Gardens of the Righteous — Page 298
298. GARDENS OF THE RIGHTEOUS 353. . On Prohibition of Undesirable Commercial Practices 1781. Anas relates that the Holy Prophet forbade that a person in the city should sell to a villager on commission even if it should be his brother or father or mother (Bokhari and Muslim). 1782. Ibn Umar relates that the Holy Prophet said: Do not purchase goods from a caravan till they arrive in the market (Bokhari and Muslim). 1783. Ibn Abbas relates that the Holy Prophet said: Do not go out to meet caravans to buy from them nor should one in the city sell for one in the country. Ta'us asked him: What is the meaning of a man in the city selling the goods of one in the country? The Holy Prophet answered: He should not be his commision agent (Bokhari and Muslim). 1784. Abu Hurairah relates that the Holy Prophet forbade that a man in the city should be the commission agent of a man in the country and forbade fictitious bids and that a man should make an offer while the offer of his brother is pending or that he should make a proposal of marriage while the proposal of his brother is pending or that a woman should try that a sister of hers might be divorced so that she might take her place. Another version is:. The Holy Prophet forbade meeting caravans in advance or that a city dweller should act as a commission agent for a rustic or that a woman should make it a condition of marriage that a sister of hers should be divorced or that a person should make a fictitious bid on the bid of a brother and forbade the accumulation of milk in the udder of an animal (Bokhari and Muslim). 1785. Ibn Umar relates that the Holy Prophet said: None of you should make an offer to buy when the offer of another is pending, nor make a proposal of marriage when a proposal of a brother is pending, except with the permission of the latter (Bokhari and Muslim). 1786. Uqbah ibn 'Amir relates that the Holy Prophet said: A believer is the brother of a believer and it is not permissible for a believer to make an offer of purchase while an offer of a brother is pending nor that one should make a proposal of marriage while a proposal of his brother is pending until the latter gives up (Muslim). 354. . On Prohibition of Extravagance 1787. Abu Hurairah relates that the Holy Prophet said: Three things are pleasing to Allah and three are displeasing to Him. It pleases Him that you should worship Him and should not associate anything with Him and that you should hold fast to the rope of Allah all together without being divided and it is displeasing to Him that you should indulge in much talk and much asking and in wasting money (Muslim).