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Abu Dawood: Hadith 3504

24. Wages (Kitab Al-Ijarah)

سنن أبي داود

24/1315 Chapter:

Regarding A Man Selling What He Does Not Possess

باب فِي الرَّجُلِ يَبِيعُ مَا لَيْسَ عِنْدَهُ

3504
Abu Dawood
Sahih (Al-Albani)
حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي بِشْرٍ، عَنْ يُوسُفَ بْنِ مَاهَكَ، عَنْ حَكِيمِ بْنِ حِزَامٍ، قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ يَأْتِينِي الرَّجُلُ فَيُرِيدُ مِنِّي الْبَيْعَ لَيْسَ عِنْدِي أَفَأَبْتَاعُهُ لَهُ مِنَ السُّوقِ فَقَالَ ‏‏ لاَ تَبِعْ مَا لَيْسَ عِنْدَكَ ‏"‏ ‏‏
Narrated Hakim ibn Hizam:
Hakim asked (the Prophet): Messenger of Allah, a man comes to me and wants me to sell him something which is not in my possession. Should I buy it for him from the market? He replied: Do not sell what you do not possess.
Reference: Sunan Abi Dawud 3503
In-book : Book 24, Hadith 88
English translation : Book 23, Hadith 3496