Explanation of the Book of Sales-10
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The Shaykh :"And from Tawus, from Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both), he said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Riyad as-Salihin 1777. I asked Ibn Abbas, Tawus says: What does he mean by 'let not a resident sell to a Bedouin'? He said: He should not act as a broker for him." Agreed upon by al-Bukhari and Muslim, and the wording is that of al-Bukhari.
He said: The sentence here is a declarative sentence containing a prohibition against intercepting the travelers. "Intercepting" means meeting them, and "travelers" is the plural of "rider." The intended meaning is everyone who comes to the town to sell their goods, whether by riding, on foot, alone, or in a group. However, the ruling is attached to "travelers" because it is the norm that those who come to sell goods are riders and have a group. Otherwise, if one person came to sell his goods, this ruling would apply to him as well.
And his saying:Sahih Muslim 1520 Here, does it mean he should not sell to you, or does it mean he should not sell at all?
The student: He should not sell.
The Shaykh : He should not sell, so "la" is also a negative particle. Then Ibn Abbas was asked what the meaning of "let not a resident sell to a Bedouin" is. He said: "He should not act as a broker for him". The broker is the one who sells for others for a fee. The opposite is the one who sells for others for free, but for the sake of advice. So, does the broker sell for others for his own benefit, or for the benefit of others?
The student: For his own benefit.
The Shaykh : For his own benefit. And the volunteer sells for others for the benefit of the other person, but he seeks a reward from Allah. There is a difference between them, a difference between the broker and the one who volunteers, because the volunteer is purely an advisor, and the broker is only for the benefit of a person who is a pragmatist. So this hadith says that the Messenger, may Allah's prayers and blessings be upon him, prohibits intercepting them. The intended meaning is intercepting them to buy from them. If one intercepts them to host them, then there is no harm in that. But the intended meaning is intercepting them to buy from them. This is because buying from them has two harms: it has two harms. The first harm is what is feared regarding their being shortchanged, is that not so?
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : Because these people came to the town and do not know the prices, they do not know the prices. So this interceptor who met them outside the town buys from them cheaply and shortchanges them. The second harm is that it deprives the people of the town of profit, because it is customary that these travelers sell cheaply, and people buy from them and profit from them. So for the sake of these two matters, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) prohibited intercepting the travelers.
Now, as for the resident selling to the Bedouin, he prohibited that as well. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) prohibited it because the resident knows the goods, and the Bedouin does not know them. The Bedouin usually sells cheaply because he wants to fulfill his need and leave. So if the resident takes over the sale for him, he will not sell cheaply; he will sell at the price that people sell at. And at that time... the people [lose] the benefit that is obtained from the Bedouin selling by himself. And as for his saying "broker," you have known its meaning.
The caravans carrying merchandise should not be met on the way to purchase from them; a man in the city should not sell for a man of the desert.
لا تلقّوا الركبان، ولا يبع حاضر لبادHe said:
Do not intercept the goods
لا تلقّوا الجلبAnd his saying:
The townsman'should not sell for a man from the desert
لا يبع حاضر لبادThe student: He should not sell.
The Shaykh : He should not sell, so "la" is also a negative particle. Then Ibn Abbas was asked what the meaning of "let not a resident sell to a Bedouin" is. He said: "He should not act as a broker for him". The broker is the one who sells for others for a fee. The opposite is the one who sells for others for free, but for the sake of advice. So, does the broker sell for others for his own benefit, or for the benefit of others?
The student: For his own benefit.
The Shaykh : For his own benefit. And the volunteer sells for others for the benefit of the other person, but he seeks a reward from Allah. There is a difference between them, a difference between the broker and the one who volunteers, because the volunteer is purely an advisor, and the broker is only for the benefit of a person who is a pragmatist. So this hadith says that the Messenger, may Allah's prayers and blessings be upon him,
Do not intercept the travelers
لا تلقّوا الرّكبانThe student: Yes.
The Shaykh : Because these people came to the town and do not know the prices, they do not know the prices. So this interceptor who met them outside the town buys from them cheaply and shortchanges them. The second harm is that it deprives the people of the town of profit, because it is customary that these travelers sell cheaply, and people buy from them and profit from them. So for the sake of these two matters, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) prohibited intercepting the travelers.
Now, as for the resident selling to the Bedouin, he prohibited that as well. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) prohibited it because the resident knows the goods, and the Bedouin does not know them. The Bedouin usually sells cheaply because he wants to fulfill his need and leave. So if the resident takes over the sale for him, he will not sell cheaply; he will sell at the price that people sell at. And at that time... the people [lose] the benefit that is obtained from the Bedouin selling by himself. And as for his saying "broker," you have known its meaning.