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I requested a commodity from the shop owner, so he brought it from the neighboring shop and sold it to me. What is the ruling on this sale?

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Question:
May Allah reward you. This questioner also says: Honorable Shaykh, if I request a commodity from a shop owner and he does not have it, but he immediately goes and brings it from a neighboring shop and adds to its price, which is what it is sold for, without informing me of this, is that permissible?

Answer:
It is not permissible for him to increase the price beyond the actual market price. In fact, he is concealing this from you and deceiving you, because this is its value and it is not so. Whoever deceives us is not one of us. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The two sellers have the option of canceling the sale as long as they have not separated.
have the choice (of annulling it) so long as they have not yet partedالخيار ما لم يتفرقا
Sunan Ibn Majah 2182Sahih (Darussalam)
and if they speak the truth and make everything clear they will be blessed in their transaction; but if they tell a lie and conceal anything the blessing on their transaction will be blotted out.فإن صدقا وبينا بورك لهما في بيعهما، وإن كذبا وكتما محقت بركة بيعهما
Sahih Muslim 1532a
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The transactions of Muslims are based on clarity, advice, and the absence of deception. Also, beware of buying a commodity that is not in the possession of the seller; he goes and then buys it. You conclude a sale with him for a commodity, then he goes and buys it for you. This is not permissible.
Hakim ibn Hizam (may Allah be pleased with him) came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and asked him, saying: O Messenger of Allah, a man asks me to sell him something I do not have, so I go and buy it from the market. He said (peace and blessings be upon him):
Do not sell what is not with you.لا تبع ما ليس عندك.
Sunan Ibn Majah 2187Hasan (Darussalam)
Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، طلبت سلعة من صاحب المحل فأحضرها من المحل المجاور وباعها لي، فما حكم البيع؟ الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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