Muwatta Malik
Hadith 1380 / 1858 678
Hadith #1380
وَحَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ، عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ، عَنِ الأَعْرَجِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏ "‏ لاَ تَلَقَّوُا الرُّكْبَانَ لِلْبَيْعِ وَلاَ يَبِعْ بَعْضُكُمْ عَلَى بَيْعِ بَعْضٍ وَلاَ تَنَاجَشُوا وَلاَ يَبِعْ حَاضِرٌ لِبَادٍ وَلاَ تُصَرُّوا الإِبِلَ وَالْغَنَمَ فَمَنِ ابْتَاعَهَا بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ فَهُوَ بِخَيْرِ النَّظَرَيْنِ بَعْدَ أَنْ يَحْلُبَهَا إِنْ رَضِيَهَا أَمْسَكَهَا وَإِنْ سَخِطَهَا رَدَّهَا وَصَاعًا مِنْ تَمْرٍ ‏"‏ ‏.‏
Salim al-Hilali: Sahih
Malik related to me from Abu'z-Zinad from al-Araj from Abu Hurayra that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "Do not go out to meet the caravans for trade, do not bid against each other, outbidding in order to raise the price, and a townsman must not buy on behalf of a man of the desert, and do not tie up the udders of camels and sheep so that they appear to have a lot of milk, for a person who buys them after that has two recourses open to him after he milks them. If he is pleased with them, he keeps them and if he is displeased with them, he can return them along with a sa of dates." Malik said, "The explanation of the words of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, according to what we think - and Allah knows best - 'do not bid against each other,' is that it is forbidden for a man to offer a price over the price of his brother when the seller has inclined to the bargainer and made conditions about the weight of the gold and he has declared himself not liable for faults and such things by which it is recognised that the seller wants to make a transaction with the bargainer. This is what he forbade, and Allah knows best." Malik said, "There is no harm, however, in more than one person bidding against each other over goods put up for sale." He said, "Were people to leave off haggling when the first person started haggling, an unreal price might be taken and the disapproved would enter into the sale of the goods. This is still the way of doing things among us
Reference: Book 31, Hadith 42

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Chapter 0
Chapter 0
Chapter 1
The Times of Prayer
Hadith #1 — 31
Chapter 2
Purity
Hadith #32 — 145
Chapter 3
Prayer
Hadith #146 — 221
Chapter 4
Forgetfulness in Prayer
Hadith #222 — 224
Chapter 5
Jumu'a
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Chapter 6
Prayer in Ramadan
Hadith #246 — 253
Chapter 7
Tahajjud
Hadith #254 — 286
Chapter 8
Prayer in Congregation
Hadith #287 — 325
Chapter 9
Shortening the Prayer
Hadith #326 — 427
Chapter 10
The Two 'Ids
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Chapter 11
The Fear Prayer
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Chapter 12
The Eclipse Prayer
Hadith #445 — 448
Chapter 13
Asking for Rain
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Chapter 14
The Qibla
Hadith #455 — 469
Chapter 15
The Qur'an
Hadith #470 — 519
Chapter 16
Burials
Hadith #520 — 577
Chapter 17
Zakat
Hadith #578 — 629
Chapter 18
Fasting
Hadith #630 — 689
Chapter 19
I'tikaf in Ramadan
Hadith #690 — 704
Chapter 20
Hajj
Hadith #705 — 957
Chapter 21
Jihad
Hadith #959 — 1008
Chapter 22
Vows and Oaths
Hadith #1009 — 1027
Chapter 23
Sacrificial Animals
Hadith #1028 — 1041
Chapter 24
Slaughtering Animals
Hadith #1042 — 1051
Chapter 25
Game
Hadith #1052 — 1066
Chapter 26
The 'Aqiqa
Hadith #1067 — 1073
Chapter 27
Fara'id
Hadith #1074 — 1089
Chapter 28
Marriage
Hadith #1091 — 1149
Chapter 29
Divorce
Hadith #1150 — 1271
Chapter 30
Suckling
Hadith #1272 — 1289
Chapter 31
Business Transactions
Hadith #1290 — 1385
Chapter 32
Qirad
Hadith #1386 — 1387
Chapter 33
Sharecropping
Hadith #1388 — 1389
Chapter 34
Renting Land
Hadith #1390 — 1394
Chapter 35
Pre-emption in Property
Hadith #1395 — 1398
Chapter 36
Judgements
Hadith #1399 — 1454
Chapter 37
Wills and Testaments
Hadith #1455 — 1463
Chapter 38
Setting Free and Wala'
Hadith #1464 — 1488
Chapter 39
The Mukatab
Hadith #1489 — 1496
Chapter 40
The Mudabbar
Hadith #1497 — 1499
Chapter 41
Hudud
Hadith #1500 — 1536
Chapter 42
Drinks
Hadith #1537 — 1551
Chapter 43
Blood-Money
Hadith #1552 — 1595
Chapter 44
The Oath of Qasama
Hadith #1596 — 1597
Chapter 45
Madina
Hadith #1598 — 1622
Chapter 46
The Decree
Hadith #1623 — 1632
Chapter 47
Good Character
Hadith #1633 — 1650
Chapter 48
Dress
Hadith #1651 — 1670
Chapter 49
The Description of the Prophet, may Allah Bless Him and Grant Him Peace
Hadith #1671 — 1710
Chapter 50
The Evil Eye
Hadith #1711 — 1729
Chapter 51
Hair
Hadith #1730 — 1746
Chapter 52
Visions
Hadith #1747 — 1755
Chapter 53
Greetings
Hadith #1756 — 1762
Chapter 54
General Subjects
Hadith #1763 — 1807
Chapter 55
The Oath of Allegiance
Hadith #1808 — 1810
Chapter 56
Speech
Hadith #1811 — 1838
Chapter 57
Jahannam
Hadith #1839 — 1840
Chapter 58
Sadaqa
Hadith #1841 — 1855
Chapter 59
Knowledge
Hadith #1856 — 1856
Chapter 60
The Supplication of the Unjustly Wronged
Hadith #1857 — 1857
Chapter 61
The Names of the Prophet, may Allah Bless Him and Grant Him Peace
Hadith #1858 — 1858

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