُهُ اللَّغْوُ وَالْحَلِفُ فَشُوبُوهُ بِالصَّدَقَةِ ‏"‏ ‏‏
Narrated Qays ibn Abu Gharazah:
In the time of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) we used to be called brokers, but the Prophet (ﷺ) came upon us one day, and called us by a better name than that, saying: O company of merchants, unprofitable speech and swearing takes place in business dealings, so mix it with sadaqah (alms).
Reference: Sunan Abi Dawud 3326
In-book : Book 23, Hadith 1
English translation : Book 22, Hadith 3320
Abu Dawood: Hadith 3327 (Commercial Transactions (Kitab Al-Buyu))